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  • What Canada Can Do About the Rohingya Genocide

    What Canada Can Do About the Rohingya Genocide

    • May 1, 2019

    By Payam Akhavan and John Packer

    Twenty-five years ago, as young UN human rights officers working together in Geneva, we witnessed how the world watched and did nothing as close to a million Rwandan Tutsis were exterminated. Brimming with idealism …

    By CIPS
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  • “If you want to kill me, please kill me quick”

    “If you want to kill me, please kill me quick”

    • April 12, 2019

    The images, and voices, from Libya’s migrant detention centres are sickening. An online blog posted a letter written by an anonymous refugee from Darfur, detained in Libya. “RS” writes of having left his village, destroyed by the Janjaweed, to find …

    By Patti Tamara Lenard
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  • Finding Asylum Just Got Harder

    Finding Asylum Just Got Harder

    • April 12, 2019

    Refugee advocates in Canada breathed a sigh of relief in October of 2015. Immediately upon the election of the Liberals under the leadership of Justin Trudeau, the doors opened to thousands of Syrian refugees. Tens of thousands of Syrians have …

    By Patti Tamara Lenard
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  • Transforming the Global Refugee System

    Transforming the Global Refugee System

    • April 2, 2019

    In a recent CIPS blog — New Partnerships for Minister Monsef? — John Sinclair asks why supporting refugees is not a central goal of development co-operation when development issues have so much impact on refugees. Here, CIPS presents a short …

    By CIPS
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  • A New Face in International Development

    A New Face in International Development

    • March 29, 2019

    Maryam Monsef is the new face mandated to set the tone of international co-operation as Minister of International Development. Her arrival on March 1st is the result of the crisis of integrity in the government triggered by the flow …

    By John Sinclair
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  • New Partnerships for Minister Monsef?

    New Partnerships for Minister Monsef?

    • March 29, 2019

    Since March 1, 2019, Maryam Monsef has been the new Minister of International Development, adding to her responsibilities as Minister for Women and Gender Equality. A companion blog outlines the demanding new landscape in which she must operate. The aim …

    By John Sinclair
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  • Decisive Action is Overdue to Protect the Rohingyas

    Decisive Action is Overdue to Protect the Rohingyas

    • September 15, 2018

    By John Packer

    Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa and Neuberger-Jesin Professor of International Conflict Resolution

    Finally, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has stated the obvious: the Rohingya …

    By CIPS
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  • Germany: Yet Another Migration Debate?

    Germany: Yet Another Migration Debate?

    • August 1, 2018

    Asli Ilgit, Cukurova University

    Audie Klotz, Syracuse University

    Once again, pundits predict the downfall of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Why? Her migration policies appear to fuel the rise of the nationalist …

    By CIPS
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  • Need More Proof of Genocide in Myanmar? It’s Being Born Right Now

    Need More Proof of Genocide in Myanmar? It’s Being Born Right Now

    • June 3, 2018

    by John Packer

    Nine months since the violent attacks of August 25, 2017, and thereafter forced 700,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, the first of thousands of pregnancies as a result of rape are coming to term.

    For these …

    By CIPS
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  • Canada Among Donors: What Do the Latest Foreign Aid Statistics Tell Us?

    Canada Among Donors: What Do the Latest Foreign Aid Statistics Tell Us?

    • April 17, 2018

    The preliminary aid statistics for 2017 are now out. What do they tell us about global trends and Canadian foreign aid?

    Globally, official development assistance (ODA) from traditional donors has held steady. The total amount, US$147 billion, is down slightly …

    By Stephen Brown
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  • Time to Make the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Plan Permanent

    Time to Make the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Plan Permanent

    • March 21, 2018

    In too many countries around the world, LGBTQ persons are criminalized — singled out for who they love — with criminal penalties including prison time and death. Canada’s refugee admission system is not perfect, but one of its great strengths …

    By Patti Tamara Lenard
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  • Afghanistan’s Outlook for 2018 and Beyond

    Afghanistan’s Outlook for 2018 and Beyond

    • January 29, 2018

    The New Year ushers in predictions of what to expect in the coming year, but no predictions are necessary for Afghanistan this past week — the news says it all: three major attacks adding up to hundreds of casualties. Since …

    By Nipa Banerjee
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Latest Posts

  • What Canada Can Do About the Rohingya Genocide
    What Canada Can Do About the Rohingya Genocide
    • Analysis
    • May 1, 2019
  • “If you want to kill me, please kill me quick”
    “If you want to kill me, please kill me quick”
    • Analysis
    • April 12, 2019
  • Finding Asylum Just Got Harder
    Finding Asylum Just Got Harder
    • Analysis
    • April 12, 2019
  • Transforming the Global Refugee System
    Transforming the Global Refugee System
    • Report
    • April 2, 2019
  • A New Face in International Development
    A New Face in International Development
    • Analysis
    • March 29, 2019
  • New Partnerships for Minister Monsef?
    New Partnerships for Minister Monsef?
    • Analysis
    • March 29, 2019

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