title: [Humanitarian transition].
abstract: In two centuries, modern humanitarian action has experienced several fractures often linked to crises. Although its professionalism and intervention force remain indisputable, it faces, since the 2000s, a new context that limits its ability to act and confronts it with new dilemmas, even though it must deal with needs for aid of unprecedented scale. These difficulties reveal a humanitarian transition period that was not anticipated. This transition period reflects the change from a dominant paradigm of North-South solidarity of Western origin to a much more complex model. This article provides a summary of the current mutations that are dominated by the States' assertion of sovereignty. Among the possible solutions, it argues for an ethical approach and a better integration of the research carried out in the Global South, prerequisites for building a true partnership and placing the victims at the heart of the operations which involve them.
authors.affiliation: Président du Fonds Croix-Rouge française et Président honoraire de la Croix-Rouge française  
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.affiliation: Déléguée Générale du Fonds Croix-Rouge française. Hôpital Henry Dunant, 95, rue Michel-Ange, 75016 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Troit
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011157:Population Dynamics / Q000639:trends; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D066252:Sociological Factors; D013219:State Government