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The basic rights of humans to equality, liberty, dignity and political expression have been debated by philosophers and political figures throughout history. Wars and revolutions have been fought to attain and preserve them. Yet millions of people throughout the world are still unjustly imprisoned, tortured and killed for their beliefs.
Children stand on the road outside the village of Tenke, in Congo's copper-producing south, near a smaller hamlet built by the Tenke Fungurume mining operation to rehouse local families displaced by the mine's expansion (REUTERS/Clara Ferreira-Marques).
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Transitions and Durable Solutions for Displaced Persons: 21 Reasons for Optimism
May 2, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris
Elizabeth Ferris examines why there is reason for optimism in achieving progress in building bridges between humanitarian and development actors to work on solutions for displaced populations.
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Opinion | National Times
April 23, 2013, Jane McAdam
In the News
Perhaps three million people, 10 percent of Iraq's population, remain displaced - and forgotten. April 23, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, IRIN
Perhaps three million people, 10 percent of Iraq's population, remain displaced - and forgotten.
Opinion | The Atlantic
April 19, 2013, Megan Bradley
There are unclear mandates for [aid] agencies to respond to cross-border displacement, since no NGO or agency has responsibility for overseeing people displaced by natural disasters. April 17, 2013, Walter Kälin, IRIN
There are unclear mandates for [aid] agencies to respond to cross-border displacement, since no NGO or agency has responsibility for overseeing people displaced by natural disasters.
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April 2013, Ted Piccone
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April 10, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris | comments
Opinion
April 2013, Nyamosor Tuya
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April 4, 2013
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2013, Megan Bradley
March 28, 2013, Diana Villiers Negroponte | comments
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Roberta Cohen
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement
Elizabeth Ferris
Co-Director, Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy
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