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11 Mar 2015, 10:16 am
And, in a surprising turn, the city of Amman, Jordan has voted to change the color of the uniform worn by its 4,600 sanitation workers. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 9:15 am
(IRIN, Feb. 2015) [text]"Exporting Human Rights Obligations: Israel’s 'Voluntary Departures' Put Lives in Danger," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 57 (March 2015) [full-text]Iran: Let Afghans Seek Refugee Status (Human Rights Watch, ) [text]Refugees at Home: A Livelihoods Assessment of Lebanese Returnees from Syria (IOM, Nov. 2014) [text]Regional Consultation: Middle East and North Africa, Amman, 3-5 March 2015 [text]- Follow link for scoping paper; see also… [read post]
26 Feb 2015, 8:45 am
See also related blog post.World Humanitarian Summit:Regional Consultation: Europe and Others Group, Budapest, 3-4 February 2015 [text via ReliefWeb]- Follow link for Co-Chairs' Summary; see also additional related materials.Regional Consultation: Middle East and North Africa, Amman, 3-5 March 2015 [text]- Follow link for scoping paper; see also additional related materials.The World Humanitarian Summit: Talking Shop or Game Changer? [read post]
10 Feb 2015, 10:41 am
Officials in Amman have disputed that account. [read post]
6 Feb 2015, 10:59 am
The BBC reports that thousands of Jordanians marched in the capital of Amman today in support of their government’s fight against ISIS. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 10:15 am
According to Martin Chulov, images of Muadh al-Kasasbeh being burned alive have filled the streets of Amman, from tea houses to universities, with anger and a pulsing desire for revenge. [read post]
25 Jan 2015, 8:15 am
-May 2015 [info]- Three more seminars are scheduled: "Moving Beyond Protection Space: Developing a Law of Asylum in Asia," 10 February 2015; "The Protection of Conscientious Objectors and UNHCR's Role as a Norm Entrepreneur," 10 March 2015; and "The Extraterritorial Application of the Non-refoulement Obligation in International Human Rights Law," 5 May 2015.Course: Palestine Refugees and International Law, Amman, 6-7 March 2015 & Beirut, 13-14 March… [read post]
23 Jan 2015, 1:38 pm
On May 20th, 2009 Jordan's King Abdullah officially opened the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC), a facility set against a dramatic pocketed plateau on the northern outskirts of Amman. [read post]
24 Nov 2014, 2:45 pm
(ETD = Electronic Theses & Dissertations)The Logic of Generosity: Resilient Action among Jordanian Women in Al Manara, Amman, in Response to Pressures on Charity Donations Posed by Syrian Refugees, Thesis (Utrecht University, Aug. 2014) [text]Palestinians in Lebanon: Victims of Double Misrepresentation - A Study of Political Organization in Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian Refugee Camp, Thesis (University of Oslo, May 2014) [text]Reflective Practice Using Music-based Program to Support… [read post]
13 Nov 2014, 11:25 am
” In Amman, US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in an effort to diffuse recent tensions in Jerusalem. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 7:45 am
"Displacement and Integration in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: A Century Later, Oxford, 5 November 2014 [info]- Annual Harrell-Bond lecture.Palestine Refugees and International Law, Amman, 6-7 March 2015 & Beirut, 13-14 March 2015 [info]- No application deadline is indicated; each session is limited to 25 participants.Publications:Bringing Back the Palestinian Refugee Question, Middle East Report, no. 156 (International Crisis Group, Oct. 2014) [text via Refworld]"An Essay… [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 11:18 am
The 50-year-old Zeid, educated in the United States and Britain, has been Jordan's ambassador to the U.N. twice in the last 14 years, with a three-year break when he served as Amman's top envoy in Washington. [read post]
5 Sep 2014, 6:47 am
ISIS is spreading across the Middle East, traveling down a river of blood toward Baghdad, Amman, and Damascus. [read post]
2 Sep 2014, 9:00 am
For instance, in 2011, a rescue center in Amman, Jordan requested that a U.S. sanctuary import and provide permanent refuge for three vervet monkeys and nine baboons confiscated from severely inhumane circumstances in zoos and private possession. [read post]
13 Aug 2014, 8:15 am
.; deadline for submissions is 19 September 2014.Engaging with Faith Organisations and Communities in Development and Humanitarian Work, Amman, 4-6 November 2014 [info]- Application deadline is 21 September 2014.Job: Research Assistant, Migration Policy Centre [info]- Application deadline is 22 September 2014.Bordering on Failure: Canada-US Border Policy and the Politics of Refugee Exclusion, Oxford, 30 September 2014 [info]Master of Arts in Migration and Displacement, Wits University,… [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 7:36 am
[JURIST] A three-man civilian panel in the Jordanian State Security Court [Jordan government website] on Thursday declared radical preacher Abu Qatada [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] not guilty of terrorism offences relating to an alleged plot [Al Jazeera report] in 1998 on the American school in Amman. [read post]
22 Apr 2014, 12:52 pm
In preparing personal effects for shipment from the U.S. to his post in Amman, Bishop packed nearly 10,000 rounds of ammunition in boxes labeled “weights,” and signed a packing slip certifying that his shipment did not contain “any unauthorized explosive materials, destructive devices or hazardous materials. [read post]
30 Mar 2014, 11:00 am
This past week, Secretary Kerry raced to Amman in a desperate attempt to keep the talks alive. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 11:00 am
Before becoming Ombuds for Africa, she was in charge of administrative affairs at ICRC’s Logistic Centre in Kenya Deniz Ogretir works out of Amman, covering 21 delegations of the ICRC located in the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific. [read post]
25 Feb 2014, 11:43 am
In mid-January, a group of bloggers from across the Arab region came together in Amman for the fourth iteration of the Arabloggers conference, a community which Abd El Fattah had been a part of since its beginnings in 2008. [read post]
