Introduction: Thinking Places: Indigenous Humanities and Education by Marie Battiste, Cathryn McConaghy

“…It does, however, promote Indigenous humanity as affirmed in Article 1 of the 1966 UNESCO Declaration of the Principles of International Cultural Co-operation: “Each culture has a dignity and value which must be respected and preserved” (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1966). In the Eurocentric versions of humanity, this concept is sometimes referred to as cultural diversity; yet Indigenous peoples prefer the concept of Indigenous humanities. …”
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Implementers? The role of international organisations in EU funding for external migration policy by Den Hertog Leonhard

“…Three organizations are looked at in the context of this paper: The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).…”
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Protecting the right to privacy in the fight against terrorism by Korff, Douwe

“…Issue paper of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. …”
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Regime Complexity and International Organizations: UNHCR as a Challenged Institution by Betts, A

“…Through a case study of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' response to an increasingly competitive institutional environment, it argues that the concept of challenged institutions highlights the dilemmas faced by multilateral organizations in a rapidly changing landscape of global governance. © 2013 Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.…”

The early drawings of Malaya ( 1880-1894) by Frank Swettenham by Abdullah, Sarena

“…Frank Swettenham or Sir FrankAthelstaneSwettenham (1850.1946) was the Former Resident. the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States (F.M.S), then the Governor of the Straits Settlement and the High Commissioner of the F.M.S. His skill, tact, tolerant cynicism and self confidence, supported by his fluency in the Malay language and his vast knowledge of the Malay custom had helped him in developing and building relationship with the Malay Sultans, which eventually led to the formation of the F.M.S. and changed the British policy towards the Malay States after 1860s.…”
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Legal Policy On Rights and Issues of Refugees in India by Rohidas Mundhe

“…According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India, there are 70.8 million people who were forcibly displaced worldwide. …”
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Exploring the Relationship between Hutu Refugees’ Protracted Situation and Insecurity in the Great Lakes Region by Callixte Kavuro

“…This was done in cooperation with the Rwandan government (i.e. the persecutor) under auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The purpose of this paper is to illustrate that the forced repatriation resulted not only in the resistance of the Hutu refugees, but also in turning the territory of the DRC into a fully-fledged battlefield for the Hutus and Tutsis. …”
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Surveilling the Revolutionaries: Armenian Revolutionaries, Spatial Politics, and Intelligence Activities in the Late Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Empire by Arda Akıncı

“… This paper, by focusing on a secret report delivered by the Ottoman High Commissioner in Egypt—Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha—to the imperial center regarding the Armenian revolutionaries’ movements, aims to examine three important phenomena of the late Ottoman history. …”
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Prospects for Australian-Led Regional Cooperation On Asylum Seeker and Refugee Issues by Sian Troath

“…The nomination of former Refugee High Commissioner Antonio Guterres for Secretary-General, the ongoing and intensifying condemnations of Australia’s offshore detention centres on human rights grounds, and the ruling of the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court regarding detention centres on Manus Island, indicate that the Australian government needs a new policy on asylum-seekers. …”
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REFUGEE CHILDREN UNDER THE MALAYSIAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK by Dina Imam Supaat

“…Discussion will touch on the role and mandate of the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Refugee’s (UNHCR) office, to protect refugee, Malaysia’s commitment as a state party to the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and it’s refusal to ratify the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugee (CRSR). …”
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Reflections on sensing practice and power: A Response to Fleur Johns by Anne Alexander

“…Johns’ exploration of the questions of power and agency that are posed by an investigation into the implications of adopting new sensing technologies by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is important and timely because it opens up a wider discussion about the role played by Machine Learning (ML) in a wide range of social contexts, prompting us to ask about the social relations through which the technology itself is produced and used.…”
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Pakistan Chronicle by U.A.B. Razia Akter Banu

“…In the 1960s. the author observed that India considered Kashmir an integral part of itself and nonnegotiable, and that position has not yet changed. As the British high commissioner, the author could give a firsthand description of national and international forces that strained Pakistan’s relationship with the West, especially Britain and America, and of how Pakistan gradually developed a pro-Chinese foreign policy ...…”
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Hirschfeld als zondebok of heilige by M. Fennema

“…And how he performed as High Commissioner in Jakarta? Why is there not a single shred of interest for the 18 commissioner’s posts that he held between 1952 and 1961? …”
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Recollections of War and Displacement from the Somali Global Diaspora by Natoschia Scruggs

“…In June 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that there were 68.5 million people displaced worldwide due to wars, violence and persecution; 25.4 million of them were refugees (Edwards 2018). …”
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L’asile contre la santé ? Vie et mort des homosexuels sénégalais réfugiés en Mauritanie by Christophe Broqua, Gabrièle Laborde-Balen, Agathe Menetrier, Djamil Bangoura

“…In Mauritania, some obtain refugee status from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and sometimes “resettlement” in Europe or North America after a long administrative process awaited in doubt. …”
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Asking “Why” and “How”: A Historical Turn in Refugee Education Research by Monaghan, Christine

“…I argue that historical approaches enable researchers to ask different questions, to construct a narrative that establishes why specific policies and programs for refugee education were developed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or in particular refugee camps or settlements, and to determine why and how the field has changed over time. …”
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Home sweet home! Repatriation, reintegration and land allocation in Afghanistan by Nassim Majidi

“…The world has witnessed the largest voluntary repatriation program in recorded history (Kronenfeld, 2011), with over 4.6 million returnees assisted by the Government of Afghanistanand the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While in 2002 Afghanistan was synonymous with return, in 2012 Afghanistanis synonymous with a stalling voluntary repatriation process, growing numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and trends of mixed migration, with families, men, and unaccompanied children leaving Afghanistan legally or irregularly in the hope of a better life elsewhere. …”
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Trauma Care for Forced Migrants by Nicole Dubus

“…When the United Nations formed the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1950, it could not predict the escalation of forced migration from civil unrest, personal persecution, war, and recently, climate crises. …”
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REFUGEE CHILDREN UNDER THE MALAYSIAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK by Dina Imam Supaat

“…Discussion will touch on the role and mandate of the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Refugee’s (UNHCR) office, to protect refugee, Malaysia’s commitment as a state party to the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and it’s refusal to ratify the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugee (CRSR). …”
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Children’s experiences outdoors: Education and community contexts by Mehmet Mart, Helen Little, Helen Bilton, Michaela Kadury-Slezak

“…Children’s right to play is enshrined in Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1990). The early childhood period is a time when children’s values and dispositions towards outdoor play and environments are formed. …”
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