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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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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.
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.
Interview | NPR
March 27, 2013, Fiona Hill
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
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.
It’s never easy to predict change in a society. Just remember the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the changes in Arab countries ― they were hardly foreseen. Continuing to chip away at the Kim regime and working to penetrate the information wall around North Korea could in time lead to change. February 26, 2013, Roberta Cohen, The Korea Herald
It’s never easy to predict change in a society. Just remember the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the changes in Arab countries ― they were hardly foreseen. Continuing to chip away at the Kim regime and working to penetrate the information wall around North Korea could in time lead to change.
[U.S. support for a U.N. inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea could prompt other nations] especially those on the fence, to come forward in support of the initiative. February 20, 2013, Roberta Cohen, Washington Post
[U.S. support for a U.N. inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea could prompt other nations] especially those on the fence, to come forward in support of the initiative.
Ukraine must foremost improve its democratic ratings because the U.S. government won’t close its eyes to human rights abuses and rollback in democratic practices. February 7, 2013, Steven Pifer, Kyiv Post
Ukraine must foremost improve its democratic ratings because the U.S. government won’t close its eyes to human rights abuses and rollback in democratic practices.
The rioting in Ismayilli -- as the rioting in Guba last year -- is an indication of popular concern about continuing human rights abuses and corruption in Azerbaijan… It is similar to incidents in China where local abuses and corruption have led to similar riots. January 26, 2013, Richard D. Kauzlarich, Contact.az
The rioting in Ismayilli -- as the rioting in Guba last year -- is an indication of popular concern about continuing human rights abuses and corruption in Azerbaijan… It is similar to incidents in China where local abuses and corruption have led to similar riots.
Interview | World Politics Review
December 14, 2012, Megan Bradley
If it's lawful, ethical and moral to use force, then it's lawful, ethical and moral to use drones. December 1, 2012, Benjamin Wittes, New Zealand Herald
If it's lawful, ethical and moral to use force, then it's lawful, ethical and moral to use drones.
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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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