Reports

By Volker Türk | 04 October 2018 Mr Chairperson, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to introduce the protection segment of this year’s Executive Committee. It is, as always, informed by the Note on…

Regional pressure grows over crimes against humanity in Venezuela In an unprecedented step, on 26 September six countries wrote to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) requesting that her office open a formal investigation…

After enduring trauma, sexual violence and slavery in Libya, migrants returning to Cameroon struggle to get their lives back on track By Inna Lazareva YAOUNDE/DOUALA, Sept 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In early January, with Christmas lights still…

Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme Sixty-ninth session Geneva, 1-5 October 2018 A. Introduction This paper reviews UNHCR’s efforts to improve the quality of its programmes in the areas of public and reproductive health; food security and nutrition; water…

1,050 Cameroonian refugees were voluntarily relocated to Adagom settlement (Cross River state) with support from UNHCR and its partners. UNHCR facilitated a training on International refugee protection for 36 Government security officials in Ogoja (Cross River state). 370…

UN Headquarters, New York, 24 September 2018 As delivered We are here today because we all recognize that today’s humanitarian crises are pushing tens of millions of adolescent girls closer to the sharp edge of vulnerability. Humanitarian assistance…

Summary of findings and recommendations Adolescent Girls in Crisis is a research project informed by and centred upon the voices and experiences of girls in three of the world’s most troubled and volatile locations: South Sudan, the…

UNHCR and its partners supported the voluntary relocation of 728 Cameroonian refugees towards the settlements of Adagom and Anyake, in Cross River and Benue states. Summer classes started for 404 refugee children from primary school in Anyake…

Introduction. More than four years after the crisis broke out in December 2013, the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains extremely worrying. Since May 2017, new violence between armed groups has forced thousands of people…

Distinguished President, Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, It is an honour to be called to this mandate, to assist States to uphold the human rights of their people, in this year in which we…