This book investigates the relationship between the laws and principles of humanitarian protection, and what happens in practice on the ground in today's wars. Engaging and compelling, the book will be useful for researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and students within humanitarian and development studies.

Joe Cropp is a delegate with the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and a researcher and lecturer in humanitarian and development studies.

1. Introduction Part 1: Critical history and theoretical framework 2. A contested history of humanitarian protection 3. Reframing humanitarian protection Part 2: An ethnography of humanitarian protection 4. Intermediaries and the humanitarian network 5. Humanitarian brokers and translators 6. Humanitarian travellers and local fixers 7. Conclusion Index