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Tag: Human rights

Ending Immigration Detention: An Open Letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Posted on March 6, 2023December 13, 2023 by Lloyd Axworthy in Letter

Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock write to share a letter from leading Canadian and international organizations serving and working to protect the human rights of migrants and refugee claimants about ending immigration detention.

Free Speech vs Hate Speech: The Journey Towards Coexistence Requires Dialogue

Posted on February 16, 2023March 8, 2023 by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal in Opinion

At a time when the world faces complex and ominous challenges, including conflict and climate change, we must reinforce the universal and inalienable right to human dignity for all, writes WRMC Honorary Chair HRH Prince El Hassan bin Tall

Seeking Asylum Is a Legal Human Right – Why Are We Treating It as the Opposite?

Posted on January 26, 2023December 13, 2023 by Lloyd Axworthy in Opinion

By criminalizing humanitarian work, Greece has added a sinister new dimension to the increasingly hostile environment facing migrants and asylum seekers throughout Europe.

WRMC welcomes the Canadian Government’s decision to implement Council’s recommendations to the Special Economic Measures Act

Posted on April 26, 2022May 4, 2022 by WRMC in News, Statement

The WRMC welcomes the federal government’s decision to implement one of the key recommendations made by the Council in its 2019 report A Call to Action.

Memo to the new cabinet: Canada must meet the moment in Afghanistan

Posted on November 5, 2021December 13, 2023 by Allan Rock in Opinion

Imagine that you are a female judge in Afghanistan at this very moment: having gone from being in the epicenter of justice just a few months ago to a basement hideaway trying not to breathe too loudly. You are now hunted by the Taliban, by the murderers you convicted (and whom the Taliban released) as […]

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The World Refugee & Migration Council offers bold strategic thinking about how the international community can comprehensively respond to refugees and the forcibly displaced through the principles of international cooperation and responsibility sharing. Council members include leaders, practitioners and innovators from developing and developed countries across the globe.

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