Mogadishu, 12 June 2021 – To commemorate the 2021 World Day against Child Labour, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) …
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Labor Market Access in Forced Displacement Contexts
Executive SummaryRefugee populations often lack legal and/or practical access to labor markets. As a result, refugees are excluded from formal, semi-formal or de facto regularized informal work. This pushes them into exploitative and illicit employment…
Joint NGO Call for a UN Human Rights Council resolution on the ongoing human rights crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland)10 June 2021Your Excellency,We, the undersigned human rights non-governmental organizations, strongly urge the UN Human Rights Co…
How African Union members came to share power despite themselves
The African Union (AU) held its first summit in 2002, establishing itself as a new international organisation. It also launched a new vision for African security cooperation.Nearly two decades later, it is worth reflecting on the process that produced …