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Searching with a thematic focus on Conflict and security, Refugees and IDPs use forced migration instead, Migration in conflict and security, Human rights in conflict and security

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  The UNHCR tool for participatory assessment in operations

  United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2006

  Refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees must be at the centre of decision-making concerning their protection and well-being. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the protection problems they face, it is essential to consult them directly and to listen to them.
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  Promotion and protection of the rights of children: impact of armed conflict on children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 1996

  This United Nations (UN) official document presents the report of a UN investigation into the impact of armed conflict on children. The first section of the report explores ways of mitigating the effects of armed conflict on children.
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  Training on the UN guiding principles on internal displacement

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2003

  This paper summarises the discussions raised at the workshop on the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement in Kabul, organised by the the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).The aim of the workshop was to train local actors regarding the protection of internally displaced persons (IDPs), the workshop targeted representatives of s
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  Myths around asylum seeking: a more coherent approach to forced migration?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Most asylum seekers in Europe come from states affected by high levels of violence, oppression and conflict. On arrival, they are often treated with contempt by politicians, the press and the public. Why have policies failed to curb the flow of forced migrants? Should the European Commission focus on strengthening the borders of ‘Fortress Europe’? 
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  Is the UNHCR doing its job?: Combining refugee relief with local development in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Food and water deprivation, inadequate health and education facilities, prison-like restrictions on freedom of movement, ethnic and gender violence, ad-hoc justice and collective punishment: this is how Cairo- based refugee scholar Barbara Harrell-Bond recently described the plight of many refugees in UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) camps in Africa.
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  Selected bibliography on the global crisis of internal displacement

  Brookings Institution, 2001

  This 73-page bibliography containing more than 800 items is an effort to compile and catalog the substantial materials on the study of internal displacement.The bibliography includes various thematic categories:basic texts and sources of informationweb resourcesearly writings on internal displacementgeneral overview of displacement caused by conflict and human rights violati
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  Humanitarian and human rights emergencies

  Brookings Institution, 2001

  As the world's only super-power and a major humanitarian aid donor, the United States has a critical role in shaping the response to these emergencies.This policy briefing states that whether or not the Bush administration decides to maintain American leadership in this area, it will have to develop firm guidelines for humanitarian action in the cases it chooses to address.
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  Internal Displacement: articles from Forced Migration Review

  Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 1998

  Short articles on internal displacement of refugees: Forced migration within national borders: the IDP agenda by Jon Bennett The Three Gorges: the unexamined toll of development-induced displacement by Martin Stein National response to internal displacement by Jennifer McLeanLiving in the shadows: internally displaced people in southern Africa by Marion Ryan Sinclair Colomb
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  Uprooting the rural poor in Rwanda

  Human Rights Watch, 2001

  Reports on the human rights violations as a result of the Rwandan governments implementation of the National Habitat Policy.