Testimony

A Global Crisis: Refugees, Migrants, and Asylum Seekers

Refugees International President Eric Schwartz testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee for Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations in a hearing on “A Global Crisis: Refugees, Migrants, and Asylum Seekers.”

Victims’ Rights: Human Rights Abuses and the Persecution of Minorities in Northern Myanmar

Refugees International’s Daniel P. Sullivan testified at a Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on “Victims’ Rights in Burma.”

Somalia’s Current Security and Stability Status

On March 14, 2018, RI Senior Advocate Mark Yarnell testified before a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee hearing on “Somalia’s Current Security and Stability Status.”

Testimony by Daniel Sullivan on Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar

Refugees International’s Daniel Sullivan testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific on “Burma’s Brutal Campaign Against the Rohingya.”

Testimony by Eric Schwartz on the Four Famines

Refugees International’s Eric Schwartz testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development and Multilateral Institutions.

Protection Is Not an Option — It’s an Obligation

The UN Security Council increasingly recognizes Protection of Civilians as a critical task of UN peacekeepers. And in a growing number of peacekeeping mandates, the Council has proclaimed that PoC is the most important task. More than that, roughly 98% of UN peacekeepers now serve in missions with PoC mandates.