Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier

Number of articles written: 3 articles

Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier

Number of articles written: 3 articles

Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier is a Doctor of Law and magistrate,
Legal Director of Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), and a
Member of the Editorial Committee of the International Review
of the Red Cross and of the Editorial Committee of the
historical MSF publication Speaking Out Case Studies. She is
author of several books and articles on humanitarian law and
action, in particular the Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law
(3rd ed., Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2014). Over the
past twenty years, she has been involved in developing key
MSF policies and public positioning on humanitarian action
and mass crimes, military intervention and international
criminal justice.

Published articles

article IRRC No. 916-917

How counterterrorism throws back wartime medical assistance and care to pre-Solferino times author: Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier

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article IRRC No. 907/908/909

An environment conducive to mistakes? Lessons learnt from the attack on the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan author: Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier, Jonathan Whittall

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article IRRC No. 893

Consent to humanitarian access: An obligation triggered by territorial control, not States’ rights author: Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier

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