28 Nov

Posted at 08:27h in Latest by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), recently published a working paper entitled “Dignity and the Displaced: Rohingya in Bangladesh” documenting their research findings regarding how different groups understand the concept of dignity, within the context of mass displacement of Rohingya....

14 Sep

Posted at 00:00h in Reports, Latest by

The most recent chapter in a decades-long series of Rohingya refugee crises, which erupted in August 2017, has reignited discussion over the policies and legal structures, or lack thereof, to protect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Asia. Policy and binding legal frameworks...

28 Aug

Posted at 09:00h in Reports, Latest, Spotlight by

August 25, 2018 marks one year since the beginning of an aggressive Myanmar military “crackdown”, a disproportionate and indiscriminate campaign in response to coordinated attacks by Rohingya insurgents. The military’s self-described “clearance operations” drove an estimated 706,000 Rohingya Muslims en masse across the border from...

11 Jun

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The document calls on the ICC to investigate recent crimes and atrocities committed against Rohingya. Human rights lawyers and prosecutors are using an unconventional technicality of human rights law which states that human rights abuses are still being committed against Rohingya in Bangladesh, by virtue of...

21 May

Posted at 10:33h in Latest by

The Myanmar government is committed to Repatriation but there’s still no details of how or when the process will begin. The Joint Working Group made up of members of the Bangladesh and Myanmar governments, met on Thursday to discuss the return of Rohingya, with both sides...

21 May

Posted at 10:13h in Latest by

It’s unlikely Rohingya refugees will be returning to Myanmar in the near future, a leading Belgian think-tank warns. In a new report, the International Crisis Group calls for new ways to accommodate the Rohingya refugee population in Bangladesh. In the meantime, while humanitarian assistance is on-going, ICG...