Selon le nouveau rapport statistique du HCR sur les tendances mondiales, les déplacements forcés n’ont jamais été aussi nombreux depuis 18 ans

Un rapport publié aujourd’hui par le HCR, le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, montre qu’il y a aujourd’hui davantage de réfugiés ou de déplacés internes qu’à tout autre moment depuis 1994(1), la crise en Syrie étant devenue un nouveau facteur majeur de déplacement forcé dans le monde.

Security Council
6981st Meeting (AM)

The Libyan people would, for the foreseeable future, continue to endure the heavy legacy bequeathed to them over decades of brutal rule, the Security Council was told today as it heard from the top United Nations official in that country.

The restrictions were related to the country’s non compliance of the ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29).

GENEVA – In a historic move, delegates attending the International Labour Conference (ILC) have voted to lift all remaining ILO restrictions on Myanmar.

Chinese mining industry contributes to abuses in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Chinese mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need to do more to prevent their operations from leading to human rights abuses, Amnesty International warned today in a new report.

Profits and Loss: Mining and human rights in Katanga, examines the impact of the mining industry in south-eastern DRC.

Le Réseau genre et droits de la femme (Gedrofe) est une plateforme qui promeut les droits de la femme en RDC. Son siège se trouve à Kinshasa. Elle œuvre dans six provinces et fonctionne depuis 2006.Jody Nkashama et Nounou Ngoie font le point des activités de ce réseau avec Sylvie Kolomoni, sa présidente.

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HPG Policy Briefs

In 2010, half of the world’s refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) were thought to be in urban areas, many of them in protracted displacement with little likelihood of ever returning home. Yet the implications of protracted urban displacement have not been given due weight by an international aid and governance system that has historically focused its displacement responses on rural camps.

The Association of Displaced Persons and Refugees has described 2013 as “the worst for Darfur camps”, as record numbers of displaced struggle in abysmal conditions throughout the region.

“In terms of the deterioration of security, economy, living conditions, and high influx rates of newly displaced people, our assessment shows that this year has been the worst so far,” the spokesman for the Association, Hussein Abu Sharati, told Radio Dabanga.

Afghanistan’s security forces must do everything in their power to avoid and account for civilian casualties, Amnesty International said today as the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) handed over responsibility for maintaining security in the country.

The organization also calls on the Afghan authorities to investigate allegations of civilian casualties amid operations carried out by Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).