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.
Injury research explains conflicting violence trends.
HRW reports that many Iraqi women, widowed by the conflict, violence or displacement, are vulnerable to trafficking for sexual exploitation and prostitution.
Conflict, violence, abuse, human degradation and impoverishment are all indicators of the lack of social sustainability … Socially sustainable relationships are free of oppression from exploitation, violence, imperialism, disempowerment and marginalisation (Young 1990).
Currently, the talks have centered around "de-escalating" conflict violence and hearing from victims groups.
At the end of 2015, 65.3 million people were living displaced after fleeing persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations, according to a United Nations refugee report released this week.
Above is just one snapshot of an individuals story featured in Alex's book 'Glimpses over the Edge - People displaced by conflict, violence and persecution'.
