Tag Archives: Human Rights

Climate Displacement Law Project: Towards an International Legal Standard

Displacement Solution’s Climate Displacement Law Project comprises a series of objectives designed to solidify an acceptable international-standard legal framework for climate displacement law.

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DS Holds First Ever Australia-Bangladesh Skype Conversation for its Coastal Kids Project

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This year, as part of its Climate Change and Displacement Initiative, Displacement Solutions (DS) has launched the Coastal Kids Project to connect schools and students…

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New DS Publication on HLP Rights and International Criminal Justice

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Crimes against the home are commonplace in situations of armed conflict, both international and national in origin, as well as in non-conflict settings where the perpetrators…

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Tackling Land Grabbing and Speculation in the New Myanmar

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Though Myanmar/Burma has undergone unprecedented political change in recent months, the country is currently grappling with a severe land grabbing and speculation crisis. The DS…

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DS Expands its Myanmar HLP Initiative

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DS visited Myanmar (Burma) in mid-June to examine the country’s rapidly evolving political reforms and how these are likely to affect the HLP rights of its…

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NEW – DS Strategic Plan and Funding Appeal 2011-2014 Now Available for Donors

Displacement Solutions has recently completed its 4-year Strategic Plan and Funding Appeal which outlines activities the organisation plans to undertake from 2011-2014. Donors potentially interested…

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NEW – DS Handbook on HLP Rights and Peace Mediation

Housing, land and property (HLP) issues are increasingly recognized for their multi-dimensional impacts upon conflict. Consequently, DS Director, Scott Leckie, has designed a Handbook to…

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DS Director Addresses COHRE Housing Rights Event

DS Director, Scott Leckie, was invited by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) to speak about his role in establishing COHRE in 1991…

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Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights

Post-Conflict Reparation, Restitution and Human Rights – Where to Head From Here? Restitution Editorial for the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights

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Report from the DS and UNHCR Meeting on Climate Change

Report of the Displacement Solutions and UNHCR Meeting on Climate Change, Human Rights and Forced Displacement, held in Canberra, Australia on the 60th Anniversary of…

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