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  Implementation of the ‘Self Reliance Strategy’ compromises refugee rights in Uganda

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Long-term humanitarian ‘care and maintenance’ programmes have a reputation for ignoring human and social needs. A new strategy designed for Sudanese refugees in Uganda was meant to address these failings by applying a more ‘developmental’ approach. However, political security, refugee participation and respect for human rights have been lacking.
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  Safety, security and accessible justice: putting policy into practice

  Department for International Development, UK, 2002

  The aim of these guidelines is to assist development staff in putting safety, security and accessible justice (SSAJ), policy into practice.As the guidelines highlight there are a number of reasons why safety, security and accessible justice matter to poor people, including:poor people and vulnerable groups suffer disproportionately from crime – eg the impact of theft is more severe if
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  Bridging development and humanitarian work in protracted crises

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Development aid donors are paying more attention to countries in long-term crisis, which may help conflict-affected populations. However, it is difficult to distinguish between the forms of aid available, especially with donors now linking security and aid. How can and should the humanitarian community respond to the increasing involvement of development groups?
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  Human security report 2005: war and peace in the 21st Century

  Human Security Centre, 2005

  The first Human Security Report presents a comprehensive and evidence-based portrait of global security.
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  Human security: linking development and security in an age of terror

  European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, 2005

  Human security is commonly understood as prioritising the security of people, especially their welfare, safety and well-being, rather than that of states.
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  Reconciliation of communities in post-conflict Rwanda

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The 1994 genocide in Rwanda claimed the lives of more than a tenth of the population, mostly Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The Rwandan Government is aiming to create a governing structure based on participation and inclusiveness, particularly at grassroots level. It believes this will lead to national unity and reconciliation.
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  Humanitarianism as a duty: defending people’s right to food

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Humanitarian groups are working in closer partnership to secure the right of conflict- or disaster-affected people to adequate food. Protection is interpreted beyond preventing physical threat or insecurity to include the protection of rights provided for by international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law.
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  Integrating refugees locally could be a durable solution

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The usual response to mass refugee movements is to explore ways to send refugees home. But many refugees cannot go home as it unsafe for them to do so. The 1951 UN Refugee Convention recognises that refugee problems can be resolved through local integration. However, as refugee problems have grown, this approach has been very limited in its implementation.
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  Fear and want: obstacles to human security

  Social Watch, 2004

  Acknowledging that it is impossibe to answer many specific questions on current events, this report aims to make its own contribution to the debate by examining which grassroots organisations around the world are engaged in the frontline of the battle against poverty and discrimination.
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  Human Rights Watch World Report 2004: human rights and armed conflict

  Human Rights Watch, 2004

  This 407-page report includes 15 essays on a variety of subjects related to war and human rights, from Africa to Afghanistan, from sexual violence as a method of warfare to the new trends in post-conflict international justice.

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