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28 Jan 2014, 6:45 am by EEM
 More information available from the UNHCR Innovation Facebook page.Publications:Children Still Battling to Go to School (UNESCO, July 2013) [text]- Background paper for forthcoming 2013/14 Education For All Global Monitoring Report.LEGO Foundation Donates US$3 Million to Build a Future for Refugee Children (UNHCR, Jan. 2014) [text]Pop-up Schools Move with Refugees, so They Can Keep Learning (Fast Company, Nov. 2013) [text]Teaching about Refugees: The Refugee Experience in Amman,… [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 7:30 am by EEM
Short courses:Note: Registration is now open for all of these short courses; some have deadlines, others do not, so the following are arranged chronologically by the dates they will take place.Palestine Refugees and International Law, Amman, 14-15 March 2014 [info]- 25 spaces are available.Management of Refugee & Displaced Populations: From Emergency Relief to Sustainable Development, Liverpool, UK, 17-28 March 2014 [info]Public Health in Humanitarian Emergencies, Liverpool, UK, 31… [read post]
19 Jan 2014, 7:00 am by Daniel Byman
One notable example came on 16 January when the radical cleric Abu Qatada – speaking during his trial in the Jordanian capital Amman – called on ISIS to cease kidnapping, release its hostages, and most importantly, to dissolve its structures and subsume itself under the command of Jabhat al-Nusra. [read post]
29 Dec 2013, 5:58 am by Jillian C. York
We've ramped up our programs, and in early 2014 are partnering with Global Voices to host the fourth Arabloggers meeting in Amman, where we will conduct security and policy training and meet with our allies and fellow travelers from throughout the region. [read post]
5 Aug 2013, 8:21 am by Connie Crosby
She was born in Winnipeg, but was moved when young by her parents to a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan . [read post]
9 Jul 2013, 9:15 am by EEM
"Development Responses to Forced Migration," Presentation at 5th West Asia-North Africa Forum, Amman, 10-11 June 2013 [access] EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World in 2012 (Council of the European Union, May 2013) [text] International Migration Outlook 2013 (OECD, June 2013) [access] - See also related NYT article. [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 9:30 am by Tom Kosakowski
The Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen holds its seventh annual meeting in Jordan today and tomorrow, June 10-11. [read post]
6 Jun 2013, 7:15 am by EEM
Bases for the Palestinian Refugees' Right of Return under International Law: Beyond General Assembly Resolution 194 (CJICL Blog, Nov. 2012) [text] "Displacement in a Fragile Iraq," Forced Migration Review, no. 43 (May 2013) [open access text] Displacement, Trauma in Northern Yemen (IRIN, May 2013) [text] "Flight, Fragility and Furthering Stability in Yemen," Forced Migration Review, no. 43 (May 2013) [open access text] A Global History of Modern Humanitarian Action: Middle East and North Africa… [read post]
1 May 2013, 6:15 am by EEM
More than 30,000 Refugees and Migrants Make Risky Sea Crossing to Yemen This Year (UNHCR, April 2013) [text] A Multitude of Meanings in a Mutual Past (ODI, April 2013) [text] - Comment on event held in Amman that explored concepts of humanitarian action. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 8:17 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
The Examiner has notresponded to this argument by Appellant, nor is it apparent to us how theportions of Amman cited in the Examiner’s rejection teach this claimedfeature. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 2:19 pm by Sean Patrick Donlan
FEBRUARY 5, 2013 09:45   Global and Islamic Finance and Insurance III: Public Governance and the State Chair: Ignazio Castellucci, Professor of Asian Legal Traditions and Chinese Law, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; Professor of Comparative Legal Systems, University of Macau, Macau, China “Islamic Finance and Actual Performance of Muslim Countries” Yadollah Dadgar, Professor of Economics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran “The Extent of… [read post]
31 Dec 2012, 11:41 pm by Shouvik Kumar Guha
In the Middle-Eastern region, a comprehensive Published Patent Search Service (PPSS) has recently been launched by the AMMAN-Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property, which would determine patents’ availability for use and registration and evaluate whether such patents conflict with previously existing rights owned by third parties. [read post]
15 Oct 2012, 8:13 am by Charles Johnson
The Federal crime of Money Laundering is traditionally understood to be the practice of filtering “dirty” money, or ill-gotten gains, through a series of transactions until the funds are “clean,” or appear to be proceeds from legal activities. [read post]
27 Aug 2012, 3:49 am by Jeremy
.* Industrial design protection may no longer be obtained for designs that are functional; ** Collective marks and trade names are now protected, and special recognition is given to the status of well-known trade marks;* New legal provisions have been introduced with regard to geographical indications, unfair competition, traditional knowledge and handicrafts.Official fees required for intellectual property registration are being increased by 50% -- presumably because the new law is 50% better than… [read post]
16 Aug 2012, 3:12 am by SierraMarie
We met at the Wild Jordan Café in Amman, Jordan to sit with a panoramic view of the city outside our window and talk about their work for the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project during their summer abroad after their first year of law school. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 2:06 pm by Rick St. Hilaire
"By the end of January 2012, HSI special agents had seized dozens of antiquities" in New York, according to a July 26 ICE press release, includinga 1600 pound Buddha heada life sized stone figure weighing 500 poundsthree Chola period bronze sculptures, depicting Uma Parvati, Sivagami Amman, and MuruganA sandstone statue depicting Kubera, chief of the Yakshas, from the Indian Gupta period;a grey schist statue depicting Herkules-Vajrapani from the Kandahran Kushan period; anda… [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 8:23 am by SierraMarie
Image:  (Left to Right) Tamkeen Lawyers Noor Mazen Al Hadid, Mai Hatem, and Hanan A. [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 8:23 am by SierraMarie
Image:  (Left to Right) Tamkeen Lawyers Noor Mazen Al Hadid, Mai Hatem, and Hanan A. [read post]