(English) The State of Private Refugee Sponsorship in Canada: Trends, Issues, and Impacts
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“Change and Challenge at UNHCR: A Retrospective of the Past 50 Years”
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is arguably the lead UN agency in complex humanitarian emergencies. But this is a recent role, whereby UNHCR provides assistance to displaced persons both beyond international borders, in refugee camps, and within conflict zones. The agency has evolved, in practice, beyond its original mandate to protect refugees … Continue reading “Change and Challenge at UNHCR: A Retrospective of the Past 50 Years”
Early Warning and ‘Ethnic’ Conflict Management: Rwanda and Kosovo
The author examines the way in which past conflicts shape the responses to current crises. In examining the facts of the Rwandan case compared with what is known of the Kosovo crisis, he identifies a number of similarities shared in both contexts. However, these first order similarities prove to be outweighed by the differences in … Continue reading Early Warning and ‘Ethnic’ Conflict Management: Rwanda and Kosovo