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2 Oct 2019, 4:25 am
The United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees has annoounced that a lawyer, whose work has supported the efforts of the Kyrgyz Republic in becoming the first country in the world to end statelessness, has been selected as the 2019 winner... [read post]
30 Sep 2019, 9:01 pm
In fact, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner found conditions in Libya so bad that taking migrants there after a rescue at sea would violate international law given the “considerable risk of prolonged arbitrary detention in inhuman conditions, torture, and other ill-treatment, unlawful killings, rape and other forms of sexual violence, forced labour, extortion and exploitation. [read post]
15 Sep 2019, 7:00 am
Cultural Proximity and “a Nation of Refugees” The cultural and religious identity of Syrian refugees has clearly shaped Jordanians’ response. [read post]
12 Sep 2019, 5:50 am
These are conditions that fall dramatically short of the ones advocated by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for voluntary, safe, and sustainable return to Syria. [read post]
6 Aug 2019, 2:39 am
We then developed a second interview protocol that engaged over 30 international public servants at multiple international organizations, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Labor Organization. [read post]
26 Jul 2019, 6:29 am
High Commissioner for Refugees had found “severe problems to accessing the asylum procedure” in Mexico. [read post]
22 Jul 2019, 5:00 am
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Labor Organization (ILO), Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), and International Organization for Migration (IOM) are invested in projects to improve the skill set of refugees and enhance their employability, especially in the private sector. [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 2:10 pm
High Commissioner for Refugees (UN HCR), who reviewed each of the agreement's terms as well as their proposed implementation. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 6:00 am
On Dec. 3, 2018, the Security Council held an informal Arria Formula meeting on the “Situation of Persons with Disabilities in Armed Conflict” sponsored by Poland, in partnership with Côte d’Ivoire, Germany, Kuwait and Peru, and with the cooperation of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the International… [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 10:59 am
Several former national security, diplomatic, and immigration officials, including former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former Secretary of Homeland Janet Napolitano, also submitted a brief criticizing the policy, as did the U.N. high commissioner for refugees. [read post]
19 Jun 2019, 7:15 am
(COAST, Dec. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]UN High Commissioner for Refugees Concludes Visit to Myanmar (UNHCR, May 2019) [text]When Identity Documents and Registration Produce Exclusion: Lessons from Rohingya Experiences in Myanmar (LSE Middle East Centre Blog, May 2019) [text]Related post:- Regional Focus: Asia/Pacific - Pt. 1 (19 June 2019)Tagged Publications. [read post]
17 Jun 2019, 5:00 am
Early in 2019, the United Nations High Commissioner (UNHCR) noted that “less than 5 percent of global refugee resettlement needs” were met last year. [read post]
27 Mar 2019, 11:45 am
"Most People Drowned at Moroccan Maritime Border Never Identified," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 14 March 2019 [text]Oral Update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Libya Pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution 37/41, 40th Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 21 March 2019 [text]- See also related VOA news article.Refugee Movements in the Middle East: Old Crises, New Ideas, MENARA Working Paper, no. 29 (Istituto Affari… [read post]
18 Mar 2019, 1:15 pm
""Considering Refugees through 100 Years of Geographical Review," Geographical Review, Accepted Articles, 2 March 2019 [free full-text]"Human Rights, Income and International Migration," International Migration, Early View, 11 March 2019 [open access]Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), MOPAN 2017-18 Assessments (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Feb. 2019;… [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 4:01 am
In 2016, the Migration Policy Institute suggested the true number of Central Americans migrating through Mexico without migratory documents was around 300,000, while the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported it at 400,000 and Doctors without Borders suggested it was as high as 500,000. [read post]
14 Feb 2019, 1:00 pm
Indeed, the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees and others have confirmed that the overwhelming majority of people fleeing from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras have real claims to asylum and other protection in the U.S. [read post]
11 Feb 2019, 3:51 pm
A princess from the United Arab Emirates, who attempted to flee from her country’s repressive social system, was forcibly captured during her escape, brought back to Dubai, and declared to be mentally ill, a narrative seemingly endorsed by former Irish president and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, the Times details. [read post]
18 Jan 2019, 12:42 pm
Ethiopia’s Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs led the effort to draft the new legislation, in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [read post]
16 Jan 2019, 8:15 am
(This announcement re. changes to the Refworld and ecoi.net databases was posted on ecoi.net's blog and is reproduced with permission.)Joint Communication by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Austrian Red CrossUNHCR and the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD), a department of the Austrian Red Cross, are partnering up for a streamlined content division between their… [read post]
23 Dec 2018, 8:44 pm
Moreover, in Canada the Commentaries make it clear that a judge must carefully consider the implications for judicial independence of serving as an inquiry commissioner: 2.8, p. 12. [81] In our view, serving on a working table, acting as an inquiry commissioner, or testifying before a legislative committee are distinguishable from the type of advocacy at issue in this case. [read post]
