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UNHCR's mandate has gradually been expanded to include protecting and providing humanitarian assistance to whom it describes as other persons "of concern", including internally displaced persons (IDPs) who would fit the legal definition of a refugee under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and 1967 Protocol ...
The body's reputation became controversial over time, as many observers saw it as highly politicized and vulnerable to outside pressure. [1] [2] [3] Scholars have found that states with a poor human rights record were more likely to be elected to the body than countries with good records. [1] [4]
Prior to the 1951 convention, the League of Nations' Convention relating to the International Status of Refugees, of 28 October 1933, dealt with administrative measures such as the issuance of Nansen certificates, refoulement, legal questions, labour conditions, industrial accidents, welfare and relief, education, fiscal regime and exemption from reciprocity, and provided for the creation of ...
In 2004, former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold published a book called Tower of Babble: How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos.The book argued that the organization’s approach to issues like genocide and terrorism showed a lack of consistent moral clarity, which occurred between the moral clarity of its founding period and the present day. [1]
The dust-up over Advanced Placement Psychology courses in Florida exposes the lie of the parental rights discourse in that state and elsewhere, writes Neil J. Young.
UNHCR tents at a refugee camp following episodes of xenophobic violence and rioting in South Africa, 2008. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established on 14 December 1950.
In its latest controversial move, Florida’s Department of Education this week advised superintendents across the state to stop teaching Advanced Placement psychology classes for high school ...
Richard Dreyfuss' controversial remarks at a "Jaws" screening in Massachusetts on Saturday have prompted the venue that hosted the event to apologize about the Oscar winner's "distressing and ...