Project(s) related to Clapham Andrew
Over the last four years, WFUNA has organised a series of Seminars aimed at demystifying the Human Rights Commission. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, WFUNA has considered the defence and promotion of human rights as an intrinsic part of its mission. March 2006 witnessed the replacing of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights with a standing Human Rights Council, indicating a major step forward for the advancement and protection of human rights worldwide. WFUNA therefore decided to collaborate...
This project, supported by the Geneva International Academic Network (GIAN), aims at conducting research on the conditions of, and the factors that contribute to, the detention of international "irregular migrants," The transnational movement of people is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century, a fact dramatically underscored in the final report of the UN Global Commission on International Migration, issued in October 2005. According to the report, the number of international migrants has more than...
The aim of this project is to provide a comprehensive picture of the complex role that armed non-State actors (NSAs) play in the landmine problem and to propose concrete recommendations for including them in efforts to ban landmines and cooperate in mine action.
Although NSAs have always existed, in the last twenty years the international community has become acutely aware of their importance in achieving universal compliance with human rights law and international humanitarian law. This is particularly true for the norm prohibiting...
This project is coordinated by Ms Nathalie Mivelaz, of the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), in collaboration with the Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS), the Institute of architecture of the University of Geneva, UN-HABITAT, the UN Special Advisor on Sport for Development and Peace, and several North-American universities. Based on the example of the Olympic Games, the goal of the research will be to examine the phenomena of forced evictions during the preparatory phase for the Games. The research team will...
Within the GIAN framework and with its support, five institutions and three experts from the UN Commission on Human Rights are cooperating in order to analyse the impact that the lack of enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights can have on the occurrence of torture, ill-treatment, forced disappearances, summary executions and other violations of physical and psychological integrity. The project comprises a general analysis, along with an analysis of national situations. It aims to establish synergies between the project's partners...
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Efrancey Nicole | Elbers Joerg |
Elger Bernice | Elie Jérôme |
Erkman Suren | Esteve Ferrer Eva |
Estimé Marie-Florence |
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Iglesias-Vega Maria Soledad | Ionesco Dina |
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Jaboyedoff Michel | Jackson Debra |
Jaffé Philippe | Jarillo José Carlos |
Jaubert Ronald | Jaubert Ronald |
Jolliet Olivier |
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Odaki Kazuhiko | Odell John |
Ogi Adolf | Olds Kris |
Oliva Maria Julia | Orand Yvon |
Ortiz Mena L.N. Antonio | Ortiz Ricardo |
Ossipow William | Ostojic Negoslav |
Oviedo Gonzalo |
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Tanner Fred | Taquet Coralie |
Tebbal Farouk | Tejada Gabriela |
Thorndahl Marie | Thorndahl Marie |
Tiana Ramahaleo | Tissiani Gabriela |
Tortora Manuela | Touré Younoussa |
Tuberosa Jean | Twite Robin |
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Uchida Hiroshi | Ueno Tatsuhiro |
Urio Paolo | Utting Peter |
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Yaffe Mark J. | Yang Yongheng |
Yeater Marceil | Yokomizo Dai |
Yu Vicente Paolo | Yuste Antonio |
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Zacharewicz Thomas | Zaelke Durwood |
Zhu Meiying | Zighed Djamel A. |
Zivanov Jasenko | Zottos Eléonore |
Zufferey Nicolas | Zwalhen François |