Around 6.5 million people were newly displaced, almost twice as many as the 3.5 million during 2011. The conflicts in Syria and DRC were responsible for around half of the new displacements.

Executive Summary

New and old conflict-affected countries, such as Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia, contributed to an increase in asylum applications during 2012.

Crisis de desapariciones forzadas

Peña Nieto debe definir una estrategia para investigar y erradicar las desapariciones

(México D.F.) – Miembros de las fuerzas de seguridad de México han participado en numerosos casos de desaparición forzada, señaló Human Rights Watch en un informe divulgado hoy. Prácticamente en ninguno de estos casos las víctimas fueron halladas ni se llevó a los responsables ante la justicia, lo cual ha exacerbado el sufrimiento de los familiares de los desaparecidos, comprobó Human Rights Watch.

This book is one of the outcomes of the Dissemination and Strengthening Project for Grupos Beta and Programa Paisano as Examples of Successful Partnerships Benefiting Migrants, which was put together and implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Mexico, and financed by IOM's 1035 Facility. This project was designed to disseminate the Government of Mexico's experience in the field of attention to migrants and to document the beneficial impact that partnerships with different levels of government and civil society have had on this vulnerable population.

Most of world will fail to meet goals for women’s and children’s health by 2015 amid declining donor funding

La hausse des prix alimentaires menace des millions de vies

Des millions de gens parmi les plus pauvres seront confrontés à de graves problèmes en raison de la forte hausse des prix alimentaires.

En effet, le système alimentaire mondial présente de sérieux problèmes que les décideurs politiques n'ont pas le courage de prendre en main, préférant miser sur les ressources bon marché qu'ils ont tenues pour acquises pendant 30 ans. Mais cette époque est désormais révolue.

“States have the obligation to engage with Indigenous Peoples at the earliest stage of any decision-making process that affects them. Ignoring that obligation only creates a climate of bad faith, distrust and polarisation which can fuel social unrest and conflict ”
Mariano Machain, Campaigner on Economic, Social and Cultural rights at Amnesty International
Wed, 08/08/2012

This policy brief proposes the concept of “chronic violence” to characterise the crisis of escalating social violence that currently affects about one-quarter of the world’s population. Based on an extensive analysis of literature on Latin America, the it advances six propositions to aid policymakers and other key stakeholders to recognise this significant – but largely ignored – phenomenon and to shift to a more productive approach that takes into account both its diverse drivers and its complex social consequences.

The brief argues that chronic violence: