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28 Jun 2016, 10:41 am
High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein said the country should include international judges as it moves into a transitional phase of justice. [read post]
22 Jun 2016, 11:52 am
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in 2016, 65.3 million people are considered refugees, the largest count since WWII. [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 10:43 am
According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) statistics, in 2015 there were around 65 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide, around 21 million of whom were refugees, of which 10 million were stateless. [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 3:35 pm
The Global Trends 2015 compiled by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) notes that 65.3 million people were displaced at the end of 2015, an increase of more than 5 million from 59.5 million a year earlier. [read post]
18 Jun 2016, 7:45 am
2016-2017 Framework for Cooperation between the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [text]Advocating Human Rights: The Forgotten Battle (Refugees Deeply, June 2016) [text]- Part 3 of series on refugee advocacy.Annual Report 2015: Investigation Service, Inspector General's Office (UNHCR, March 2016)… [read post]
14 Jun 2016, 8:15 am
"The Right to Asylum between Islamic Shari’ah and International Refugee Law: Consequences for the Present Refugee Crisis," Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law Online, vol. 19, no. 1 (2016) [info]- See also earlier related study.Security and International Refugee Protection: UNHCR's Perspective, Presentation at 44th INTERPOL European Regional Conference, Prague, 18-20 May 2016 [text]Related post:- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy… [read post]
Statement by Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein on the Opening of the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
14 Jun 2016, 3:19 am
In what has become a ritualized performance over the years, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered his statement for the opening of the 32nd session of the U.N. [read post]
13 Jun 2016, 9:45 am
2014 Assessment: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Jan. 2015) [access]- Follow link for reports, executive summaries, and UNHCR response.Disasters, Conflict and Fragility: A Joint Agenda (GFDRR, May 2016) [text via PreventionWeb]- See also related special event, "Resilience Dialogue: Local Action to Address Fragility and Protracted Displacement, Brussels, 16 June… [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 10:41 am
In 2014, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Turkey was home to the largest number of refugees in the world. [read post]
29 May 2016, 5:58 am
The Associated Press is reporting that the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees says over 700 migrants are feared dead in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks south of Italy in the last few days as they tried desperately to reach Europe... [read post]
18 May 2016, 5:12 am
UNHCR 2015: A difficult crisis The European refugee crisis has been a difficult experience for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [read post]
18 May 2016, 5:12 am
UNHCR 2015: A difficult crisis The European refugee crisis has been a difficult experience for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [read post]
11 May 2016, 1:07 pm
High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein expressed concern over Turkey’s refusal to allow a U.N. team to investigate claims, Turkey’s foreign ministry “dismissed [the] UN statement raising alarm over violence against civilians and alleged human rights abuses in predominantly Kurdish south-east Turkey and said it was welcome to visit the region. [read post]
29 Apr 2016, 12:58 pm
" Adam Shaw of Fox News reports that during a "high-level meeting" on March 30 in Geneva between the administration and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, commissioner Filippo Grandi called for pursuing "alternative avenues" for refugees, such as more flexible mechanisms for family reunification, including extended family members. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 9:00 am
(ENS Blog, March 2016) [text]Observations by the Representative Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kyrgyz Republic on the Draft Law on Amendments to Certain Legal Acts of Kyrgyz Republic ("Deprivation of Nationality as a Measure of Counteraction to Terrorist Activities") (UNHCR, March 2016) [text]"The Origins of UNHCR’s Global Mandate on Statelessness," International Journal of… [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 10:15 am
Opportunity:Funding opportunity: NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Colombia [info]- Proposal submission deadline is 21 April 2016.Publications:2016-2017 Framework for Cooperation between the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (U.S. [read post]
24 Mar 2016, 9:45 am
A/HRC/31/35 (General Assembly, Jan. 2016) [text via Refworld]United Nations Secretary-General: Did You Know? [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 7:55 am
Current NATO Secretary-General and former prime minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg, and Mary Robinson, the former UN High Commissioner of Human Rights and former president of Ireland, are the sort of figures that come to mind. [read post]
18 Mar 2016, 1:00 pm
"Retrospective Analysis of Reproductive Health Indicators in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Post-emergency Camps 2007–2013," Conflict and Health, 10:3 (March 2016) [open access]The Syrian Crisis Needs Targeted Mental Health Research (SciDev.net, March 2016) [text]New resource:ClinicFinder (Doctors of the World UK) [access]- "[A] mobile-web application to provide simple and clear information about free primary… [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 2:30 pm
(Norwegian Refugee Council, March 2016) [text]New resource:IDP Laws and Policies: A Mapping Tool (IDMC) [access]- A"new law and policy database [that reveals] how countries around the world are framing their response to situations of internal displacement through national legislation and policies. [read post]
