2000 Training on the Rights of Refugees, organized by the UNHCR

You don't have to be a refugee, to defend the rights of refugees.

The rights of refugees, of course, remain another key concern of civil society organizations around the world.

(e) To respect the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons and their right of voluntary return in safety and dignity

(e) To respect the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons and their right of voluntary return in safety and dignity

In order to achieve a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian problem it was essential to take into account the rights of the Palestinian people as well as those of the Palestinian refugees.

Human rights are also at the core of efforts to avert new flows of refugees and other displaced persons.

The representative of UNHCR, noting the close link between human rights law and refugee law, underlined the importance of the work of special procedures to the work of UNHCR.

(f) To take all necessary measures to protect and respect the human rights of refugees, including the principle of non refoulement

The self study module Human Rights and Refugee Protection (formerly RLD5) is currently being revised.

It had prevented human rights organizations, including UNHCR from bringing aid to refugees.

On 8 December 2005, the Special Rapporteur spoke about the impact of terrorism and counter terrorism on the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers at the fortieth anniversary of the Finnish Refugee Council. On that occasion he briefly met with the United Nations

The Expert Consultation was coordinated jointly by the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), with the generous support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

That process, undertaken in both chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, had been accompanied by peaceful demonstrations in the region.

In the absence of a local presence of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, MINUSTAH is monitoring the rights of those internally displaced persons.

I undertook a number of field visits to refugee camps and to villages near the separation wall to interview victims of human rights violations and their families.

The Refugee Dilemma

Refugee Children.

Refugee registration

(d) To peacefully repatriate members of the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda returning to Rwanda, in accordance with the applicable norms of international law and with respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to ensure the rights and well being of returnees and refugee populations

We also call for an end to these dangerous attempts at forcible returns of displaced persons and request that the rights of refugees and displaced persons be seriously taken into consideration.

The Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal were active in protecting the rights of women asylum seekers, who were particularly vulnerable, and their efforts were considered effective.

Noting with appreciation also the emphasis placed by the Secretary General on promoting strict adherence to refugee law, international humanitarian law and human rights instruments,

Refugee protection and assistance

A Duty to Help the Refugees

Global Voices

Refugee protection and assistance

Protection of refugee children

Protection of Palestine refugees

Is this the home of the refugees?

Since April 2005 UNHCR has been working with AIHRC on monitoring the human rights situation, particularly in areas with significant levels of refugee and IDP returns.

His Government was concerned about reported incidents of attacks on refugees, human rights abuses and the increasing number of restrictive policies and barriers that prevented refugees and asylum seekers from receiving international protection.

Its use in the region broadened the definition or concept of refugees set out in the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol.

The crisis of refugees and internally displaced young people and the loss of basic human rights as a result of armed conflict is a cause of concern to young people.

What sort of peacekeeping is the United Nations going to enhance? Whose rights will the Organization protect? Anybody but Georgian refugees and internally displaced persons?

The Cairo Refugee Film Festival is an attempt to integrate refugees in their new host country

People believed were going to steal their property. The refugees were given a small camp for 80 families. Dirt poor.

Refugee Relief Programs (Iran Afghanistan border) surveying refugees' needs.

In that framework, we believe that it is a matter of priority to emphasize the importance of respect for human rights including the rights of refugees and of displaced persons and international humanitarian law as well as respect for the rights of minorities.

The number of refugees in the graph includes Palestine refugees under the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East mandate.

No UN sponsored refugee agency was established to help the refugees.

Where do refugee hearts go?

Educating Syria s Refugee Children

We also talked about the refugees.

New refugee outflows