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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]
24 Jul 2023, 10:11 am
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) noted in 2022 that there has been a six-fold increase in Cuban applications for asylum since 2021, making Cuban asylum seekers the third largest group of asylum seekers. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 4:00 am
The report also notes how the RIA’s functions are open to international scrutiny, citing visits by the United Nation’s High Commission for Refugee’s representative and the Council of Europe‘s Human Rights Commissioner, Mr. [read post]
18 May 2024, 11:49 am
Throughout the next three decades the United Nations and some of its affiliated organizations prepared a series of reports on the feasibility of national institutions as instruments for protection and promotion of human rights. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 9:30 pm
Furthermore, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, there were 25.4 million refugees in the world by the end of 2017—“the highest ever seen. [read post]
14 Feb 2017, 11:00 am
High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, who warned recently that the Syrian civil war is not conducive to the establishment of safe zones. [read post]
21 Apr 2018, 4:30 pm
This summer, she is excited to be interning for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in their Caribbean Protection Unit. [read post]
5 May 2023, 6:43 am
For example, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Advisor for Climate Action, Andrew Harper, concluded in November 2022 that rising temperatures and extreme weather in the Sahel region of Africa are “worsening armed conflict, which is already destroying livelihoods, disrupting food security, and driving displacement. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 11:47 am
’s high commissioner for human rights has demanded that the U.N. investigate Saudi Arabia’s role in targeting civilians and committing other human rights abuses. [read post]
23 Jul 2020, 2:40 pm
The House also passed a measure Wednesday that would revoke the Trump administration’s broad restrictions on the entrance into the United States of refugees and asylum-seekers from certain countries, writes Politico. [read post]
12 Oct 2016, 8:07 am
High Commissioner for Refugees—as the clear, indeed, overwhelming favorite. [read post]
8 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
If you are not familiar with local organizations or hesitant about your Spanish skills, I’d recommend beginning your research at the international level with Response for Venezuelans (R4V), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 9:48 am
She also has served as an inaugural member of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ Advisory Group on Gender, Forced Displacement, and Protection, as well as a technical adviser to the Global Survivors Fund. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 6:07 pm
This historic step fills in a crucial gap in the human rights framework; former High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has described the OP-ICESCR as making human rights whole. [read post]
2 Sep 2014, 3:13 am
Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein as the sixth recipient of the Joshua Heintz Humanitarian Award for his important and impressive service to humanity, and welcoming his recent appointment as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Noting with sadness the recent passing of our esteemed colleague and friend Judge Hans-Peter Kaul, and recognizing his important contributions to international criminal justice; Noting 150 years of international… [read post]
14 Sep 2018, 2:14 pm
The Forum is guided and chaired by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (Human Rights Council resolution 35/7) and organized by its Secretariat at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 12:23 pm
In related news, Russia has relaxed its objections to a United Nations probe seeking to determine the perpetrator of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. [read post]
22 Aug 2014, 5:34 am
The irony of attending lectures on peace in the morning and then watching televised news reports on beheadings by IS, abductions by Boku Haram in Nigeria, violence in Gaza and the Ukraine, refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq, and police violence in the US proved to be overwhelming. [read post]
14 Oct 2019, 9:53 am
The subcommittee will hear testimony from Asha George, the executive director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense; Umair Shah, the executive director of Harris County Public Health; and Jennifer Rakeman, the assistant commissioner and director of the Public Health Laboratory in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. [read post]
10 Feb 2018, 4:27 pm
It has been accused (including by the UN’s Human Rights High Commissioner) of publishing hate speech. [read post]
