Resources
The Quaker United Nations Office conducts in-depth research and analysis on a range of topics relating to our core areas of focus and in conjunction with various partners. Search this archive or filter by topic to access our publications, including research papers, annual reports, significant statements of our positions, and more.
International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service 2025
This updated paper lays out the ways in which conscientious objection has been recognized and is protected under human rights...
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QUNO’s Engagement at the 60th Session of the IPCC
QUNO’s Human Impact of Climate Change programme, speaking on behalf of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, participated in the 60th Session...
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Towards More Ambitious Goals: Reflections on the First International Migration Review Forum
The new FES publication offers a civil society perspective on how we can raise ambition for the IMRF to deliver...
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Enhancing Meaningful Participation of Migrants, Migrant Organizations and Organized Migrant Groups in Regional Migration Review Processes
This paper serves as a call to action for all stakeholders involved in the GCM Regional Reviews, urging them to...
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QUNO’s Submission to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body
QUNO, on behalf of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), offered this submission in response to a call for input...
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Joint call for the UN Human Rights Council to respond to the global pattern of deaths, torture and other grave human rights violations at international borders
As part of our work to end lethal disregard for people on the move, the Human Rights and Refugees Programme...
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QUNO Briefing Paper for the Climate Negotiations under the UNFCCC: The Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Quakers support Indigenous peoples’ rights, based on our commitment to peace and justice. We recognise the historical and ongoing injustice...
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Geneva Reporter September 2022
QUNO's September 2022 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue includes a welcome letter from our Director Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge...
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Delivering on the promise of the GCM: Migration Justice Briefing Paper Series
As we work towards an ambitious, effective and human rights-based discussion and outcome at the International Migration Review Forum we...
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New Geneva Reporter is available
QUNO's December 2021 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue includes reflections and updates from QUNO staff who...
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New Geneva Reporter is available
QUNO's December 2021 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue includes reflections and updates from QUNO staff who attended...
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What is the International Migration Review Forum?
See attached the first paper of a series of short briefing notes titled: Migration Justice: Delivering on the Promise of the...
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New Opportunities to Further Action on Racial Justice and Migration Governance
The Human Rights and Refugees Program at QUNO-Geneva has begun to work explicitly on the intersection between racial justice and...
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Briefing Paper: Using the Regional Migration Reviews to Further Human Rights Protection
The Global Compact for Migration (GCM), adopted in 2018, is a significant commitment from governments to take a people centred...
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Report on Conscientious Objection to Military Service and Refugee Status Determination
To mark International Conscientious Objectors' Day on the 15TH of May 2021, QUNO is pleased to be releasing our new publication...
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International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service 2021
This updated paper lays out the ways in which conscientious objection has been recognized and is protected under human rights treaties and...
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Quaker Statement on Migration
Working together American Friends Service Committee, Britain Yearly Meeting, Friends Committee for National Legislation, Quaker Council for European Affairs and...
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Briefing Paper: Using the Regional Migration Reviews to Further Human Rights Protection
The Global Compact for Migration (GCM), adopted in 2018, is a significant commitment from governments to take a people centred...
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