The “One Humanitarianism” Approach: Revisiting a Non-Discriminatory Humanitarianism

What is it about?

This article is about the inclusion of non-human animals in the humanitarian narrative. It takes the example of zoonoses, situations that provide to us, extraordinary opportunities to stress the limits of humanitarianism and humanity itself, because it marks also the limits between us (community) and the others, from whom do we have to protect ourselves (immunity). _x000D_ At its origin, the humanitarian narrative was based on a responsibility guided by compassion and kindness to all forms of life, regardless of their cause, form and context. This work revisits the origin of humanitarianism, to justify the inclusion of non-human animals. Through the “One Humanitarianism” approach, it argues that there cannot be two different ways of understanding humanitarianism, but just one that embraces all sentient beings.

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