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Las Naciones Unidas frente a una década de conflicto e impunidad en Yemen
2021
El conflicto del Yemen está cerca de cumplir 10 años. En el mismo, la ONU ha llevado a cabo una actividad constante de intervención, sin que hasta el momento ninguno de los mecanismos puestos en marcha haya conseguido su objetivo fundamental de detener el conflicto y acabar con la impunidad a la que se ve condenada su población civil. Ante la mayor crisis humanitaria acaecida en lo que va de siglo, este estudio se plantea la labor de la Organización y qué respuesta podría ser la adecuada. The conflict in Yemen is nearing its 10th year. The UN has been constantly intervening in the conflict, but so far none of the mechanisms put in place has achieved its fundamental objective of stopping the…
Somalia: From the Errors of Colonialism to the Horrors of War
2012
Chapter 5 analyses the reality of the Republic of Somalia, a country which is currently facing the worst humanitarian crisis in history. The first descriptive part of the article shows how the current human catastrophe devastating the Somali people is the result of the incomprehensible de-composition of one of the most homogenous peoples in Africa, not only ethnically speaking, but also from a linguistic, religious and cultural point of view. This de-composition, which has led to Somalia being known as the “State without State”, is undoubtedly rooted in the errors and horrors suffered, in the first place, during the successive processes of colonization and de-colonisation, but also during t…
Generations of Stateless People: Many Years of The Rohingya’s Personal Security at Risk and the Support of the EU
2021
The Rohingya is an ethnic-religious Muslim minority that has struggled with serious human rights violations for decades. Indian migration to Burma, stimulated by British colonial rule, is pointed to as the main cause of the Muslim-Buddhist conflict. Although Indians in Burma currently constitute a fraction of the population (2.3%), resentment remained. The aim of the article is to analyze the threats to many aspects of the personal security of the Rohingya population. It is one of the most populous groups of stateless persons in the world; moreover, since the 1960s, this ethnic group has experienced oppression on a huge scale: from restrictions related to work and movement as well as diffic…
Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, resurgence of vector-borne diseases, and implications for spillover in the region
2019
In the past 5–10 years, Venezuela has faced a severe economic crisis, precipitated by political instability and declining oil revenue. Public health provision has been affected particularly. In this Review, we assess the impact of Venezuela's health-care crisis on vector-borne diseases, and the spillover into neighbouring countries. Between 2000 and 2015, Venezuela witnessed a 359% increase in malaria cases, followed by a 71% increase in 2017 (411 586 cases) compared with 2016 (240 613). Neighbouring countries, such as Brazil, have reported an escalating trend of imported malaria cases from Venezuela, from 1538 in 2014 to 3129 in 2017. In Venezuela, active Chagas disease transmission has be…