The Agony and the Exodus

2005 Human rights and mass exodus

Monitoring the human rights of persons in mass exodus

The internally displaced constitute a specific category of people affected by mass exodus.

Recent examples of mass exodus, both as a result of armed conflict and as a consequence of massive natural disasters, have highlighted the need to address comprehensively the human rights of victims of mass exodus.

The continuing exodus of young people has been a concern to the Islanders for many years.

Human rights violations are most often the root as well as immediate cause of mass exodus.

To be fully understood, the phenomena of mass exodus and displacement must also be viewed within this framework.

Bumped into Eurasia around 16 million years ago, and then we had the first African exodus, as we call it.

The Office noted that, following the reintroduction of granting British citizenship for Saints in 2002, the island had experienced an exodus.

This three way interrelationship was most apparent in situations of exodus and displacement of large numbers of people around the world.

At each of these stages, persons in mass exodus have specific human rights entitlements under international law, arising from a variety of sources.

In other words, the exodus of human capital, while providing a source of currency in the short term hampers our countries' long term development.

National human rights institutions also play an important role in promoting national responsibility and reinforcing protection of the rights of persons in mass exodus.

The Special Rapporteur presented as fact his allegations that Israel intended to confiscate Palestinian land, encourage an exodus of Palestinians and incorporate settlers into Israel.

As recognized by the Commission in its resolution 2003 52, conflict and persecution are only two among a number of causes for mass exodus and displacement.

If persons in exodus cross an international boundary and become subject to the jurisdiction of another State, the human rights obligations of that State come into play.

However, the Territory still faces problems associated with a shrinking tax base, an ageing population and the exodus of skilled individuals leaving in pursuit of higher wages offshore.

Alongside the traditional causes of mass exodus, the Secretary General identified a number of specific environmental issues that had the potential to provoke mass exoduses in the future.

At the same time, human rights treaty bodies have worked to have persons in mass exodus recognized within the overall framework of the rights established in the treaties.

Taking note of the work in progress of the United Nations system to clarify the role of the United Nations in post conflict transition situations, including mass exodus situations,

The issue of making agriculture an attractive and profitable activity as a solution to rural exodus and unemployment was strongly contrasted with the droughts and political realities in certain countries.

It would appear that the Wall was designed not only to achieve security, but also, as was clear from its routing, to seize land for settlers and cause an exodus of Palestinians.

The respective capacities and competencies of all such bodies must be integrated into a comprehensive response to a situation of mass exodus in order that prompt and complete relief may be provided.

Given the regional repercussions of many situations of mass exodus and displacement, regional bodies also have an important role to play in protecting the human rights of persons caught up in such situations.

The mass exodus of people had come up against restrictive, unjust and xenophobic policies in host countries which, instead of trying to find solutions to the problem and its causes, only aggravated the situation.

As a consequence of the rural exodus and the transformation of rural areas into small cities and villages, the rural population has decreased from 24 in 1991 to 18 in 2000 (IBGE, Demographic Census).

If it is not applied, the argument goes, there will be a massive exodus of Muslims to other faiths. The immediate goal is to keep the courts from allowing Lina Joy or Kamariah Ali to convert.

Further cooperation among States, the United Nations and other international partners will be required to overcome these obstacles and to ensure that the rights of persons in situations of mass exodus are respected, protected and fulfilled.

There's this large, consolidated farming that's led to what we eat in America, and it's really been since around 1980, after the oil crisis, when, you know, mass consolidation, mass exodus of small farmers in this country.

The sovereign debt crisis is eating its way from the periphery to the core, and the exodus of capital is accelerating. Since the summer, 300 billion, in net terms, may well have fled from Italy and France.

The agriculture and fishery sectors account for only 2 per cent of GDP, but, increasingly, they occupy a central place in New Caledonian society, employing some 30 per cent of the population and making it possible to contain the rural exodus.

The four previous reports to the General Assembly on human rights and mass exoduses (A 52 494, A 54 360, A 56 334 and A 58 186) demonstrated the profound connection between human rights and mass exodus and forced displacement.

Human rights treaty bodies have also advanced their understanding of the situation of persons in mass exodus and displacement as being one of particular vulnerability, with corresponding needs and sensitivities that may often differ from those of other rights holders.

With such analytical frameworks and the contributions of other parts of the United Nations system, the human rights treaty bodies are well placed to enhance their ability to monitor and ensure the protection of persons in mass exodus and displacement.

Italy s armada of Guardia di Finanza boats would hardly forestall a massive exodus of wealth if Italians see a sizable wealth tax coming. Over and under invoicing of trade, for example, is a time tested way to spirit money out of a country.

When Puerto Rico had begun its transformation from an impoverished sugar plantation into a modern industrial centre, it had been decided that there were too many Puerto Ricans on the island consequently, a mass exodus to the United States had taken place.

Throughout the 1990 s, they virtually opted out of Serbian run Kosovo by creating parallel institutions. Their forced mass exodus in 1999 and NATO s subsequent intervention, which ended Serbia s rule and established a quasi state under UN administration, has made anything other than independence intolerable.

This exodus is not new, but since the increased violence that followed the bombing of the Shiite Golden mosque in Samarra in February 2006, the pace of the displacement has accelerated. Indeed, this is the largest population displacement in the Middle East since 1948.

What will deter the next Central American dictator and murderer if the Cubans are given a free pass? Invoking pragmatism to justify continued human rights violations in Cuba merely because economic reforms might dissuade a mass exodus to Mexico and Florida is a bad idea.

Mr. Dugard's conclusion is that the accelerated construction of the separation wall and the settlements, together with the exodus of non Jews from East Jerusalem and other key parts of the occupied West Bank, are creating new facts on the ground in the Middle East.

For the most part, it matters little whether the persons in or affected by mass exodus are citizens of that State, for with the exception of a few rights such as the political rights to vote and take part in public affairs, human rights extend to everyone.

During the reporting period, UNHCR and UNICEF shared their observations in relation to the preparation of a general comment on the administration of justice under consideration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, raising issues of particular importance to child victims of mass exodus.

As a result, the government s suppression of Western values not to mention its relentless war on the Internet is likely to spur an exodus of the country s best and brightest. In 2013, an unprecedented 413,900 Chinese studied abroad and the figure is expected to be even higher for 2014.

The US has a special obligation to help. Both by what it has done and what it has failed to do in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East, American foreign policy bears more than a little responsibility for outcomes that have led to the refugee exodus.