Catholic Consultation on Protection

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Academics, policy makers and advocates met at a CRS-sponsored consultation from October 23-25, 2009, in Baltimore, to create public policy recommendations — particularly for the United Nations and the United States government — aimed at improving the protection of refugees and other displaced populations.

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Titled “For Whom There is No Room — A Catholic Consultation on Protection,” the meeting gathered participants from around the world who had direct experience working with, or on behalf of, displaced people.

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The Consultation debated trends such as conflicts, climate-based movements and disasters, scarcity-induced displacements and flows to urban centers — all of which were increasingly impacting the protection of displaced populations. It examined what opportunities the current process of revising protection standards presented for addressing such trends.

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Notes from the working groups

- Session 2: Crisis generators
- Session 3: Issues on the horizon
- Session 4: “Canary in the coal mine”
- Session 5: Protection in practice
- Session 6: Common standards for practice
- Session 7: Challenges to finding “solutions”
- Session 8: Protection challenges
- Final discussion
- Looking ahead

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