Making States Accountable for Deliberate Forced Displacement — Research Paper No. 17
While the international refugee regime is anchored in the 1951 Refugee Convention and the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the... Read more.
The Global Refugee Regime and UN System-wide Reforms — Research Paper No. 16
This paper considers how responsibility for ensuring refugee protection and access to solutions can be shared more reliably across the United Nations’ system,... Read more.
Digital Developments: Harbingers of Humanitarian Change? — Research Paper No. 15
The author analyzes three digital trends with the potential to create profound changes, perhaps even to redraw the boundaries of what constitutes “protection,”... Read more.
Innovations in Responsibility Sharing for Refugees — Research Paper No. 14
This paper calls for a clearer understanding of the meaning and application of responsibility sharing for the protection of refugees and for further examination... Read more.
Governance of the Global Refugee Regime — Research Paper No. 13
The authors propose a model for enhanced governance of the regime that could contribute to improved protection and solutions for refugees and to more predictability... Read more.
Data Protection and Digital Agency for Refugees — Research Paper No. 12
This paper analyzes how the vast amount of data collected from refugees is gathered, stored and shared today, and considers the additional risks this collection... Read more.
Opportunities and Challenges of Emerging Technologies for the Refugee System — Research Paper No. 11
Efforts are being made to use information and communications technologies to improve accountability in providing refugee aid. However, there remains a pressing need... Read more.
Innovative Global Governance for Internally Displaced Persons — Research Paper No. 10
While the humanitarian response in emergency situations is more effective than a decade ago, overall governance — the set of norms, institutions and processes... Read more.
Watch: Council Member Ratna Omidvar on Using Frozen Assets to Help Refugees
Independent Canadian Senator and Council Member Ratna Omidvar explains how countries — including Canada — can enact laws that would allow governments to repurpose... Read more.
Senator, former UN envoy to table bill allowing Canada to spend assets seized from foreign dictators
Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press The following is an excerpt from an article published in The Globe & Mail. An independent Canadian senator has proposed... Read more.