Rights, standards and quality in a complex humanitarian space: Is sphere the right tool?

Disasters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-141

  Dufour, Charlotte ^a   de Geoffroy, Véronique ^a   Maury, Hugues ^a   Grünewald, François ^a  

^a Groupe URD   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Evaluation; Flexibility; Participation; Quality; Rights based approaches

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANITARIAN AID; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

ALTRUISM; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 3042548845     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2004.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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