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The Netherlands violated a child’s rights by failing to acknowledge that he was stateless and eligible for international protection, a UN committee has found, urging the country to change its legislation. In its first ever decision on the right of children to acquire nationality, the UN Human Rights Committee determined on Tuesday that by registering the child as “nationality unknown”, the Dutch authorities had violated his right to international protection and also to seek a nationality.   Continue in The Guardian:  https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/29/un-finds-netherlands-violated-human-rights-of-stateless-child

That is quite a gesture. People tend to cling to posts in high offices but this prince does not want to bend the knee and see his job marginalised. The High Commisioner for Human Rights is by the way the crown prince of Iraq. Zeid Ra’ad Hussein worries the global retreat from human rights makes his job untenable. The United Nations’ top human rights advocate told his staff that he will not seek a second term, citing concern that his voice would be silenced in an age when the United States and other world powers are retreating from their historical commitment to human rights. Zeid Ra’ad Hussein, a Jordanian prince and former ambassador who served as a U.N. political officer during the Bosnian war, announced his plan in an end-of-year email to employees of the Geneva-based human rights agency. His term ends in the summer of 2018. “Next year will be the last of my mandate,” Zeid wrote Wednesday in the email, which was obtained by Foreign Policy . “...

Zeid warns against populists and demagogues in Europe and U.S. Dear Friends, I wish to address this short statement to Mr. Geert Wilders, his acolytes, indeed to all those like him – the populists, demagogues and political fantasists. To them, I must be a sort of nightmare. I am the global voice on human rights, universal rights; elected by all governments, and now critic of almost all governments. I defend and promote the human rights of each individual, everywhere: the rights of migrants, asylum seekers and immigrants; the rights of the LGBTi community; the rights of women and children in all countries; minorities; indigenous persons; people with disabilities, and any and all who are discriminated against, disadvantaged, persecuted or tortured – whether by governments, political movements or by terrorists. I am a Muslim, who is, confusingly to racists, also white-skinned; whose mother is European and father, Arab. And I am angry, too. Because of Mr. Wilder’s lies and half...

UNITED NATIONS – Valerie Parker – A new report examining the migration flows between Iraq and Europe and the reasons behind it, has been released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The findings revealed that the main reasons cited for emigration from Iraq were lack of security, perceived lack of equality and social justice and political instability. Economic stability was considered secondary to security concerns. Many of the participants selected a country of destination based on the presence of friends or relatives, or the ease of obtaining residency permits. However, many migrants report that life in Europe had been idealized and that the reality was more difficult . Continue reading in this Turkish newspaper:  http://www.turkishjournal.com/2016/08/17/un-report-looks-at-migration-flows-between-iraq-and-europe/ Interessant artikel? Deel het eens met uw netwerk en help mee met het verspreiden van de bekendheid van dit blog. Er staan wellic...

Growing number of asylum seekers remain stranded at borders after being denied refugee claims based on citizenship November 24, 2015 8:53AM ET About 1,000 refugees and migrants are stuck at the main crossing point into Macedonia from Greece as authorities deny entry to some nationalities in contravention of international law, the United Nations said Tuesday. “A new humanitarian situation is developing in Europe that needs urgent attention,” Adrian Edwards of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told a news briefing. “The new restrictions chiefly involve people being profiled on the basis of their claimed nationalities,” he said. At the borders between Greece and the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, and between Macedonia and Serbia, nationals of Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq are being allowed to cross. Nationals of other countries are being stopped, leading to a demonstration by about 200 peopl...

GENEVA — European countries should stop returning asylum seekers to Bulgaria, because they could face “inhuman and degrading treatment” in Bulgaria’s reception centers, which have been stretched thin by a rising number of arrivals, the  United Nations refugee agency said Friday . Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Standards in Bulgaria’s reception centers have improved in recent weeks, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said, but are still “deplorable.” It said it would review the situation in April. Lees de rest van het artikel hier:  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/04/world/europe/returning-of-refugees-to-bulgaria-worries-un.html?_r=0 VN: stop terugsturen asielzoekers naar Bulgarije Gepubliceerd: 3 jan 2014 14:34 Laatste update:  3 jan 2014 14:34 Algemeen De Europese Unie moet asielzoekers die via Bulg...

The Dutch State is responsible for the death of three Muslim men from Srebrenica. This was the ruling given by the Dutch Supreme Court today. The men had sought refuge in the compound of the Dutch battalion (Dutchbat). Dutchbat decided not to evacuate them along with the battalion and instead sent them away from the compound on 13 July 1995. Outside the compound they were murdered by the Bosnian-Serb army or related paramilitary groups. In two judgments the Supreme Court upheld earlier judgments of The Hague Court of Appeal of 2011 (ECLI:NL:GHSGR:2011:BR0132 and ECLI:NL:GHSGR:2011: BR0133) and 2012 (ECLI:NL:GHSGR:2012:BW9015 and ECLI:NL:GHSGR:2012: BW9014) and dismissed the State’s appeal in cassation against these judgments. Background Both cases concern events that took place shortly after the fall of the Srebrenica enclave on 11 July 1995. Hasan Nuhanović was in the employment of the United Nations. He worked as an interpreter at the compound in Potočari where Dut...

Established in December 1950, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect and assist refugees and other persons of concern. In more than five decades, UNHCR has helped about 50 million people restart their lives. UNHCR is an international humanitarian organisation operating in approximately 126 countries with 388 offices worldwide. Some 6,600 staff are directly employed with the Organisation which has an annual budget of approximately $3 billion and annual expenditure nearing $2 billion. International Professional Officers generally serve abroad in positions that require a high level of functional and managerial skills. UNHCR does its best to fill vacant international professional positions internally. If no suitable internal candidate is identified, the organization reverts to external recruitment. Public advertisements may vary from a junior entry-level to a high managerial position...

Denmark's participation with Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland and the UK in a European project (ERPUM) to establish a reception centre in Kabul where to return rejected unaccompanied asylum seeking children is being roundly criticised by human rights activists and researchers. In an interview with the Danish newspaper Politiken (translated by the The Copenhagen Post), Dr Nando Sigona warns against the risk of turning young returnees into military targets for anti-Western militants. Bron:  http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/deportation-of-afghan-children?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Deportation of Afghan children would violate UN conventions RW September 5, 2012 - 15:45 Rejected teenaged asylum seekers could be sent to a relocation centre in Kabul In violation of several UN conventions The government would send Afghan chi...

By RICK GLADSTONE Published: March 27, 2012 Escapees from new uprisings in the Middle East and Africa, combined with a rising tide of people fleeing chronic conflicts like those in Afghanistan and Iraq, contributed to a 20 percent increase in requests for asylum in industrialized countries last year, the United Nations refugee agency reported Tuesday.  Its annual report, Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries 2011 , said 441,300 people requested asylum last year, compared with 368,000 in 2010. The report surveyed 44 countries in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. The report said that the region with the largest increase in claims for the year was southern Europe, where 66,800 people sought asylum last year, most of them arriving by boat in Italy and Malta, an increase of 87 percent from the year before. “The large number of asylum claims clearly shows 2011 to have been a year of great di...

The Supreme Court is currently discussing a case that concerns Israel's practice of immediately returning asylum seekers who cross from Egypt into Israel back across the border. It appears that in so doing, Israel may be violating international law, according to a position paper submitted to the court by the United Nations High Commission on Refugees. The lawsuit in question was originally filed in 2007 by several human rights organizations represented by the Hotline for Migrant Workers and the refugee rights project of Tel Aviv University. Advertisement The immediate or "hot return" policy, as it is called, allows Israel Defense Force soldiers to return infiltrators to a neighboring country if 24 hours have not elapsed since their entry, and as long as they have not gone further than 50 kilometers from the Israeli border. The UN High Commission's position in the case is that, due to the conditions in Egypt, and until there a formal agreement that is honored ...