Under international law, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has a mandate to protect refugees. Every state party to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees is also obliged to guarantee basic economic freedoms and freedom of movement to refugees within their borders. Non-refoulement--the right not to...

While Israel's handling of the fake freedom-fighting flotilla was a disaster, Israel has the legal right to ensure that shipments to Gaza do not contain arms, and the obligation to do so to protect its citizens.

Typically regarded as the paragon of humanitarianism, refugee camps are in fact one of the biggest stains on the conscience of the international community.

The two imprisoned American journalists were trying to tell an important story.

There are ways to combat the troubling accountability gap in refugee protection in the developing world.

Iran is using the forced return of Afghan refugees to leverage its influence in Afghanistan at the expense of U.S. interests.

Damascus should not be rewarded for its "nuanced" position on Islamist terrorism.

The purpose of the eleven-member delegation was to assess both the political and economic situation in the region and the effects that the war in Kosovo has had on neighboring states.