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31 Mar 2011, 9:16 am
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has released Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries 2010. [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]
5 Feb 2011, 8:03 pm
It is also supported by the principles found in paragraph 171 of the Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status which was issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 9:20 am
Known as the “United Nations System of Organizations,” these specialized units include agencies such as the United Nations Children Fund (“UNICEF”), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (“UNESCO”) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. [read post]
15 Dec 2010, 4:30 am
Comments by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [on the] New Zealand Legal Aid Quality Framework (UNHCR Regional Office, Oct. 2010) [text]Detention on the Borders of Europe: Report on the Joint Global Detention Project–International Detention Coalition Workshop in Geneva, Switzerland, 2? [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 9:35 am
General Assembly Will Hold ‘World Conference on Indigenous Peoples’ in 2014, Under Terms of Resolution Recommended by Third Committee [A/C.3/65/L.22/Rev.1] Also Approves Five Other Texts on Extrajudicial Executions, Leprosy, United Nations Refugee High Commissioner, Practices Fueling Racism, Globalization Concerned about the extreme social and economic disadvantages that indigenous peoples have faced, the Third Committee approved a draft… [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 9:35 am
General Assembly Will Hold ‘World Conference on Indigenous Peoples’ in 2014, Under Terms of Resolution Recommended by Third Committee [A/C.3/65/L.22/Rev.1] Also Approves Five Other Texts on Extrajudicial Executions, Leprosy, United Nations Refugee High Commissioner, Practices Fueling Racism, Globalization Concerned about the extreme social and economic disadvantages that indigenous peoples have faced, the Third Committee approved a draft resolution… [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 5:24 am
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section Division of International Protection Services, Geneva. [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]
21 Oct 2010, 6:30 am
' (Schmidt-Soltau 2009)" in the same issue.Making Climate Information User Friendly for Humanitarian Organizations (Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, 2010) [text via PreventionWeb]Monitoring Immigration Detention in South Africa (Lawyers for Human Rights, Sept. 2010) [text]Refugees’ Experiences and Views of Poverty in Scotland (Scottish Poverty Information Unit, Oct. 2010) [text via BBC]Report of the United Nations High… [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 8:04 am
But where EU law is engaged, the Charter could be directly enforceable in national law, as was demonstrated by a decision earlier this year in the Court of Appeal: see our post on the as yet unreported R (on the application of S) (Claimant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Defendant) & (1) Amnesty International & AIRE Centre (2) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Interveners) (2010). [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 8:30 am
Refugee Law Course, Sanremo, 2-6 November 2010 [info]- Apply by 1 October 2010.Sixty-first session of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (EXCOM), Geneva, 4-8 October 2010 [info]- See the Note on International Protection and the elements of the High Commissioner's opening address.World Social Forum on Migration, Quito, 8-12 October 2010 [info]- Register by 15… [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 8:00 am
" Includes "Feelings of betrayal by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and emotionally distressed Sudanese refugees in Cairo. [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]
4 Aug 2010, 12:46 pm
[JURIST] An officer for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees [official website] said Wednesday said that lawyer Mohammad Mostafei, who is defending a woman sentenced to death in Iran, is seeking asylum in Turkey after fleeing Iran following alleged harassment [AI release] by Iranian officials. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 6:30 am
In 1990 the now-defunct Centre for Documentation on Refugees (CDR) compiled EXCOM in Abstracts: A Bibliographic Description of Documentation Issued in the Context of UNHCR's Governing Bodies and Major International Refugee Conferences 1951-1990, which summarizes the official documentation submitted to the advisory bodies of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1951 to 1990, that is, EXCOM and the two entities which… [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]
13 Jul 2010, 10:00 am
R (on the application of S) (Claimant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Defendant) & (1) Amnesty International & AIRE Centre (2) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Interveners) (2010) – Judgment not yet available The Court of Appeal has ruled that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (“the Charter”) could be directly relied on in the UK in a decision on the removal of an Afghan asylum… [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 8:33 am
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is seeking a Protection Officer for its Regional Office in Washington, D.C. [read post]
5 Jul 2010, 7:26 am
From the UNHCR: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that over the next three to five years more than 805,000 refugees will need resettling in third countries, as there will neither be a possibility for them to... [read post]
