25-01-2021The study was conducted by 40 youth in Palestine who are participating in the regional Musawat project, which focuses on countering discrimination based on Freedom of Religion and Belief (FoRB) in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine.
A Mapping Report
28-10-2020In cooperation with Iraqi Al Amal Association, al-Firdaws Association and the Centre of Conflict studies at Utrecht University a network of Iraqi scholars were trained to carry out gender-sensitive research and conflict analysis.
The absence of durable solutions for Syria´s refugees
19-10-2020In one of the only studies documenting the situation for refugee returnees to Syria, the Refugee Protection Watch coalition (RPW) has conducted surveys of hundreds of refugees in Lebanon, and conducted face-to-face interviews with refugees who returned to Syria to produce a thorough and disturbing overview of the dire plight of the approximately 5.5 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries.
Catastrophic consequences
04-08-2020This briefing outlines research findings and key protection concerns that the RPW coalition has noted with regard to the impact of the current economic and COVID-19 crisis in Lebanon, and contains a number of policy recommendations.
Oil and mining majors and NGOs call for policing reforms to tackle racialised human rights violations
10-07-2020The many protests following the killing of Floyd George in the USA confirm that human rights violations against racialized groups is a major issue around the globe. Reforms of policing policies and practices are part of the solution.
How oil pollution is impacting health and livelihoods in conflict-affected north east Syria
02-07-2020A River of Death shows how persistent pollution from a degrading oil facility has led to tens-of-thousands of barrels of oil flowing into canals and creeks, and ending up in a 160km long river.
How oil pollution is impacting health and livelihoods in conflict-affected north east Syria
30-06-2020A River of Death shows how persistent pollution from a degrading oil facility has led to tens-of-thousands of barrels of oil flowing into canals and creeks, and ending up in a 160km long river.
Summary of side event proceedings and demands put forward by victim representatives
30-06-2020Syrian victims and survivors of enforced disappearance, kidnapping, arbitrary detention, and forced displacement demanded truth, justice and redress during a side event during the Brussels IV conference Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region.
Research by the “Refugee Protection Watch” that outlines concerns and recommendations regarding the COVID-19 crisis in Lebanon
22-04-2020Research by the “Refugee Protection Watch” that outlines concerns and recommendations regarding the COVID-19 crisis in Lebanon: covering its impact on the humanitarian situation, issues regarding discrimination against refugees, its impact on human rights and the work of civil society. The research includes a set of recommendations to Lebanese and international policy-makers.
What can International Policymakers do?
10-03-2020
There is also an arabic version of this policy brief.
This policy brief outlines the systematic undermining of Syrians’ housing, land and property (HLP) rights, mainly but not exclusively by the Assad regime, which since 2011 has enacted a raft of measures to consolidate its control by dispossessing groups or communities it considers a threat to its authority. Other groups with a long history of suffering discrimination in property rights – such as women, Palestinian refugees, and the Kurdish minority – stand to be disproportionately affected.