INMUN'22 UNHCR Study Guide

Table Of Contents
1. Welcoming letter From Secretary General 3

2. Introduction to the committee 4
3. Topic A: Assimilation of Refugees into Host Societies
3.1 Introduction to the topic. 5
4. Topic B: Safeguarding the Rights of Vulnerable and Marginalized Refugee
Groups
4.1 Introduction to the topic. 6
5. Questions to ponder 6
1. Welcoming letter From Secretary General
Honorable Delegates,
We are extremely honored to welcome you all to the UNHCR committee of
INMUN'22. Within this study guide you will find all the necessary information
and guidelines which will help you about Assimilation of Refugees into Host
Societies and Safeguarding the Rights of Vulnerable and Marginalized Refugee
Groups.
We wish you all to have productive and helpful beginning for committee and
INMUN'22!
Should you have any queries, do not hesitate to communicate with us!
Kind regards,
Nazo Karhan, Secretary General
2. Introduction to the committee
UNHCR’s primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of
refugees. In its efforts to achieve this objective, UNHCR strives to ensure that
everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another
State, and to return home voluntarily.
By assisting refugees to return to their own country or to settle permanently in
another country, UNHCR also seeks lasting solutions to their plight. UNHCR’s
efforts are mandated by the organization’s Statute, and guided by the 1951
United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967
Protocol. International refugee law provides an essential framework of
principles for UNHCR’s humanitarian activities. In support of its core activities
on behalf of refugees, UNHCR’s Executive Committee and the UN General
Assembly have authorized the organization’s involvement with other groups.
These include former refugees who have returned to their homeland; internally
displaced people; and people who are stateless or whose nationality is disputed.
UNHCR seeks to reduce situations of forced displacement by encouraging
States and other institutions to create conditions which are conducive to the
protection of human rights and the peaceful resolution of disputes. In pursuit of
the same objective, UNHCR actively seeks to consolidate the reintegration of
returning refugees in their country of origin, thereby averting the recurrence of
refugee-producing situations.
3. Topic A: Assimilation of Refugees into Host Societies
3.1 Introduction to the topic
Ideally, the situation of being a refugee is not permanent. In practice, the
refugee will either return voluntarily to his or her home country when the
conditions that forced him or her into exile have been reversed, or will have to
find a lasting solution within a new community either in the country of first
refuge or in a third country.
The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol
place considerable emphasis on the integration of refugees. The Convention
enumerates social and economic rights designed to assist integration, and in its
Article 34 calls on States to facilitate the “assimilation and naturalization” of
refugees.
UNHCR has consistently advocated for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection to
be accorded the same level of integration facilities as persons recognized as
refugees under the 1951 Convention. Their need for international protection is
equally compelling and frequently as long in duration as that of refugees.
Integration measures for persons granted subsidiary protection would also
enhance their capacity to contribute productively to the societies which have
accepted them.
The integration of refugees is a dynamic and multifaceted two-way process
which requires efforts by all parties concerned, including a preparedness on the
part of refugees to adapt to the host society without having to forego their own
cultural identity, and a corresponding readiness on the part of host communities
and public institutions to welcome refugees and meet the needs of a diverse
population. The process of integration is complex and gradual, comprising
distinct but inter-related legal, economic, social and cultural dimensions, all of
which are important for refugees’ ability to integrate successfully as fully
included members of the host society.
4. Topic B: Safeguarding the Rights of Vulnerable and Marginalized Refugee
Groups
4.1 Introduction to the topic
The aim of human rights instruments is the protection of those vulnerable to
violations of their fundamental human rights. There are particular groups who,
for various reasons, are weak and vulnerable or have traditionally been victims
of violations and consequently require special protection for the equal and
effective enjoyment of their human rights.
Often human rights instruments set out additional guarantees for persons
belonging to these groups; the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, for example, has repeatedly stressed that the ICESCR is a vehicle for the
protection of vulnerable groups within society, requiring states to extend special
protective measures to them and ensure some degree of priority consideration,
even in the face of severe resource constraints.
5. Questions to ponder
1. Evaluation of the sociological consequences of segregation of ethnic groups
2.Discussing the security guarantee of refugees
3.Reviewing the refugee exchange/transfer policies of countries internationally
4.Analysis and synthesis on refugee awareness in society

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