Armenians to Palestinians - Humanitarian practices and Efforts towards Refugees
The treatment of Ottoman Armenian during the 1915-1922 set the precedent for establishing human rights and humanitarian processes as a way to rectify the damage and prevent further inhumanities from happening. Through the formation of rescue homes and other programs put in place to reverse the destruction made by the Turks, a new process of human rights thinking was produced focusing towards groups that had been stripped of their basic human rights.
The League of Nations’ unique humanitarian efforts towards the Armenians included assertion of national rights of the Armenians, linked the League of Nations to the communal …show more content…
With the formation of rescue homes, the League of Nations took a strong political and humanitarian stance regarding the Armenian Genocide and highlighting the importance of intervention of the Armenians due to their lack of statehood. This became the first effort of its kinds by establishing the obligation to assist the stateless
(Watenpaugh, 166).
The creation of the Refugee Convention of 1951 by the United Nations was a pivotal point in history as it gave refugees a chance to be settled and receive the best treatment available
(Watenpaugh 1/24). This convention was a retroactive act, which means that it only protected refugees from WWII and the Holocaust - European refugees (Watenpaugh, 1/26). The convention established resettlement to major countries around the world and gave refugees the individual right to asylum (Watenpaugh, 1/26) which meant that refugees from European countries have the right to live and seek safety, it also required states to give refugees the status of their best immigrants in terms of rights (Watenpaugh, 1/26). Although not always adhered to, this convention was the first stepping-stone towards rights for …show more content…
Panian reflected on this by stating that because they “were born Armenian,
[they] were enduring incredible hardships… For five years, [Panian] had been suffering for no other reason” (177). The grant of the Nansen Passport to Armenian refugees was important in giving refugees legal citizenship rights. Although the notions of rights at that time were closely related to national citizenship as an “individual’s access to protection was protected based on the individual's membership in a specific national group rather than as an individual” (Watenpaugh,
169). The creation of the Nansen passport, which was only an identification and travel document, gave Russian and Armenian refugees the right to safely move around countries to find work and better living situations (Watenpaugh, 1/26). The Nansen passport promised to free host countries of the social and economic burden of refugees (Watenpaugh, 170). It was a way for Armenians to participate in the economic structure of a host country, allowing them to regain some control over their lives while giving them some legal guarantees (Watenpaugh, 171). These efforts
The treatment of Ottoman Armenian during the 1915-1922 set the precedent for establishing human rights and humanitarian processes as a way to rectify the damage and prevent further inhumanities from happening. Through the formation of rescue homes and other programs put in place to reverse the destruction made by the Turks, a new process of human rights thinking was produced focusing towards groups that had been stripped of their basic human rights.
The League of Nations’ unique humanitarian efforts towards the Armenians included assertion of national rights of the Armenians, linked the League of Nations to the communal …show more content…
With the formation of rescue homes, the League of Nations took a strong political and humanitarian stance regarding the Armenian Genocide and highlighting the importance of intervention of the Armenians due to their lack of statehood. This became the first effort of its kinds by establishing the obligation to assist the stateless
(Watenpaugh, 166).
The creation of the Refugee Convention of 1951 by the United Nations was a pivotal point in history as it gave refugees a chance to be settled and receive the best treatment available
(Watenpaugh 1/24). This convention was a retroactive act, which means that it only protected refugees from WWII and the Holocaust - European refugees (Watenpaugh, 1/26). The convention established resettlement to major countries around the world and gave refugees the individual right to asylum (Watenpaugh, 1/26) which meant that refugees from European countries have the right to live and seek safety, it also required states to give refugees the status of their best immigrants in terms of rights (Watenpaugh, 1/26). Although not always adhered to, this convention was the first stepping-stone towards rights for …show more content…
Panian reflected on this by stating that because they “were born Armenian,
[they] were enduring incredible hardships… For five years, [Panian] had been suffering for no other reason” (177). The grant of the Nansen Passport to Armenian refugees was important in giving refugees legal citizenship rights. Although the notions of rights at that time were closely related to national citizenship as an “individual’s access to protection was protected based on the individual's membership in a specific national group rather than as an individual” (Watenpaugh,
169). The creation of the Nansen passport, which was only an identification and travel document, gave Russian and Armenian refugees the right to safely move around countries to find work and better living situations (Watenpaugh, 1/26). The Nansen passport promised to free host countries of the social and economic burden of refugees (Watenpaugh, 170). It was a way for Armenians to participate in the economic structure of a host country, allowing them to regain some control over their lives while giving them some legal guarantees (Watenpaugh, 171). These efforts