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15 Nov 2020, 6:03 pm
United Nations Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet voiced concern about the increased violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, indicating that such violence may amount to war crimes. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 1:31 pm
According to Antonio Guterres of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), These people are in desperate need of help because they live in a nightmarish legal limbo. [read post]
17 Jul 2010, 3:00 am
Quoted from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Guidelines on Membership within a Particular Social Group, which state thatwomen may constitute a particular social group under certain circumstances.Unsurprisingly, the ruling is being portrayed as having the potential to "unleash a "wave of political asylum claims from applicants who say being a woman from Central America is reason enough to fear for their lives. [read post]
2 Nov 2023, 2:58 pm
Ravina Shamdasani, the spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Friday that Pakistan’s plan to deport the “undocumented” remaining foreign nationals in the country after November 1 should be suspended as it disproportionately impacts more than a million undocumented Afghans who will remain in Pakistan post the final deadline. [read post]
28 Jun 2023, 3:50 am
However, the Resettlement Scheme applied only to refugees referred by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”). [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 12:16 pm
High Commissioner for Refugees from 2005 to 2015, where he grappled with the onset of the refugee crisis. [read post]
1 Jul 2008, 3:49 pm
Hard to believe, but it's been a full decade today that Pricewaterhouse LLP merged with Coopers and Lybrand LLP to form PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, now the largest single accounting firm on the planet and the leader of the Big Four firms.And rather than celebrate its visible business success, PricewaterhouseCoopers is marking this important 10th anniversary by joining with Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in a… [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 11:36 am
Recently the Commission has held hearings on the status of human rights in North Korea, Morocco and Sudan, bringing in human rights defenders such as Su-Jin Kang from the Coalition for North Korean Women’s Rights, and Vincent Cochetel from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to speak with members of Congress. [read post]
5 May 2021, 4:23 pm
When the site was up and running, its homepage displayed logos for Pfizer, the World Health Organization and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, all in an attempt to appear legitimate. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 9:25 am
Asylum applicants unlucky enough to come from one of these nations, to be designated by an independent panel on the advice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(!) [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 10:15 am
Persons at Risk of Statelessness in Serbia (UNHCR, June 2011) [text] South Sudan Nationality: Commitment Now Avoids Conflict Later (Refugees International, May 2012) [text] "Statelessness and Human Rights: The Role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)," EAFIT Journal of International Law, vol. 2, no. 2 (2011) [full-text] UAE, Comoros and Statelessness (Statelessness Blog, June 2012) [text] And… [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 12:00 am
He has testified before Congress on several occasions and has been a consultant to President Clinton's transition team, President Obama’s transition team, the first President Bush’s Commissioner of Immigration, the Administrative Conference of the United States, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and several foreign governments on migration, refugee and citizenship issues. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 7:23 am
Each year the President is obliged to consult with Congress in setting this goal -- and then the President has plenary discretion to work with the UN High Commissioner on Refugees to identify suitable applicants for resettlement. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 11:19 am
High Commissioner on Refugees Filippo Grandi has said that “safe zones” would not work in Syria, despite Trump’s promise to “absolutely do safe zones in Syria. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 4:35 pm
The later chapters of the book discuss the subjects of peace and reconciliation and the author’s work in the field as President of the United Nations Association of Guyana and in other involvements of the same nature is clearly demonstrated in the philosophy, analyses and experiences related in these chapters. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 12:00 pm
High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told the European Parliament, “I am deeply concerned about any arrangement that would involve the blanket return of anyone from one country to another without spelling out the refugee protection safeguards under international law. [read post]
4 Jun 2023, 5:53 am
Daniel Byman *** A year ago, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced a tragic milestone—the number of forcibly displaced people in the world had reached 100 million, the most ever on record. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 9:49 am
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees issued a Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Victims of Organized Gangs, 31 March 2010, ~ 38 (resistance to criminal gangs may be considered an immutable characteristic fundamental to conscience and the exercise of human rights because it is founded on respect for the rule of law and the right to freedom of association.). [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 3:00 am
High Commissioner for Refugees. [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 7:00 pm
Amy has also worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and at Brooklyn Law School’s Safe Harbor Project, where she advocated for refugee rights. [read post]
