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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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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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Francis M. Deng
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