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Disasters, Displacement and Protection: Challenges, Shortcomings and Ways Forward

May 15, 2013, Megan Bradley and Roberta Cohen

The establishment of the [UN] commission [to look into North Korea's human rights abuses] reflects long overdue recognition that a human rights ‘emergency’ exists in North Korea. The commission of inquiry should not be seen as an end in itself but rather as part of a larger strategy to promote human rights in North Korea.

March 23, 2013, Roberta Cohen, Yonhap News Agency

North Koreans in China in Need of International Protection

December 2012, Roberta Cohen

Challenges to Human Rights Information Gathering in North Korea

November 28, 2012, Roberta Cohen

North Korea, Human Rights and Chen Guangcheng

May 16, 2012, Roberta Cohen

Human Rights Progress In North Korea: Is It Possible?

March 20, 2012, Roberta Cohen

China's Repatriation of North Korean Refugees

March 5, 2012, Roberta Cohen

"From Responsibility to Response" Report Launch

December 5, 2011

Women Responding to War

November 22, 2011, Roberta Cohen

Admitting North Korean Refugees to the United States: Obstacles and Opportunities

September 20, 2011, Roberta Cohen

Protracted Refugee Situations: An Iraq Case Study

April 20, 2011, Roberta Cohen

Kim Jong Il and the Hunger Problem

March 16, 2011, Morton Abramowitz and Roberta Cohen

On Libya, Our Policy Became a Hostage

March 2, 2011, Roberta Cohen

Looking to the Future in Sudan

January 14, 2011, Roberta Cohen

Disasters and Displacement: Gaps in Protection

November 16, 2010, Megan Bradley and Roberta Cohen

Legal Grounds for Protection of North Korean Refugees

Fall 2010, Roberta Cohen

Improving the U.S. Response to Internal Displacement

June 30, 2010

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Improving the U.S. Response to Internal Displacement: Recommendations to the Obama Administration and the Congress

June 2010, Dawn Calabia and Roberta Cohen

Human Rights: A Means of Engaging North Korea

June 2010, Roberta Cohen

Reconciling Responsibility to Protect with IDP Protection

March 25, 2010, Roberta Cohen

Up Close and from the Tower: Two Views of Refugee and Internally Displaced Populations

September 2009, Roberta Cohen

Pressing Pyongyang on Rights

July 31, 2009, Roberta Cohen

Raising Human Rights with North Korea

July 23, 2009, Roberta Cohen

Mass Displacement Caused by Conflicts and One-Sided Violence

June 2009, Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng

Human Rights in North Korea: Some Recommendations for the Obama Administration

April 30, 2009, Roberta Cohen