Protection and Human Rights

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01 Feb 2004

World
WHO/UNICEF Joint Statement: Reducing Measles Mortality In Emergencies

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— UN Children's Fund
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This policy paper provides the WHO/UNICEF statement regarding countries experiencing complex emergencies. It advocates for urgent, structured and coordinated supplementary immunization activities, together with vitamin A supplementation, to reduce the number of measles deaths and interrupt the transmission of the measles virus during and after complex emergencies. For this purpose it provides :

- Overview of the measles problem
- Progress and challenges
- Afghanistan post-emergency campaign
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01 Feb 2004

World
Gender, Justice and Accountability in Peace Support Operations: Closing the Gaps

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— International Alert
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This paper examines challenges and obstacles to ensuring gender justice and accountability in the context of international peace support operations (PSOs). It looks at the issue of gender justice from three perspectives:

 - How PSOs can foster a culture of gender justice and accountability
 - How to strenghten the capacity and mandates for PSOs to respect, protect and promote civilians' human rights
 - How to better address violations committed by UN civilian or military peacekeepers

The paper provides recommendations for UN
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01 Feb 2004

World
Global Survey on Education in Emergencies

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— Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
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This survey on education in emergencies offers information on how many refugee, displaced and returnee children and youth have access to education, and the nature of the education they receive. The report consists of three parts:

Part I: Explores issues related to students, teachers, curriculum, educational materials, schools and facilities and funding based on information collected during the Global Survey,

Part II: Focusses on the same issues in more detail for several countries with large refugee or internally displaced populations
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01 Feb 2004

World
Gender-based Violence Tools Manual - For Assessment & Program Design, Monitoring & Evaluation in Conflict-Affected Settings

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— Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium
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This book provides tools to address gender-based violence (GBV) in refugee, internally displaced, and post-conflict settings. The tools are divided into three major categories:

- Assessment tools are meant to improve awareness of the nature and scope of GBV
- Program tools are meant to improve awareness of the nature and scope of GBV
- Program monitoring and evaluation tools assist in evaluating program effectiveness.


This manual is one of several outcomes of a three-year global Gender-based Violence Initiative spearheaded by the
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01 Feb 2004

World
Gender-based Violence Tools Manual

Report
— Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
This manual is one of several outcomes of a three-year Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium to address gender-based violence (GBV) in refugee, formulated according to a multi-sectoral model of GBV action within and coordination between the constituent sectors. The manual is meant to be used by humanitarian prevention and response.

The tools are divided into three major categories: assessment, program design, and program monitoring and evaluation.
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01 Feb 2004

World
Guidelines for medico-legal services for victims of sexual violence

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— World Health Organization
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Sexual violence is ubiquitous; it occurs in every culture, in all levels of society and in every country of the world. Data from country and local studies indicate that, in some parts of the world at least, one woman in every five has suffered an attempted or completed rape by an intimate partner during her lifetime. Furthermore, up to one-third of women describe their first sexual experience as being forced. Although the vast majority of victims are women, men and children of both sexes also experience sexual violence. Sexual violence can thus
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01 Feb 2004

World
US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2003

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— US Department of State
Begun in 1977, the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are designed to assess the state of democracy and human rights around the world, call attention to violations, and - where needed - prompt needed changes in U.S. policies toward particular countries. They are an expression of U.S. vigilance in monitoring other countries and holding leaders accountable for their treatment of fellow citizens.

Each year's Country Reports identify gaps between principles and practice, between espoused standards on the
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01 Feb 2004

World
Child Soldiers Newsletter - No. 10

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— Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
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In many of today's conflicts, adolescents represent the majority of children who fight or are associated with armed forces and groups; however, they are often ineligible for demobilisation programs for child soldiers as they become adults in the ranks of armed groups, missing the opportunity for rehabilitation and reintegration into a peaceful community.

Lingering wars can destroy most of the economic and social infrastructure of countries and exacerbate the privation of the populations involved, leading to voluntary recruitment of adolescents.
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01 Feb 2004

Liberia
Liberia still in crisis: Save the Children policy briefing for the 2004 International Reconstruction Conference of Liberia

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— Save the Children
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Despite a return to relative calm in Monrovia, and the presence of close to 10,000 UNMIL forces, sections of the country remain unstable, rights violations are still being reported, and humanitarian conditions continue to be dire. Approximately 500,000 people are still displaced within Liberia.
Donors are in a position to get Liberia back on the road to long-term peace and stability. This will not occur in the absence of adequate long-term resources to fund a coherent reconstruction programme, a commitment to push rehabilitation and reintegration up the
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31 Jan 2004

Angola
Angola: Mine Incidents (Jan 2004)

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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31 Jan 2004

Iraq
Iraq: Status of investigations of mass grave sites (Jan 04)

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— US Department of State
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31 Jan 2004

Angola
Angola: Populations newly cut-off (Jan 2004)

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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31 Jan 2004

Russian Federation
UNICEF Humanitarian Assistance in the Northern Caucasus Situation Report No. 82

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— UN Children's Fund
20 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
GENERAL

Mr. Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, visited the North Caucasus on 26-27 January. In Grozny, Mr. Egeland visited three sites (a temporary accommodation centre for returnees, a childcare centre that provides psychological assistance to disabled children and mine victims, and a maternity hospital) and met with government officials to discuss various issues related to the humanitarian situation in the republic. In

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31 Jan 2004

Uganda + 1 other
Situation report northern Uganda, Jan 2004

Report
— Forum on Early Warning and Early Response
The report is based on findings during October 2003. For enquiries or comments, contact: Shameza Abdulla, sabdulla@fewerafrica.org.
INTRODUCTION

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have been waging a seventeen-year war that has led to gross violations of human rights against civilians living in the northern areas of Gulu, Kitgum, Pader, Arua (Acholiland) and Soroti. The issue of child abductions has persisted ever since the beginning of the LRA insurgence 17 years ago. It is reported that the rebel group has abducted at least 5,000 children

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31 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Workshop report: DRC - Assessing the Ituri Interim Administration, Jan 2004

Report
— Forum on Early Warning and Early Response
At its inception in April 2003, the Ituri Interim Administration (IIA) was assigned two specific missions that constitute its mandate: reconciling communities (pacification) and effectively manage public services in Ituri (administration). Despite these assigned tasks, the IIA continues to have limited resources, and its capacity to carry out its objectives has been called into question.
Bearing this in mind, AIP, FEWER and APFO in collaboration with the Nairobi Peace Initiative have organised a series of workshops to provide the participants, members of the Interim
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31 Jan 2004

Russian Federation
OCHA Humanitarian action in Chechnya and Neighbouring Republics (Russian Federation) 16-31 Jan 2004

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
I. HIGHLIGHTS
UN Under-Secretary-General Visits Russian Federation Including North Caucasus

From 25-29 January, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Jan Egeland, conducted an official visit to the Russian Federation, which included high-level meetings in Moscow and a mission to Chechnya and Ingushetia. He met Russian officials including the Federal Minister for Chechnya, Mr Stanislav Ilyasov, the Minister for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences

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31 Jan 2004

Sri Lanka
USAID/OTI: Sri Lanka fact sheet Jan 2004

Report
— US Agency for International Development
Recent Developments
Sri Lanka's peace process is at its most critical juncture to date since the signing of the Ceasefire Memorandum of Understanding in February 2002. The Sri Lankan population and the international community welcomed the long-awaited announcement that the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) were ready to return to the negotiating table, coupled with a set of proposals submitted for an interim self-governing authority in the North and East. However, the President's sacking of ministers from three key ministries in November 2003 has effectively stalled resumption
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31 Jan 2004

Eritrea
Donor information update Eritrea Jan 2004

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs


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