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6 May 2024, 1:15 pm
High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday called the evacuation order “inhumane. [read post]
23 May 2022, 3:48 am
Lynn Hastings, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the Palestinian territories, also announced yesterday that the U.N. wo [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 6:01 am
” The negative coverage has led to high-profile resignations. [read post]
4 Dec 2015, 12:14 pm
High Commissioner for Refugees as he "urged other countries to make more contributions to the cash-strapped agency. [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]
3 Feb 2012, 1:39 pm
Some helpful websites to begin your research include: US Department of State CIA- The World Factbook United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Human Rights Watch Amnesty International I, personally, had the tremendous privilege to work on my first asylum case in 2010. [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]
21 Mar 2014, 7:48 am
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has released a report that shows a “leap” in asylum applications to Europe from “industrialized” countries, such as Syria, Russia and Afghanistan. [read post]
13 Jul 2022, 6:50 pm
A Committee Expert welcomed that the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China had ruled that married same sex couples should be allowed to apply for public housing. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 8:15 am
The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) portal, REFWORLD, is a good source for select laws including on immigration and citizenship, criminal law and refugee law. [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]
14 Jun 2018, 2:07 pm
’s Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Ravina Shamdasani, denounced the Trump administration’s family separation policy at the border as “arbitrary” an “unlawful interference in family life, and a “serious violation of the rights of the child. [read post]
14 Jun 2018, 2:07 pm
’s Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Ravina Shamdasani, denounced the Trump administration’s family separation policy at the border as “arbitrary” an “unlawful interference in family life, and a “serious violation of the rights of the child. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 5:07 am
The United Nations’ refugee agency is asking the U.K. government to stop lone men from being paired with Ukrainian women seeking refuge from Russia’s invasion, amid growing fears they could be sexually exploited by predators posing as hosts. [read post]
25 Feb 2021, 4:00 am
” The Tatmadaw and its enablers: Decades of impunity The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights has described the situation in Myanmar as “a crisis born of impunity. [read post]
6 May 2017, 7:53 pm
Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) attended the hearing along with CECC Commissioners Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), Senator Angus King (I-ME), and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR). [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 5:00 am
The Appointments Clause of the Constitution requires high-level officers of the United States to be appointed through nomination by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate. [read post]
28 Jun 2023, 1:46 am
Russian forces executed 77 civilians they had arbitrarily detained during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, while another male detainee died from torture, inhumane conditions, and denial of medical care, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). 864 individual cases of arbitrary detention by Russia have been recorded since it launched its invasion. [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]
26 Mar 2008, 11:54 pm
High Commissioner for Refugees (near right)Thursday, April 10, 2:45 pm"International Law & the Fight Against Corruption": Sabine Konrad, Dewey & LeBoeuf, moderatorThursday, April 10, 4:30 pm"Presidential Foreign Policy Advisers' Panel": Ruth Wedgwood, Johns Hopkins U.Friday, April 11, 9 am"The Legacy of Iraq: Impact on International Law": Sandy Hodgkinson, U.S. [read post]
