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01 Dec 2006

Uganda
Uganda: Lira district (as of 01 Dec 2006)

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01 Dec 2006

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Combating Serious Crimes in Postconflict Societies

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— US Institute of Peace
This volume fills a major gap in the literature on efforts to rebuild societies emerging from conflict. Drawing on firsthand experience in tackling organized and other destabilizing crime in Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere, it distills that practical, hard-won knowledge into lessons and guidance for policymakers and practitioners who must face similar challenges.

"Serious crimes" include any and all criminal acts that threaten post-conflict security, hinder political and economic reconstruction, or undermine public trust in nascent criminal
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01 Dec 2006

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Statement by Mr. Jan Egeland Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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In Mr. Jan Egeland's final statement to the UN Security Council, the Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator highlights the Council's concern for the protection of civilians and the prominence that protection issues have gained in Security Council deliberations over the past three years. He posits that the safety, security and well being of civilians must be at the heart of the United Nations' approach to international and security crisis management. He addresses ongoing concerns related to access of those
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01 Dec 2006

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57th Session of the Executive Committee: Report on the Annual Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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This report provides highlights of the Annual Consultations with NGOs, which this year brought together some 329 representatives of 166 national and international NGOs, UN, and international organizations from 72 countries.

UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Operations opened the Consultations. Structured around four broad themes - Durable Solutions; the UN Reform; ExCom Conclusions; and the Asylum-Migration Nexus - the forum featured twelve Working Sessions and five Regional Sessions with the active involvement of some 83 resource persons from NGOs, academia,
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01 Dec 2006

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The "Protection Crisis": A Review of Field-Based Strategies for Humanitarian Protection in Darfur

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— ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group
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This paper is part of a study on 'protection in practice' which aims to examine current practice in humanitarian protection and explore strategies, programmes and initiatives undertaken in different contexts to support the protection of civilians. Focusing on roles, outcomes and the internal and external limitations of humanitarian actors, the purpose of the research is to draw lessons and elicit best practice, rather than evaluate specific programmes or agencies. This Discussion Paper on Darfur will inform a comprehensive HPG report on field-based strategies
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01 Dec 2006

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In the Absence of the Humanitarian Gaze: Refugee Camps After Dark

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Night-time is scarcely discussed when it comes to the analysis of life in refugee camps. Around the world, humanitarian aid agencies' access to camp sites is often limited to traditional office hours. Aid officials' presence may be limited by offical curfews. Aid workers may retreat from camps for socializing and rest.

At night-time, refugee settlements - almost terra incognita - elicit ambiguous sentiments among those who eschew them. Aid workers often see refugees' nocturnal activities as merely physical (e.g. sleep and sexual relationships). They also point to increased dangers
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01 Dec 2006

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Forced Migration Review Special Issue - Putting IDPs on the Map: Achievements and Challenges

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— Forced Migration Review, University of Oxford
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Forced Migration Review provides a forum for the regular exchange of practical experience, information and ideas between researchers, refugees and internally displaced people, and those who work with them. It is published in English, Spanish, Arabic and French by the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.

Contents

- Introduction by Francis Deng and Walter Kälin
- A personal tribute to Roberta Cohen by Francis M Deng
- The future of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement by Walter Kälin
- Placing IDPs on the international
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01 Dec 2006

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A Violation of His or Her Human Security' - New Grounds for the Recognition of Refugee Status: A Proposal for Reform

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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This paper puts forth a new legal definition of a refugee premised on the nonviolability of one's 'human security.' It suggests that article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Propocol (the 'Refugee Convention') be reformulated as follows:

"No Contracting State shall expel, return ('refouler') or extradite a person to another state where there is a wellfounded reason for believing that s/he would be subject to a violation of his/her human security and that such a violation would engage
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01 Dec 2006

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Migration December 2006: Losing Hope at Sea, The Tragedies of Irregular Migration

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— International Organization for Migration
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Irregular Migration: Looking at the Bigger Picture in Migration

Irregular Migration: Mother Courage Fights Irregular Migration in Senegal

Irregular Migration: La Bella Vita? The Italian Irregular Migration Experience

Labour Migration: The Politics of Taking Migrant Labour off the Black Market

Feature Section: The Hungarian Uprising

Bleak Future for Iraq's Displaced

Indonesia's Dual Disasters: Rising from the Rubble

Human Trafficking: Engaging Business to Fight the Business of Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking: Mekong Movie Results in Fewer Shattered Dreams

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01 Dec 2006

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Conceptualising Interconnections in Global Governance: the Case of Refugee Protection

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— Refugee Studies Centre
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In the context of growing complexity in global governance arrangements, it is becoming increasingly difficult to understand issue-areas - such as 'trade', 'the environment', 'human rights' and 'development' - in isolation from one-another. The way in which issue-areas are interconnected is an increasingly important factor in explaining political outcomes at the global level. However, the existing theoretical literature on interconnections, which is divided in this paper into agency-based accounts and structural accounts, is inadequate for systematically understanding
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01 Dec 2006

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Conceptualising the Role of Interconnections between Issue-Areas of Global Governance: The Case of Refugee Protection

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— University of Oxford
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In the context of growing complexity in global governance arrangements, it is becoming increasingly difficult to understand issue-areas - such as 'security', 'migration', 'human rights' and 'development' - in isolation from one-another. The way in which issue-areas are interconnected is an increasingly important factor in explaining political outcomes at the global level.

However, the existing theoretical literature on interconnections, which is divided in this paper into agency-based accounts and structural accounts, is inadequate for systematically understanding
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01 Dec 2006

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Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD)

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— Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies
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VOICE NGO members share their views on LRRD and their experience in putting this complex concept into practice. Different aspects of LRRD are being touched upon, such as food aid, education, the role of the local communities, disaster risk reduction, and exit strategies.
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01 Dec 2006

World
Fact Files and Media Tools on HIV/AIDS

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— PlusNews
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This tool provides information on HIV/AIDS and related issues. It covers topics such as orphans and HIV, gender based violence, refugees and IDPs.

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HIV/AIDS is striking down African adults in the prime of their lives, leaving millions of orphans to struggle on without parents. Globally, about 3 million deaths a year can be traced to HIV/AIDS - uncles, aunts, grandparents and governments must carry the burden of caring for more and more orphans. These children often lose much more than a mother or father. Orphans are often forced to care for siblings
PlusNews:

A selection of PlusNews reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more PlusNews news and analysis at http://www.plusnews.org

Une sélection d'articles PlusNews sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses de PlusNews sur http://www.plusnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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01 Dec 2006

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Forced Migration and the Failure of Civilian Protection in Africa: A Way Forward?

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— Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre
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Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are often characterized as the unintended human fallout of conflict; the unfortunate victims of war. Recently however, weaknesses in the international civilian protection system - the recurrent provision of aid without the necessary security guarantees - have meant that mass displacement has been harnessed and manipulated to serve the ends of belligerent groups. In a world where the international community frequently offers humanitarian assistance in lieu of political pressure or the credible threat of force,
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01 Dec 2006

World
Refugee Reports: Summer/Autumn 2006

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— US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
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Access to Justice in Camps: A New Area of Interest

Despite awareness of insecurity and lawlessness in refugee camps, practitioners and scholars have given little attention to the issue of access to justice or provision of legal remedies for human rights violations. Governments and refugee agencies frequently establish camps in emergencies and mass influxes with short-term planning, not regarding justice as an immediate or basic need. The Sphere Project's Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, for example,
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01 Dec 2006

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Precautions under the Law Governing the Conduct of Hostilities

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— ICRC
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This article presents a descriptive analysis of the precautions that are required of all belligerents in order to ensure the protection of civilian populations and objects against the effects of hostilities. The author argues that both the attacker and the defender must take precautions to avoid, or at least minimize, collateral casualties and damage. The rules imposing such precautionary measures represent clear standards of conduct. This is true even though they are worded in flexible terms to take into account the reality that mistakes or misjudgements are
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01 Dec 2006

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Reinforcing Data Reporting from Refugee Settings: Project Report

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— Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
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The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), a WHO Collaborating Center based in the School of Public Health of the Université Catholique de Louvain in Brussels, has been researching the human impact of natural disasters and complex emergencies for over thirty years. In 2003 CRED began developing the Complex Emergencies Database (CE-DAT) through funding provided by the U.S. Department of State/Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM). The CE-DAT database aims to collect mortality, nutrition, and health indicators in a standardized
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01 Dec 2006

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CEDAW and Security Council Resolution 1325: A Quick Guide

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— UN Development Fund for Women
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Established international norms and standards promote the protection of women during armed conflict and their participation in peace and security decision-making. Two sets of standards, UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security (UNSCR 1325), and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), are critical tools for moving the gender equality agenda forward in conflict and postconflict situations.

While both sets of standards are important in their own right, there is also a synergy between them that can enhance
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01 Dec 2006

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Cuadernos del IECAH - 4: La Estrategia Europea de Seguridad desde la perspectiva de la protección de civiles en conflictos armados

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— Instituto de Estudios sobre Conflictos y Acción Humanitaria
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Este cuaderno, se trata de un análisis sobre la protección de la población civil sometida a situaciones de violencia desde la perspectiva de la Estrategia Europea de Seguridad (aprobada en diciembre de 2003). Aunque su contenido fue elaborado a mediados de 2005, la evolución tanto de los conflictos como de la Unión Europea, así como la aprobación del marco de la ONU del principio de "responsabilidad de proteger", no hacen más que confirmar la importancia del tema y la necesidad de que la UE asuma la protección de civiles como una tarea

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