Poverty, conflict, violence, crime, exclusion and so forth are not givens.
The convention's focus is, as it should be, on the protection of the 12m people displaced by armed conflict, violence and human-rights violations.
She told The Independent: "The outpouring of sympathy and generosity from the British public towards refugees fleeing conflict, violence and persecution has been incredible.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's ongoing conflict, violence against women, and failure to harness natural resources has drawn attention from several photographers, from Marcus Bleasdale to Richard Mosse.
With conflict, violence and persecution continuing in countries including Syria, the Palestinian territories and Eritrea, this year has seen a huge increase in the number of people trying to reach Europe by sea.
The PP's push to reverse the law has been ardently opposed by many, including 22 organisations that argued in an open letter last month that the proposed changes would place young people at risk of serious conflict, violence or abuse.
Since then, the number of people taking refuge in the Calais jungle has risen to more than 6,000, most fleeing conflict, violence and poverty in countries including Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Kosovo.
Celebrated for his war images and Oscar-nominated for 'Restrepo', Tim Hetherington is first Western journalist to die in the conflict Violence erupts as dissent continues across neighbouring states of Yemen and Bahrain Conservative Iranian parliamentarians yesterday called for the country's main opposition leaders to be put to death after protests in Tehran in solidarity with the revolt in Egypt.
Signed, although not necessarily ratified, by 37 of the 53 members of the African Union, the convention binds governments to provide legal protection for the rights and wellbeing of those forced to flee within their countries because of conflict, violence, natural disasters or development projects.
But Nørgård's work has increasingly embraced conflict, violence, and even humour (you've got to have a sense of the ridiculous to title a piece Bach to the Future, a double-percussion concerto he composed in 1997; Nørgård is also a fan of the music for the South Park movie, friends say).
HRW reports that many Iraqi women, widowed by the conflict, violence or displacement, are vulnerable to trafficking for sexual exploitation and prostitution.
