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Recent Submissions
Upholding the right to food in emergencies in Africa
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2025-10-16) Aboneka, Michael
The right to food is an essential component of human dignity and survival. Africa is prone to hunger due to food insecurity exacerbated by recurring emergencies. Hunger must be considered a human rights-related issue, providing comprehensive diagnosis and solutions.
Translating Child Safety Norms into Education: A Comparative Study of Lebanon and Morocco
(2025-09-03) Lakkis, Kamila
From how children’s rights to safety are recognized internationally to how it is understood,
normalized, and implemented throughout the education systems of Lebanon and Morocco.
Investigating how international legal commitments are translated into national policy and
reflected in curriculum, school environments, and perspectives.
This qualitative comparative case study draws on twenty semi-structured interviews conducted
with experts, educators, and parents in both countries, revealing that the concept of "safety" is
usually interpreted as physical safety, disguised with morals and values, while subjects such as
sexual or emotional abuse or neglect are shadow-banned, leaving no room for child participation
or evolving capacities.
This research uses norm diffusion and vernacularization theories to examine how an international
norm is reshaped in a specific context, by understanding the influence of values, institutional
gaps, and political realities on the ground. Lebanon's reality is challenged by instability and a
layered crisis, which is reflected in limited resources and gaps in implementing an effective legal
framework. While Morocco is more stable, norm translation is still challenged by centralization
and bureaucracy. Both cases revealed a high reliance on foreign support.
This thesis contributes to a regional discourse in the MENA region around children's rights to
safety and participation, calling for a context-sensitive approach in education policy.
The impact of the Lebanon-Israel war of 2024 on Lebanese displaced adolescent girls: An exploration between theory and reality
(2025-09-03) Khalife, Murielle
The thesis delves into the struggles and sufferings of the Lebanese adolescent girls during the 2024
Lebanon-Israel conflict. It examines the challenges faced by girls that particularly hinder their
healthy growth while in displacement, including the complexities of reintegration in post-conflict
contexts.
Adolescents are particularly vulnerable in humanitarian settings, yet protection mechanisms that
would safeguard their rights are often neglected, and are instead receiving similar interventions
compared to infants. During this critical phase of development, adolescents are highly susceptible
to any stressful events that would lead to prolonged mental health complications. Still, adolescent
girls navigate the intersecting vulnerabilities exacerbated by the socio-cultural norms obstructing
their well-being.
Even though Lebanon ratified both the Conventions on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the
Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which would guarantee
children’s rights and protection in fragile settings, their application remains paradoxical based on
the lived testimonies of the Lebanese displaced girls in the recent displacement that occurred.
Thus, the study critically assesses the efficacy of the national emergency plan adopted in 2023 to
protect the IDPs against any forms of aggression. Additionally, it examines the Human Rights
violations that have exacerbated the quality of life of adolescent girls, while shedding light on the
resilience and protective factors that have practically mitigated their psychological burden
throughout all cycles of displacement. It also addresses the institutional gaps and challenges in
meeting the needs of the targeted population, thereby mitigating further harm to their well-being.
Inspired by theorists that have contributed to addressing the research question in all its features,
starting from the theory of attachment, ecological model, narrative identities, feminists’ theories
on gender and conflicts, with the incorporated three narrative critical case studies that have
highlighted the challenges occurred in emergency settings, as a raised voice for the oppressed girls
who remain silenced.
To support the adolescent girls in future emergencies, a recommendation chapter is dedicated to
the voices of the displaced, with the field-based organizations, and the governmental actors.
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Ultimately, the research calls for amending the national emergency plan that could not adequately
address the needs of the displaced people, particularly centering the most vulnerable categories at
the core, with tailored programs targeting adolescents and youth, where they must actively
participate in the preparation of the emergency response plan, as active agents in society.
Sociopolitical Drivers fostering a Hatred of Convenience: Assessing Lebanese Christians’ Perceptions of Syrian Refugees
(2025-09-03) Diab, Ricardo
The trajectory of protracted refugee populations in Lebanon, notably Syrians, has and remains to
be subject to a diverse range of potential outcomes. From the improbable potential of partial or
full integration into Lebanese society to eventual repatriation to their homeland, these outcomes
are significantly shaped by a complex interplay of socioeconomic stressors, political agendas, and
media influence and can often have a huge impact on the lived experiences and access to essential
human rights of these individuals. The politicization of migrant populations in Lebanon through
external and internal political pressures hinging on international geopolitical strategies as well as
local partisan interests respectively has complicated the context considerably. Adding to this,
bearing in mind; shifts in state policies since 2011, calls for the obstruction of the principle of
nonrefoulement, local sectarian power plays, and the potential for Syrian refugee populations to
alter national demographics, perceptions towards these refugees have noticeably differed along
sectarian and regional lines. Accounting for these factors, this thesis examines the evolving
perceptions of Lebanese Christians in particular toward Syrian refugees, focusing on how
socioeconomic crises, political narratives, and media discourses have intensified hostility and
normalized hate crimes by this segment of society towards Syrian refugees. The study argues that
these factors have cultivated a hatred of convenience (Levy, Goldstein , & Phyllis, 1939), where
refugees are scapegoated to divert blame from state failure and to rile up support for Christian
political parties. Using a mixed method approach; surveys of Christian Lebanese adults and
interviews with experts as well as political and municipal figures, it investigates the correlation
between worsening perceptions and discriminatory acts since 2019. By narrowing its scope to
Christians in non-refugee-dense areas, this study addresses a neglected dimension of refugee-host
dynamics, providing insights into how sectarian memory, economic collapse, and political
incitement shape public attitudes and compromise refugee rights
The Risk of Statelessness and Humanitarian Exclusion: Legal and Structural Barriers for Non-Syrian Refugees in Jordan
(2025-09-03) Baker, Isabella Eda
This thesis examines how Jordan’s humanitarian aid framework systematically excludes non-Syrian refugees – particularly Iraqi, Yemeni, Sudanese and Somali communities, whilst overlooking the cases and risks of statelessness within these groups. Understanding statelessness in its de jure and de facto forms, the research highlights the absence of legal identity as a neglected factor contributing to heightened vulnerability for members of these displaced communities.
The study adopts an interdisciplinary approach combining critical legal and policy analysis with qualitative fieldwork in Amman between March and August 2025. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with refugees, NGOs, government ministers, legal experts and humanitarian practitioners, supplemented by secondary sources, including academic studies, legal frameworks, NGO reports, and humanitarian policy documents. The research employs thematic and discourse analysis to interrogate how humanitarian and governmental narratives construct hierarchies of vulnerability, and how nationality-based policies reinforce exclusion.
Findings demonstrate that humanitarian aid in Jordan remains disproportionately Syrian-focused, with stateless non-Syrian refugees rendered invisible in programming and donor priorities alike. In displacement contexts, these stateless refugees face a lack of accountability from their origin and host countries. Children born to these refugees and asylum seekers are particularly vulnerable to the risk of statelessness. Statelessness compounds barriers to documentation, protection, and socio-economic participation, creating intergenerational cycles of marginalisation.
This thesis argues that stateless individuals should be incorporated into the One Refugee Approach and general humanitarian aid frameworks. It calls for a deliberate reshaping of humanitarian responses to recognise statelessness as a distinct vulnerability, addressing its risks alongside ongoing advocacy for states to fulfil their obligations to grant nationality. Ultimately, it contends that statelessness requires a comprehensive human rights and child rights-based approach to prevent exclusion from being perpetuated across generations.