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Working Paper Series # 24 | October 2014 Operation Protective Edge & Legal RemediesNoura Erakat, Bianca Isaias, and Salmah Rizvi On 26 August 2014, Israel and Palestinian resistance groups entered into a long-term ceasefire agreement. The terms of the agreement look almost identical to those established in November 2012, including a lack of implementation mechanisms. Indeed, if the parties fail to make these terms more precise and binding, it will be no more than a holding position before Israel’s next assault on the Gaza Strip Its most significant omission is a commitment to lift Israel’s...

Working Paper Series # 24 | October 2014 Operation Protective Edge & Legal RemediesNoura Erakat, Bianca Isaias, and Salmah Rizvi On 26 August 2014, Israel and Palestinian resistance groups entered into a long-term ceasefire agreement. The terms of the agreement look almost identical to those established in November 2012, including a lack of implementation mechanisms. Indeed, if the parties fail to make these terms more precise and binding, it will be no more than a holding position before Israel’s next assault on the Gaza Strip Its most significant omission is a commitment to lift Israel’s...

The mission there is to provide helps to handicapped persons at home Materials or accommodation specifies the helps Materials are wheel chair, prosthesis, medicines The accommodation is defined under the parent’s responsibility

DRC in Lebanon The Danish Refugee Council has been operating in Lebanon since September 2004.The focus of the organization has shifted over time as the country’s needs changed. DRC’s main focus in Lebanon in 2013 has been on providing emergency assistance to refugees from Syria, and on developing the capacities of hosting communities across Lebanon. The emergency response program focuses on four sectors of intervention: Protection, Direct Assistance, Shelter/Community Center Management, and Community Development. In parallel, the organization’s Development Programme works with Migrant...

Integrity’s research highlights that the truces agreed in several locations across Syria in the early months of 2014 do not represent the localised beginnings of a peacebuilding process. These agreements—and the negotiation and implementation processes that delivered them—were not built upon good practice and were significantly undermined by a lack of political will for peace from the outset. For opposition stakeholders, the truce agreements were a reaction to extreme levels of civilian suffering and a military capacity weakened by lengthy, government-enforced sieges. In all areas researched...

This report is this first of a three-part series focusing on the current status and lessons learned relating to transitional justice and policing initiatives in opposition-controlled Syria. • Part I focuses on the effects of the departure of judicial and security elements of the Syrian state has had on conditions on the ground currently and on the nascent justice institutions that have emerged in this void (including levels of institutionalisation, Islamic law, and the legal systems currently being debated and trialed in some areas). • Part II examines the variety of institutions and...

The growing influx of Syrian refugees to Lebanon has strained its socio-economic fabric, piling pressure on employment opportunities, housing, trade, and infrastructure capacities (basic services). Tensions between Syrian refugees and their Lebanese host communities have led to intercommunity clashes, and it thus becomes imperative to identify the indicators of social instability and ways to reduce them. A research project initiated by Save the Children (SC) and in association with faculty at AUB assessed the social psychological dimensions of Syrians and Lebanese relations in the Bekaa, Sahel...

This report examines the role of gender in Lebanese security perceptions, Lebanese perceptions of security institutions, as well as gender dynamics within security institut

This paper discusses the risk of a renewed civil strife in Lebanon as a result of the Syrian Crisis. It argues that the security situation inside Lebanon could deteriorate due to three interrelated spillover effects stemming from Syria’s ongoing civil war.

India shifted to the side of US primacy in 2004, but since then its foreign policy has shifted once more to the middle. Sitting with a senior Indian diplomat, I mentioned that India seemed to be caught between two stools, US primacy and regionalism. “That’s an apt image,” he said, “except we have not fallen between the stools.” Things are more fraught now, and less clear. Talk of the peace pipeline and of linkages with Iran returned to the agenda after 2004. As US power enters a period of decline as a result of economic trials and two expensive and inconclusive wars, the moment of regionalism...

DRC in Lebanon The Danish Refugee Council began operating in Lebanon in 2004. Since then, the organization has partnered with local and international NGOs to implement different programs that followed the country’s needs. Today, DRC’s main focus is on assisting those affected by the Syrian crisis, including refugees and members of the hosting communities. DRC also provides assistance to Palestinian refugees, migrant domestic workers and women at risk. DRC currently addresses the needs of four displaced population groups, as well as the affected Lebanese communities: -Syrian refugees feeling...

The Syrian crisis continues to provoke an ever increasing displacement across the border into Lebanon. According to the UNHCR, more than 569,000 Syrian refugees are now receiving protection and assistance from the Lebanese government, the UN and NGO’s. With no end to the crisis in sight, the number of Syrian refugees entering Lebanon is expected to rise to one million by the end of the year, posing a significant challenge to hosting communities around Lebanon. DRC and its partners continue to provide essential services to meet the needs of refugees and locals. DRC’s emergency strategy focuses...

Research Study | June 2013
Irish Peacekeeping in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) A Historical, Political, and Socio-Cultural Study by Rita Sakr
This study explores Irish peacekeeping within UNIFIL, since 1978 through the expanded UNIFIL after its formation in the aftermath of the 2006 Lebanon war, from historical, social, political, and cultural perspectives. The methodological approach relies mainly on interviews with a number of retired and active members of the Irish Defence Forces, academics, and journalists as well as primary and secondary sources including military...

This report summarises the findings of Amel Association International’s latest Rapid Needs Assessment that was conducted from its Haret Hreik community centre in May 2013. It is hoped that the reader will benefit both from the summary of the target population’s needs and the analysis of how Amel Association International can best replicate such assessments in the future.

This report summarises the findings of the recent Rapid Needs Assessment at Amel Association International’s Burj el Barajneh (Baajour) community centre, which took place in late March 2013. It is hoped that the reader will benefit both from the summary of the target population’s needs and the analysis of how Amel Association International can best replicate such assessments in the future.

Sommaire : Avant‐propos I) Organigramme d’Adyan II) Les réalisations par département A) CCSD B) SEC‐D C) Média  D) Solidarité III) Le Réseau des Volontaires IV) Les Rencontres internationales V) L’équipe administrative VI) Budget et Résultat VII) Faites un don VIII) Adresse IX) Web, 15

Table of content: Forward                                             I) Adyan organizational chart                                                II) Key achievements by department     A) CCSD                                               B) SEC-D                                               C) Media D               D) Solidarity D III) Volunteerism at Adyan   IV) Intercultural and International Meetings         V) Office and admin team VI) Budget and Balance         VII) Support us     VIII) Address           IX) Web

Research Report | January 2013
Lawfare and Armed Conflict: Comparing Israeli and US Targeted Killing Policies and Challenges Against Them by Lisa Hajjar
The term lawfare, an amalgamation of “law” and “warfare,” is used in reference to various kinds of legal challenges to state policies and practices in the realm of national security. Unsurprisingly, it has a negative connotation among those who oppose efforts to legally constrain state prerogatives, to fetter the discretion of officials in their pursuit of national security goals, and to pursue accountability for violations. This article...

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In April 2013, Mercy Corps undertook a country-wide assessment to examine the interplay between economic fragility and societal stability in Lebanon.