Past Projects

Pwoteje moun ki kite kay yo de vyolans seksyèl ak vyolans ki baze sou sèks (Executive Summary)

Laura Wagner
Kim Thuy Seelinger
2013

This multi-country study described and assessed options for physical protection from SGBV in diverse forced displacement settings. In 2015, recommendations from this study were incorporated into the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s 2015 Guidance for Integrating GBV Interventions in Humanitarian Action, the primary source of global guidance for the UN and organizations operating in crisis settings. This is the Haiti-specific report. Also found in English and...

Safe Haven: Haiti

Kim Thuy Seelinger
Julie Freccero
Laura Wagner
2013

This multi-country study described and assessed options for physical protection from SGBV in diverse forced displacement settings. In 2015, recommendations from this study were incorporated into the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s 2015 Guidance for Integrating GBV Interventions in Humanitarian Action, the primary source of global guidance for the UN and organizations operating in crisis settings. This is the Haiti-specific report. Also found in...

Refuge: Tenir les Personnes Déplacées à l’Abri de la Violence Sexuelle et Sexiste

Laura Wagner
Kim Thuy Seelinger
2013

This multi-country study described and assessed options for physical protection from SGBV in diverse forced displacement settings. In 2015, recommendations from this study were incorporated into the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s 2015 Guidance for Integrating GBV Interventions in Humanitarian Action, the primary source of global guidance for the UN and organizations operating in crisis settings. This is the Haiti-specific report. Also found in...

Refugio Seguro: Colombia

Sara Feldman
Julie Freccero
Kim Thuy Seelinger
2013

This multi-country study described and assessed options for physical protection from SGBV in diverse forced displacement settings. In 2015, recommendations from this study were incorporated into the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s 2015 Guidance for Integrating GBV Interventions in Humanitarian Action, the primary source of global guidance for the UN and organizations operating in crisis settings. This is the Colombia-specific report. Also found in English.

Iraq: State of the Evidence

Eric Stover
Hania Mufti
2004

The Impact of the Rome Statute System on Victims and Affected Communities

Eric Stover
Camille Crittenden
Alexa Koenig
Victor Peskin
Tracy Hurd
2010

1. Attention to the concerns of victims of mass violence has grown significantly since the first major international war crimes trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo, where the voices of victims were largely absent. Regional human rights bodies, such as the European Court for Human Rights and the Inter-American Court, have developed effective remedies that States are obligated to provide to victims of serious violations of international human rights. These procedural and substantive rights also have been codified in two important United Nations declarations2 and the Rome Statute of the...

Torture and War Trauma Survivors in Primary Care Practice

Harvey Weinstein
Laura Dansky
Vincent Iacopino
1996

Close to 1 million refugees from around the world have entered the United States, fleeing repression, war, terrorism, and disease. It has been estimated that among these are thousands who have experienced torture. Many refugees and immigrants will appear in the offices of health care professionals with symptoms that may be related either directly or indirectly to torture. Both physical and psychological torture may result in long-term sequelae. Physical effects may be found in every organ system, but psychological effects are most commonly manifest in the symptoms of the post-...

Principles for Assuring the Health of College Students: A California Perspective

Kevin Patrick
Mark Fulop
Chris Lovato
W. David Burns,
Harvey Weinstein
Jill Rybar
1997

Given the rapidity of change in both higher education and health care, re-examining the values and precepts that undergird the profession of college health is an ongoing need. Reported in this article are the results of a structured process in which a group of college health professionals from California, along with others interested in the health of college students, examined several trends affecting higher education and health; considered possible scenarios for these sectors; created a shared vision for the future of college health; and developed strategies useful in attaining that...

The Importance of Healthy Communities of Higher Education

Michael L. Jackson
Harvey Weinstein
1997

A framework for understanding issues that contribute to vibrant and healthy communities of higher education is presented. The focus is on how individual and community health relate to institutional missions, purposes, and goals. This framework may be applied to 2-year and 4-year colleges and universities whether they are public, private, research, teaching, sectarian, religious, residential, or commuter institutions. The following questions are addressed: Why should colleges maintain healthy communities? How do we define health in colleges and universities? Why is this important for...

Genocide and the Plight of Children in Rwanda

Eric Stover
Paul Geltman
1997

THE RWANDAN genocide of 1994 will be remembered as one of the greatest human tragedies of our time. In less than 3 months, extremists systematically slaughtered more than 500 000 people, including thousands of children. The massacres reignited a bloody civil war that forced more than 4 million people to flee their homes. Today, nearly 3 years later, Rwanda remains a highly traumatized society, where children are its most vulnerable members. Among those most at risk are more than 100000 children who were orphaned or separated from their parents (United Nations Children's Fund, unpublished...