Browse Research and Commentary

[A presidential statement on humanitarian issues] is a step forward, but a resolution would be much stronger.

October 1, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Devex

A country like Lebanon that only has four million people is looking at having one million registered (Syrian) refugees by the end of the year…How much more can a country like Lebanon be expected to do in terms of receiving refugees?

September 24, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, CNBC

Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis and Its Political Implications

September 18, 2013

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Syrian Crisis: Massive Displacement, Dire Needs and a Shortage of Solutions

September 18, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Kemal Kirişci and Salman Shaikh

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Humanitarian Crisis Spilling from Syria

September 11, 2013, Megan Bradley

Who Is Protecting Civilians in Syria?

September 10, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

Joint Message on the "National Instruments on Internal Diplacement - A Guide to Development"

September 2, 2013, Chaloka Beyani and Walter Kälin

Liberal Democracies’ Divergent Interpretations of the Right of Return: Implications for Free Movement

September 2013, Megan Bradley

National Instruments on Internal Displacement: A Guide to their Development

August 2013, Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and Norwegian Refugee Council

Afghanistan 2014: A Crisis of Internal Displacement

August 30, 2013, Khalid Koser

Afghanistan 2014: Displacement Scenarios

August 29, 2013, Khalid Koser

Afghanistan 2014: Preparing for the Humanitarian Transition

August 28, 2013, Khalid Koser

Hospitality in Crisis: Reflections on Jordan’s Role in Responding to Syrian Displacement

August 27, 2013, Megan Bradley

United Nations Slams Australia's Treatment of Refugees

August 27, 2013, Jane McAdam

Internationally it's highly embarrassing for a country like Australia to have the UN Human Rights Committee say something like this (on Australia's refugee detention policy).

August 23, 2013, Jane McAdam, ABC News Australia

World Humanitarian Day: The Courage of Humanitarian Workers

August 19, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

Jane McAdam Speaks to ABC Tropical North about ‘Climate Migrants’

August 15, 2013, Jane McAdam

Bringing Together Disaster and Climate Change Networks: Historic Meeting in the Pacific

July 23, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

Chaloka Beyani Report "Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons: situation of internally displaced persons in the Syrian Arab Republic"

July 15, 2013, Chaloka Beyani

Gender and Livelihoods among Internally Displaced Persons in Mindanao, Philippines

July 2013, Rufa Cagoco-Guiam

From Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley: Trip Report on Syrian Refugees

July 10, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: Five More Uncomfortable Questions for the International Community

July 9, 2013, and Elizabeth Ferris

The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: Five Uncomfortable Questions for the International Community

July 8, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

Australia's Overheated Carr Takes Aim at Asylum Scapegoats in Boats

July 2, 2013, Jane McAdam

Roles of Pacific Regional Organizations in Disaster Risk Management: Questions and Answers

July 2013, John Hay