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A Declaration to Accelerate Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings
In February 2019, co-convened by Save the Children, UNICEF, WHO, UNHCR, and HRH Princess Sarah Zeid, experts and key stakeholders from multiple sectors within the humanitarian and development fields met in Geneva, Switzerland to catalyze a global agenda f
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Global Trends: Forced displacement in 2018
Every year, adults and children across the world are forced to flee their homes due to violence and disasters. The Global Trends reports by UNHCR are produced every year in order to present current trends on forced displacement. This report presents and s
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Emergency Handbook: UNHCR operations management cycle
This entry describes how the operations management cycle functions in emergencies. The operations management cycle is the process through which UNHCR offices organize their programming. It prescribes a series of actions, from assessment, through planning,
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Needs Assessment for Refugee Emergencies
As the lead coordinator in refugee emergencies, UNHCR is responsible for assembling a multi-sectoral needs-based response to sudden large forced displacements across borders. The needs assessment for refugee emergencies (NARE) is designed to assist UNHCR
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Guidelines on Assessing and Determining the Best Interests of the Child: 2018 Provisional release
Building on the practice of domestic child protection systems and on the first 10 years of implementation of UNHCR’s Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the Child, these updated Guidelines on Assessing and Determining the Best Interests of the
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Sport for Protection Toolkit: Programming with young people in forced displacement settings
The Sport for Protection Toolkit: Programming with Young People in Forced Displacement Settings was a multi-agency collaboration between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Terre des hom
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Addressing Alcohol and Sustance Use Disorders Among Refugees: A desk review of intervention approaches
Unhealthy alcohol and other drug use is a prevalent but often-neglected problem affecting many refugee communities worldwide. The majority of epidemiologic studies examining substance use in refugees focus on alcohol, which is the most prevalent substance
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Global Trends: Forced displacement in 2017
Every year, adults and children across the world are forced to flee their homes due to violence and disasters. The Global Trends reports by UNHCR are produced every year in order to present current trends on forced displacement. This report presents and s
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Promising Practices in Refugee Education: Synthesis report
Promising Practices in Refugee Education is a joint initiative of Save the Children, the world’s largest independent children’s rights organisation, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and Pearson, the world’s learning company. Launched in March 2017, the initi
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Rapid Protection Assessment: Bangladesh refugee crisis
By 11 October, an estimated 536,000 Rohingya refugees had fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh following targeted violence and human rights violations at the end of August. Between 9 and 11 September 2017, an assessment team consisting of protection staff from
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The Way Forward to Strengthened Policies and Practices for Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Europe
Regional and national laws in Europe provide a solid framework for child protection, based on international standards. However these laws have not systematically translated into a positive impact on the wellbeing of refugee and migrant children. Instead,
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Stateless Persons in Detention: A tool for their identification and enhanced protection
This practical tool has been developed for the purpose of identifying persons in the context of detention who may be stateless and to support the achievement of solutions to their predicament. This tool may be used to identify stateless persons before the