"We are not sure that words can always save lives, but we know that silence can certainly kill."Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech 1999.
MSF raises awareness and bears witness on the fate of the populations it helps and brings abuses and intolerable situations to public attention. These series of case studies explores the actions and decision - making processes that led the organisation to speak out during humanitarian emergencies.
All Case Studies
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Famine and Forced Relocations in Ethiopia 1984-1986
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Salvadoran Refugee Camps In Honduras 1988
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Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN “Military-Humanitarian” Intervention
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MSF and the War in the Former Yugoslavia 1991-2003
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MSF and Srebrenica 1993-2003
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Violence against Kosovar Albanians, NATO's intervention 1998-1999
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Genocide of Rwandan Tutsis 1994
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Rwandan Refugee Camps in Zaire and Tanzania 1994-1995
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The Violence of the New Rwandan Regime 1994-1995
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The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo: 1996-1997
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War crimes and politics of terror in Chechnya 1994-2004
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MSF and North Korea 1995-1998
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MSF and the Rohingya 1992 - 2014
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