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Humanitarian Congress Vienna 2017: Forced to Flee – Humanity on the Run

08:00 - 17:45
University of Vienna
Main Building
Universitätsring 1
1010 Vienna Austria
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The Humanitarian Congress Vienna 2017

“Forced to Flee – Humanity on the Run”

Currently there are over 65 million refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reports that 2015 is the year with the highest number of refugees worldwide ever exceeding even post Word War II numbers. On World Humanitarian Day, 16 August 2016, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated in his message that a record of 130 million people worldwide are depending on humanitarian aid to survive. Behind the statistics stand human beings who are in need for reasons of war, natural disaster, instability, inequality, and displacement

Therefore in 2017 the Humanitarian Congress Vienna wants to put the spotlight on the individual behind the statistics. Thus under the theme “Forced to Flee – Humanity on the Run”, the following six panel discussions will take place:

  1. Panel: (Failed) Policy-Making with Global Consequences
  2. Panel: The Erosion of International Human Rights Law – Who Cares?
  3. Panel: Refugee Health – Time for Change
  4. Panel: Why Are People Forced to Flee?
  5. Panel: Civil Society and Refugees: Lessons Learned
  6. Panel: Leaving No One Behind – A Mission Impossible?

 

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