Beyond 'new humanitarianism': Physicians for human rights-Israel's mobile clinic and open clinic on the interface of social justice, human rights and medical relief

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Abstract

The present article examines two projects of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-IL)-a clinic in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and a clinic for undocumented migrant workers and asylum seekers-in order to examine the tensions between medical humanitarian aid, human rights advocacy and egalitarian political activism. Through the examination of PHR-IL the article argues that it is possible to create a hierarchical synergism between those three modes.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)88-108
Number of pages21
JournalJournal of Human Rights Practice
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2015

Keywords

  • Activism
  • Health care
  • Humanitarianism
  • Right to health

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Law
  • History
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science

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