HUMANITARIANISM: UNDERSTANDING THE GREY AREA

Humanitarianism has been touted as the awakening consciousness of community living. It
addresses the cry for help of the populace ravaged by war, disasters and instability. This concept
has seen a prodigious growth over the last century. The mushrooming of myriad organizations
and institutions has led to nations and people understand the growing importance of helping
each other in this mesh of an interconnected and interdependent world. This research article
aims to throw light on this highly debated concept and the use of it by nations to legitimize their
actions and intervention in other sovereigns. The evolution of humanitarianism has proved to be
a curve ball and it is up to discerning individuals to weigh the pros and cons encompassing
humanitarianism.