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28 Oct 2009, 2:20 am
Conflict Beyond Borders: Humanitarian Impact of the Colombian Conflict in Ecuador (IDMC, Oct. 2009) [text via Refworld]Pakistan: Protect People First (Refugees International, Oct. 2009) [text]Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Doc. [read post]
7 Oct 2009, 6:45 am
WelcomeRachel Taylor, Interim Director, Human Rights Institute, Georgetown University Law CenterRemarks on Refugee ResettlementLarry Yungk, Senior Resettlement Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesReport Presentation Georgetown Law Students Luke Polcyn, Soraya Fata, Dania Ayoudi, Raha Wala, Gabriel Pacyniak, Ian Kysel"Refugee Crisis in America: Iraqis and Their Resettlement Experience" is the culmination of months of… [read post]
29 Sep 2009, 2:30 am
Guillermo Bettochi, UNHCR Representative for Somalia [info]Humanitarian Space and Human Security: Panel discussion moderated by the United Nations High Commissioner for [read post]
31 Aug 2009, 10:36 am by The Editors
” The assessment of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees is just as worrisome: Conflict and the displacement of civilians within Darfur, and to Chad, continue to hamper efforts to protect and assist the region’s 2.5 million IDPs, as well as some 45,000 Chadian refugees and more than 3,000 refugees from the Central African Republic. [read post]
25 Aug 2009, 5:17 pm
Current reports highlight legal developments in the African Union (AU); Mercado Común del Sur/Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR); North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO); The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF); The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC); International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); The Secretariat of the Basel Convention;… [read post]
25 Jul 2009, 3:02 am
Camps and settlements are often characterized by a plurality of legal institutions, operated by the host state, the United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), nongovernmental organizations, and refugee actors. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 3:07 pm
Refugee Admissions Program by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [read post]
20 Jun 2009, 4:00 am
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is addressing these challenges by rolling out a new website that models several innovative strategies for intergovernmental and non-governmental non-profit organizations seeking to survive in this era of high technology and low finances. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 3:00 am
High Commissioner for Refugees. [read post]
8 May 2009, 4:00 am
High Commissioner for Refugees reports that 120,000 people fled the conflict zone in the last ten days of April.The situation is even grimmer for the 50,000 Sri Lankans said to be held by the LTTE in an area smaller than New York's Central Park. [read post]
17 Apr 2009, 4:00 am
It's not immediately apparent which agency that might be -- for the refugees, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (which Edwards argues should play a complementary role to OPCAT), and for other immigrants, perhaps the UN Human Rights Committee. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 8:55 am
The United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees has issued this report: Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, 2008. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 6:07 pm by Jason Disterhoft
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]
1 Dec 2008, 11:03 am
High Commissioner for Refugees, and in various position in Rwanda and Afghanistan for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. [read post]
21 Nov 2008, 10:29 pm
Today, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees issued "UNHCR Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. [read post]
19 Nov 2008, 4:38 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Public Health Officer Heiko Hering said Wednesday that the large-scale anti-malaria effort recently launched by the United Nations Foundation [official websites] is part of fulfilling the service obligations of the Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees [text, PDF]. [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 7:35 am by The Editors
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the main agency mandated to provide protection and humanitarian services to those fleeing persecution, estimates there are almost 10 million refugees around the world. [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 6:43 am
The United Nations cannot allow the terrible assault on women to continue, while crouching behind the ambiguity of mandate. [read post]
20 Aug 2008, 1:48 pm
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees provides some interesting comparative data: Dear Sir/Madam, We are pleased to inform you that updated statistics on monthly asylum applications submitted in selected... [read post]
11 Aug 2008, 8:21 am
" Unlike many other celebrity endorsements, Jolie's carries the weight and influence of her extensive humanitarian work around the world, as the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. [read post]