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Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in a letter addressed to the General Assembly, reiterated the need for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and called attention to the attacks on the camps, stating the conditions in Gaza are causing “extraordinary human suffering. [read post]
Since the initial announcement of the mass deportation plan on October 3 this year, more than 59,780 individuals have left Pakistan to go back to Afghanistan, citing fear of arrest as the reason, according to a flash report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees  (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). [read post]
19 Oct 2023, 10:44 am by Yousuf Syed Khan
” Indeed, according to the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, no water, wheat, or fuel has been allowed to enter Gaza since October 7. [read post]
19 Oct 2023, 5:38 am by David Bernstein
We will not back down from this stance that has been supported by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner, and many other reputable human rights organizations. [read post]
The rights groups and the UN Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) both invoke the non-refoulement principle under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol. [read post]
20 Sep 2023, 9:25 am by Antonia Mulvey
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights investigation was discredited when it partnered with the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, a widely distrusted body. [read post]
8 Aug 2023, 12:58 pm by Tom Kosakowski
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the Ombudsman is hiring Conflict Resolution & Mediation Officer based in Panama City. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 9:48 am by Neil Schoenherr
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]
28 Jul 2023, 5:55 am by Alison Bisset
High Commissioner for Refugees suggest that since the current fighting began in April, there have, once again, been instances of all six grave violations against children across Sudan. [read post]
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]
6 Jul 2023, 12:00 pm by Unknown
Integrating Videos for Young Children into Multi-sectoral Interventions: What We’re Learning from Pilots in Bangladesh, Colombia, and Kenya (Sesame Workshop, June 2023) [text via INEE] The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Statement on Membership of Particular Social Group and the Best Interests of the Child in Asylum Procedures (UNHCR, June 2023) [text] - Scroll to section 5 for… [read post]
28 Jun 2023, 3:50 am by Matrix Law
However, the Resettlement Scheme applied only to refugees referred by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”). [read post]
28 Jun 2023, 1:46 am by Seán Binder
  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]
21 Jun 2023, 5:51 am by Scott Roehm
High Commissioner for Human Rights), Ambassador Michèle Taylor (U.S. [read post]
20 Jun 2023, 12:28 am by Immigration Prof
As the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees notes, "[e]ach year on 20 June, the world celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape... [read post]
The United Nations released the Global Trend Report 2022 on Wednesday which covers refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced and stateless people worldwide. 112.6 million people fall under the protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [read post]
8 Jun 2023, 6:06 am by Chidi Odinkalu
  As the AUPSC convened for its summit, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, reported that the fighting in Khartoum had displaced some 1.4 million, of whom at least 345,000 had crossed international borders. [read post]
Daniel Byman *** A year ago, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced a tragic milestone—the number of forcibly displaced people in the world had reached 100 million, the most ever on record. [read post]
20 May 2023, 11:15 am by Unknown
., May 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]- Note: BAY states = Borno, Adamawa and Yobe in Nigeria.Integrating refugees: Lessons from Germany since 2015–16, Background paper to the World Development Report 2023 (April 2023) [text]Joint communiqué of the high-level tripartite meeting between the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Rwanda and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (15 May 2023) [access]- Follow… [read post]