Convention and Humanitarian Refugees

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

The Government of Samoa ratified the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees on 21 September 1988.

Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees.

The government of Hungary ratified this UN Convention and Protocol on refugee status on March 14, 1989; the government of Mozambique ratified the Protocol on May 1, 1989.

Three Approaches to Gender in Humanitarian Aid Findings from a Study of Humanitarian Aid to Refugees in Thailand and Bangladesh

Constructing Humanitarian Selves and Refugee Others: Gender Equality and the Global Governance of Refugees

Contributing to ongoing debates about what happens when feminism is institutionalized in global governance, this article examines how gender equality is given meaning and applied in humanitarian aid to refugees, and what the implications are with regards to the production of subjectivities and their positioning in relations of power. Drawing on postcolonial feminist and Foucauldian perspectives...

Key Research Questions for a Longitudinal Survey of Refugees and Other Humanitarian Migrants

Introduction An important objective of Australia’s immigration policy is to assist in the resettlement of refugees and others in humanitarian need as part of its international obligations as a signatory of the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol. Australia has a long history of offering resettlement to refugees and other humanitarian migrants and ranks among the top thr...