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About Michel Thieren

Michel Thieren is a Belgian physician specializing in humanitarian affairs and human rights and was head of office in northern Bosnia for the World Health Organization.

Articles by Michel Thieren

Wednesday 23rd February

Libyan justice: medicine on death row

Michel Thieren, 23 February 2011

Libya's conviction of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor for infecting child patients in Benghazi with the HIV virus was judicial scandal and medical disaster - and still offers crucial insight into the Libyan regime

Friday 15th May

Cambodia: a patient waiting

Michel Thieren and David Hayes, 15 May 2009

Cambodia's H1N1 precaution is a case-study in the local mediation of a global epidemic

Friday 11th January

Deaths in Iraq: the numbers game, revisited

Michel Thieren, 11 January 2008

The science, politics and ethics of a post-invasion count

Thursday 10th January

Deaths in Iraq: how many, and why it matters

Michel Thieren, 10 January 2008

A new study assesses the human costs of war. What is at stake? (archive)

Thursday 12th July

"Terror doctors": anatomy of a void concept

Michel Thieren, 12 July 2007

How can saviours of life become takers? And does the history of Islamic medicine have any place in this grisly story?

Tuesday 24th April

Medicine and public health in dark times

Michel Thieren, 24 April 2007

The ethical practice of medical and public-health professionals is increasingly tested by situations of war and conflict. The result - from Rwanda to Abu Ghraib to Libya - can be the violation of medical neutrality.

Thursday 24th November

Dayton plus ten: Europe interrogated

Michel Thieren and Louise L Lambrichs, 24 November 2005

The Dayton accords that ended the war in Bosnia in 1995 froze in place an unjust war settlement. Today, their renegotiation is a test of Europe’s moral identity, say Louise L Lambrichs & Michel Thieren.

Sunday 16th October

Kashmir: brothers in aid

Michel Thieren, 16 October 2005

The Kashmir earthquake is still claiming its victims, but Michel Thieren sees humanitarian and political lessons from hurricane Katrina being applied in its painful aftermath.

Tuesday 6th September