Month: May 2009

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Contributors

Essay on Refugee Human Rights in Camps

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

By Zachary Lomo

Does UNHCR have an obligation to uphold the human rights that are essential for refugees’ free and full development as human beings? Are there any circumstances where a refugee could take UNHCR to court for failing in this regard?

Zachary A. Lomo, LLB (Makerere), LLM (Harvard), directed the Refugee Law Project of the Faculty of Law, Makerere University from July 2001 to August 2006. He co-authored RLP Working Paper Series, Behind the Violence, on the causes of the war in northern Uganda, Negotiating Peace, and Whose Justice? He is currently reading for his doctorate in International Law and Refugees at the University of Cambridge.

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Human Rights

Refugee Status Determination: Facing Rejections

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

Asylum seekers feel that basic standards of procedural fairness are not being upheld in the RSD process in Kakuma, and fear the consequences of rejections.

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Human Rights

Democracy and Refugee Participation in Decision-Making

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

Refugees ask whether the UNHCR policy of “participatory decision-making” is actually being realized in Kakuma Camp, and express hope for a more democratic society in refugee camps.

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Human Rights

Refugee Experiences of Legal Protection in Kakuma Camp

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

Lack of information, lack of access to authorities, and widespread uncertainty about the future of their legal protection and durable solutions

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Health Humanitarian Services

MixMe Nutritional Supplement Raises Questions

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

Refugees raise critical questions about the “product rollout” of a new nutritional supplement called Mix Me.

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Humanitarian Services

Delays in Resettlement Process Leave Refugees Lingering

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

Refugees face anxiety and uncertainty while awaiting feedback on resettlement cases that are unexpectedly delayed.

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Humanitarian Services News Updates

UNHCR Headcount Encounters Roadblocks

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

Technological failure of UNHCR database causes delay in the headcount operation, sparking stampedes and a stone-throwing altercation.

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News Updates

UNHCR Official Flees Field Post

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

A routine visit by a UNHCR official to Field Post was halted as dissatisfied refugees began to stone the premises and the UNHCR official fled to a get-away vehicle.

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News Updates

Boda-Boda Members Demonstrate Over GSU Harrassment

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

Boda-boda bicycle taxi drivers demonstrated on March 21st, claiming harassment and unfair competition from the GSU police.

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News Updates

Somali Relocation to Kakuma Alters Course

Volume 1, Issue 4-5 / March-April 2009

Plans to relocate 50,000 Somali refugees from Dadaab Camp to Kakuma Camp have changed as the government agrees to establish a new camp in Northeastern Province.

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