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Tag Archives: United Nations General Assembly
Updates on Marrakesh #ForMigration Week(s)– events, themes, locations… #GFMD
(s)A full calendar is awaiting everybody that will come to Marrakech for the migration week(s) starting on December 1 and ending December 11. I have compiled an updated list of the major invents which you can find below. Besides the … Continue reading
Will the International Organization for #Migration ( #IOM ) move closer (in)to the United Nations system?
On September 19, the United Nations (UN) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) might sign a new relationship agreement. There are several scenarios regarding the content of this agreement, ranging from the IOM becoming a “UN-related organization” such as … Continue reading
Global #Migration Governance and Activism Outlook 2015
Another year, another full calendar for policy makers and activists working on global migration governance alike. The major events in 2015 reach from the World Social Forum in Tunis to the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Turkey … Continue reading
UN releases Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights at International Borders #migration
It is somehow seen as common sense that borders have to be protected – but what about the protection of people and their human rights at borders? Borderlands have gained increasing attention by activists and academics, but policymakers are often … Continue reading
#IAmAMigrant – Today is International #MigrantsDay
Today International Migrants Day is being commemorated for the 14th time. Sadly, it is the first time since 2002 that the NGO “December 18″ – named after the day when the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the “International Convention … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, ILO, Migration, UN HLD
Tagged civil society, development, domestic work, gfmd, global governance, human rights, iamr, ILO, International Labour Conference, International Labour Organization, International Migrants Day, Migrant worker, migration, multiculturalism, NGO, Non-governmental organization, Public international law, Storify, UN migrant worker convention, United Nation, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly
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The Global Forum decentralized – news on the GFMD 2011 in Switzerland (and elsewhere…)
There has been intense speculation on the future of the GFMD. Now, the first Draft Concept Paper by the Swiss Chair shines some light on the format of the Forum in 2011 (and maybe the following year as well). The … Continue reading
Posted in Gfmd, GFMD Civil Society Days, GFMD Government Meeting, GFMD in General, Migration
Tagged civil society, development, domestic work, gender, gfmd, global governance, human rights, ILO, International Labour Conference, International Organization for Migration, Mexico, migration, NGO, pga, Switzerland, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly
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The GFMD, Migration, Development and Human Rights 