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29 Jul 2008, 10:44 pm
For refugees, the visa process begins with an interview by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 10:39 am
A heartening story from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) this week highlights the value of empowering refugees by providing them with the opportunity to work, rather than warehousing them in camps. [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]
27 Jun 2008, 12:13 am
The petition was filed on behalf of detainee Mohammed Sulaymon Barre, a UN mandate refugee from Somalia protected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [read post]
23 Jun 2008, 7:00 pm
" Thus, for over half a century, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has sought to lead and coordinate action to protect refugees and resolve racial, religious, national, social and political conflicts worldwide. [read post]
23 May 2008, 2:47 am
R v Asfaw (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees intervening)[2008] UKHL 31; [2008] WLR (D) 165 “A refugee, who arrived in the United Kingdom directly from the country of persecution in transit to a country of preferred refuge, was entitled to the protection from prosecution provided by art 31(1) of the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees when, in attempting to leave the… [read post]
12 May 2008, 9:27 pm
High Commissioner for Refugees, has absolute immunity from a lawsuit brought by two U.N.... [read post]
7 May 2008, 10:39 am
After 23,000 refugees returned home to South Sudan, the United Nations refugee agency has closed two camps in western Ethiopia. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 9:45 am
The United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees has prepared a "Compilation of Case Law on Refugee Protection in International Law March 2008. [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]
20 Mar 2008, 11:43 pm
" The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees this week criticized Sweden's return policy, noting that "[t]he level of human rights violations and violence along sectarian and intra-sectarian lines remain high in both central and southern Iraq", so individuals from those areas should be considered refugees. [read post]
19 Mar 2008, 5:16 am
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than four million Iraqis are displaced from their homes, with roughly half of them outside of the country. . . . [read post]
12 Jan 2008, 10:28 am
By the end of 2007, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that there are over 2.3 million internally displaced persons within Iraq, and over 2.3 million Iraqis who have fled the country. . . . [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 12:30 am
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees held a Dialogue on Protection Challenges to address protection needs for "refugees and migrants around the world [who] risk their lives every day in desperate attempts to find safety or a better life. [read post]
30 Nov 2007, 7:33 am
On Wednesday, we filed this brief on behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as Amicus Curiae in support of the Petitioner in the case of Ali v. [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 12:25 am
Conflict and persecution produce tragedy unimaginable to those of us who reside far from lands where gunfire sounds or where human rights are threatened.To raise awareness of the plight of the world's refugees -- the thousands who have fled their homes to seek asylum -- the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has created Against All Odds, an online game that seeks to build understanding of the grim realities… [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 12:30 am
First, this optimistic claim is at odds with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' most recent statistics: 60,000 Iraqis flee their homes every month; 4 million Iraqis displaced (2.2 million within Iraq) as of September 2007. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 12:15 am
This week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees released "Against All Odds", a video game that seeks to educate youngsters by placing them in the shoes of a refugee. [read post]
10 Sep 2007, 5:46 pm
As noted in the backgrounder prepared by the experts: Key human rights mechanisms of the United Nations have affirmed States' obligation to ensure effective protection of all persons from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. [read post]
2 Jun 2007, 4:47 am
According to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, about 1.2 million Iraqi refugees now live in Syria; the Syrian government puts the figure even higher. (...) [read post]
