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In Sri Lanka, 300, 000 people were displaced in the final phase of fighting between the army and the LTTE, a 26-year conflict that came to a definitive end on 20 May 2009, with victory for the SLA...
The 'House of Rights' serves as a centre where internally displaced (IDP's) can come to reclaim their rights - be they human rights, civil rights or such basic rights as health,...
In the morning of December 26, 2004, the Indonesian island of Sumatra, was hit by two inter-connected disasters - a powerful earthquake that struck the west coast of northern Sumatra, cracking and...
The Handbook for Self-reliance provides UNHCR field-based staff and their partners with an invaluable operational tool for formulating and implementing self-reliance strategies. Based on the...
Effective information management underpins the work of OCHA, particularly its coordination andadvocacy functions. For example, strategic and operational decision making and prioritizationrequire...
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a stand-by fund established by the UnitedNations to enable more timely and reliable humanitarian assistance to victims of disasters andcomplex...
This study project involved an assessment of the social development-related needs of people in tsunami-affected areas in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The aims were to: (1) enable socially-...
Information on the nature and scope of sexual violence during and immediately after conflict is increasingly demanded by governments, NGOs, UN bodies (such as the Security Council), and...
The report recorded the SFL responds to the March and April 2002 earthquakes in the Baghlan Province of Afghanistan by providing temporary emergency shelters to affected families. SFL implemented...
Older people1 have often been overlooked in disasters and conflicts, andtheir concerns have rarely been addressed by emergency programmesor planners. This analysis seeks to: (1) highlight factors...