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This at-a-glance guide to global security issues provides a wealth of information on armed conflicts since 1946. It maps political violence, the links between poverty and conflict, assaults on...
This report seeks to provide an introductory and accessible framework for non-lawyers, to be used in understanding and grasping the many diverse issues associated with housing rights as they are...
This report addresses the need to disaggregate housing rights data, so as to pay particular attention to the housing conditions of particularly marginalised groups, including women, children, the...
Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) seeks to integrate humanitarian principles and the protection of civilians within its mandate and operations. This paper details the ways in which these laws and...
The absence of professional knowledge regarding coordination, and the occasional shortage of technical and methodological expertise, added to the usual resistance to coordination, made it a...
This is derived from NGO reports, discussions with international agency staff in Kosovo in early November 1999, and a variety of publicly available reports. Tensions between Albanian Kosovars and...
This paper offers a synthesis of ideas debated at a one day seminar examining international responses to humanitarian tragedies. With many regions of the world today caught up in a state of...
This Handbook, which is the result of a collaborative effort involving more than 30 human rights, humanitarian and development organizations, provides legal and operational guidance on protection...
In recent years, UNHCR has increased significantly its involvement in voluntary repatriation operations, and it was felt that UNHCR field staff and their partners should have at their disposal a...
Intended to be used by NGO field staff who work with refugees and displaced persons. It offers both basic legal information about international protection for refugees and practical guidance for...