Rapports

PORT MORESBY, 6 April 2012 (IRIN) - In the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) sexual violence against young girls, and the shame and stigma that follows, is forcing many out of school and others…

Executive summary Humanitarian and development organisations are increasingly using remote management approaches to project implementation to reach vulnerable populations in conflict-affected regions experiencing medium- to high-insecurity, while safeguarding the security of organisational personnel. What may once have…

PORT MORESBY (26 March 2012) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo called* on the Government of Papua New Guinea to reinforce legal and support mechanisms in its fight to eradicate violence against women. At the…

In a recent statement to the United Nations, the Enough Project in conjunction with a coalition of other NGOs is urging the U.N. Human Rights Council to examine the severe atrocities committed by Sri Lankan security…

I. Introduction The present report, which covers the period from December 2010 to November 2011, is submitted pursuant to paragraph 18 of Security Council resolution 1960 (2010), by which the Council requested me to submit a report…

By AHUNT PHONE MYAT A ceasefire recently agreed between the government and the Shan State Army will be “meaningless” unless Burmese troops end exploitation and violence against civilians in the eastern state, the rebel group warned yesterday…

Afghan context Afghanistan remains one of the countries most contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW), mainly the result of the 1992–1996 internal armed conflict and the decade‐long war of resistance that followed the Soviet…

Brief description of the country programme Due to a vigorous government campaign and with international assistance to return IDPs as quickly as possible, the camps that were housing as many as 300,000 IDP are now closing down.…

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 16:03 Kyaw Kha Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – More than 150 child soldier and child labour cases have been documented in Yephyu Township, Taninthayi Region, in southern Burma, according to the Human…

U4 Brief No. 19 Donor support to social accountability in fragile and conflict-affected states is a relatively new phenomenon. It has emerged with the lessons that top-down anticorruption approaches have often failed and different approaches are needed…