07 November 2013

Thematic Focus: General, esp. UNHCR

Durable Solutions to Displacement: Exploring the Roles of Development, Humanitarian and Peacebuilding Actors (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, Nov. 2013) [text]

Note on the Mandate of the High Commissioner for Refugees and His Office (UNHCR, Oct. 2013) [text]

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Part I: Covering the Period 1 January 2012-30 June 2013, UN Doc. No. A/68/12 (Part I) (UN General Assembly, 2013) [text]

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Part II: Strategic Review Pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 58/153, UN Doc. No. A/68/12 (Part II) (UN General Assembly, 2013) [text]
- Note: This is UNHCR's first decennial review "of the global situation of refugees and the role of the Office." In presenting the report to the Third Committee of the UNGA, the HC noted that "the number of persons of concern to the agency had doubled in the last 10 years... ."

Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement, Oxford, 16 Oct. 2013 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Under the Radar: Internally Displaced Persons in Non-Camp Settings (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, Oct. 2013) [text]

UNHCR – A Humanitarian Organization with a Mandate to Protect Civilians in Refugee Camps (Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies Blog, Oct. 2013) [text]
- Note: The author has a book due to be published next month entitled Protecting Civilians in Refugee Camps: Unable and Unwilling States, UNHCR and International Responsibility (Brill).

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