Bernard Kouchner

Co-Founder of Doctors Without Borders

Bernard Kouchner, a medical doctor by training, is the co-founder and former president of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). Kouchner, the first person to challenge the Red Cross’s stance of neutrality and silence in wars and massacres, has played an important role in international humanitarian efforts for more than 20 years. As France’s minister of health and humanitarian affairs, he convinced the UN to accept “the right to interfere” resolution, and after devastating civil wars in the Balkans, he served as a special representative to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in Kosovo. He is the author of several books and the co-founder of the news magazines L’Evénement and Actuel. He is the recipient of several human rights awards, including the Dag Hammarskjold Prize and the Prix Europa.

Debates Featuring Bernard Kouchner

Humanitarian Intervention Does More Harm Than Good

With Bernard Kouchner, Frank Ledwidge, Rajan Menon, Kori Schake

March 9, 2018

The international community currently faces a global refugee crisis and mass atrocities in Iraq, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen, and beyond. How should the West respond? Proponents of humanitarian intervention – the use of force to halt human rights abuses – argue that the world’s most powerful militaries have a responsibility to protect innocent civilians around the world. Beyond saving lives, they argue, intervention deters would-be abusers and ensures global stability, thereby strengthening the liberal world order. But opponents argue that…

Humanitarian Intervention Does More Harm Than Good

With Bernard Kouchner, Frank Ledwidge, Rajan Menon, Kori Schake

March 9, 2018

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