Envisioning LGBT Refugee Rights in Canada: The Impact of Canada’s New Immigration Regime
Canadas current immigration regime poses challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) asylum seekers, says new report Recent changes such as the Protecting Canadas Immigration System Act (Bill C-31, 2012) have led to a refugee system that creates particular barriers for LGBT asylum seekers. Many come from over 75 countries where homosexuality is illegal. … Continue reading Envisioning LGBT Refugee Rights in Canada: The Impact of Canada’s New Immigration Regime →
The Right to Leave a Country
The right to leave a country, including one’s own, is a necessary prerequisite to the enjoyment of a number of other human rights, most notably the right to seek and enjoy asylum and to be protected against ill-treatment. States are entitled to place restrictions on the right to leave, if they are in compliance with … Continue reading The Right to Leave a Country →
Genocide and its aftermath: The case of Rwanda.
This article describes the experiences of returnees from exile into Kigali, Rwanda and the efforts of the Government of Rwanda (GoR) and the UNHCR to meet the needs of returnees, and to deal with the aftermath of the genocide. Particular attention is paid to the Gacaca courts and the role of social work therein. We … Continue reading Genocide and its aftermath: The case of Rwanda. →
M.A. in Conflict, Displacement and Human Security
School of Law and Social Sciences, University of East London, is offering a new MA in CONFLICT, DISPLACEMENT AND HUMAN SECURITY Programme content The proposed programme offers an advanced and comprehensive understanding of the relationship between conflict, displacement and human insecurity. Distinctive features of the programme are its focus on conflict and displacement, its people-centred … Continue reading M.A. in Conflict, Displacement and Human Security →
DEVELOPMENT, MOBILITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS:
Recent years have seen mobility and migration and their links to development high on the global policy agenda and discourse. Yet, the missing dimension is the linkage of these with the rights of migrant workers. Development now focuses on freedom, choices and capabilities of people. It is crucially dependent on realization of human rights of … Continue reading DEVELOPMENT, MOBILITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS: →
A moral imperative: The human rights implications of climate change
Aminzadeh, S.C. (2007). A moral imperative: The human rights implications of climate change. Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 39(2): 231-265. http://www.cacoastkeeper.org/document/human-rights-implications-of-climate-change.pdf
Enhanced refugee registration and human security in northern Ecuador
A new research publication has just been released by the UNHCR Research Paper No. 198 Enhanced refugee registration and human security in northern Ecuador By Ian McGrath You can download the report here: http://www.unhcr.org/4d35556e9.html
INEE Toolkit
INEE is pleased to announce the launch of the new INEE Toolkit at www.ineesite.org/toolkit The INEE Toolkit contains a wide variety of practical, field-friendly tools and resources to guide educationalists, humanitarian workers and government officials working in the field of education in emergenciesthrough to recovery. With the input of many INEE members, the original Toolkit … Continue reading INEE Toolkit →
Rights of Refugees and Displaced Persons, HREA
HREA has launched an introductory e-course on the rights of refugees and displaced persons. The course takes between 3 and 10 hours to complete yet is completely self-paced and thus can be spread out over days, weeks or even months depending upon the situation of the learner. Upon successful completion of a final test the … Continue reading Rights of Refugees and Displaced Persons, HREA →
Human security and capacity in fragile states, Wageningen Disaster Studies
With pleasure we announce the occasional paper series of Wageningen Disaster Studies. The first issue ‘Human security and capacity in fragile states’ by Ian Christoplos and Dorothea Hilhorst is now available online at http://www.disasterstudies.wur.nl/UK/Publications/Paper+Series/ . It is a scoping paper reviewing issues of socio-economic recovery in so-called ‘fragile states’ that concern humanitarians, development workers and … Continue reading Human security and capacity in fragile states, Wageningen Disaster Studies →
