As the whole edifice of aid machinery descended on the world’s latest emergency, it soon became apparent that it was ill-equipped to adequately address the needs of a displaced population from a middle-income country. Although a majority of the…
In times of conflict everyone is affected by violence; however, women and girls in particular are more at risk of facing different forms of violence including sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) due to the lack of social protection and lack…
Nakivale Refugee Settlement on Uganda’s border with Rwanda is one of Africa’s oldest refugee camps. Rwandans first fled there following the ‘Hutu Revolution’ of 1957 and it now contains roughly 60,000 Rwandans, Congolese and Somalis along with many other nationalities…
We miss an important opportunity if we ignore smaller, less geo-politically prominent situations such as that which has been unfolding in eastern Cameroon since 2005. Despite the lack of media attention it has received, this situation offers significant insights into…
Following the revolution in Iran in 1979 that brought about the Islamic Republic, the new government had an open-arms policy towards Afghan refugees from its early days, a policy rooted in the religious values and principles of Islam.[i] As a…
Since the mid 1990s, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rape and other forms of sexual assault have become common weapons of war as well as commonplace acts by non-combatants. The brutality with which these acts are performed often…
In late 2011 the World Food Programme (WFP) conducted a literature review of previous studies of cash and voucher transfers and a limited survey of their own programmes to investigate whether cash and voucher transfers were working towards improving protection…
Although refugee employment rights are, for the most part, clearly articulated in international legal instruments, efforts to implement these rights in domestic law and government practice have been minimal in most countries that host significant refugee populations. Evidence from the…
طلب اللجوء ليس عملاً غير قانوني، ومع ذلك، طالما تعرض طالبوا اللجوء واللاجئون للاحتجاز والاعتقال في جميع أرجاء العالم وعانوا ليس من الحرمان من الحرية فحسب بل من انتهاكات أخرى كثيرة لحقوقهم الإنسانية أيضاً. وتُمثل المبادئ التوجيهية بشأن الاحتجاز التي…
هيمنة الخطابات بشأن الأمن الوطني ومفاهيم السيادة الإقليمية من العوامل المهمة. وقد دأبت المحكمة الأوروبية لحقوق الإنسان على التأكيد على أحقية الدول في السيطرة على الدخول إلى أراضيها، مؤكدة بذلك على أنه إذا كان الاحتجاز خدمة للمصلحة العامة المشروعة فلا…