The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), established in 2004, was tasked with maintaining peace and stability in the aftermath of political upheaval in Haiti. However, it faced numerous allegations of peacekeeper-perpetrated sexual exploitation and abuse (PP-SEA) during its deployment, drawing significant international attention and criticism. This qualitative study conducted eight focus group discussions with Haitian women who have been affected by or had knowledge of PP-SEA. Through rigorous thematic analysis, this research uncovers narratives that illuminate how Haitian community members articulate harm, resistance, and meaning within the entangled dynamics of gendered violence and foreign intervention. By situating these narratives within broader conversations of justice, reparations, and accountability, this study interrogates the violences that underpin peacekeeping operations in postcolonial contexts like Haiti. Moreover, it challenges normative humanitarian discourse by reframing PP-SEA as symptomatic of systemic inequities embedded within the architecture of international governance. By centring Haitian community perceptions of PP-SEA, this study reimagines accountability beyond institutional mechanisms, calling for a transformation of global power relations that continue to render certain lives vulnerable to violation under the guise of peace.

This study examined the challenges faced by refugee parents caring for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Twenty-two parents participated in a mixed-methods study that included surveys and semi-structured interviews. The findings revealed significant challenges, including reduced parental well-being, increased family strain, and limited access to specialized support services. Parental satisfaction with caregiving was correlated with the perceived severity of autism symptoms. Thematic analysis of interviews identified five key domains of challenges: institutional, personal, financial, family, and social. Family cohesion and presence of dependents emerged as protective factors mitigating the negative impacts of displacement. The study concludes that refugee parents caring for children with autism require comprehensive support, including specialized healthcare, psychological support, and financial assistance. The findings are discussed within the broader context of developmental disabilities in humanitarian settings, highlighting both shared challenges and autism-specific needs.

This article examines Israel's long-standing restriction of life-sustaining resources in Gaza through the concept of calibrated survival: a threshold-based mode of rule in which food, water, medical care, agricultural capacity, and humanitarian access are repeatedly measured, interrupted, partially restored, and re-restricted to keep the population alive but in permanent crisis. Drawing on public statements from Israeli officials, court-released policy documents, and UN and NGO reports, the article argues that the post-October 2023 siege represents an escalation, rather than a rupture, in a longer history of governing Palestinian life through material deprivation. The analysis shows how the restriction of aid, destruction of health and food systems, obstruction of medical evacuation, and reconfiguration of humanitarian distribution have made survival in Gaza administratively contingent and chronically precarious. The article argues that calibrated survival names a specific logic at the intersection of war, policy, and public health. It constitutes the governance of collective life through the modulation of the material conditions necessary for survival, in a way designed neither to protect nor annihilate life, but to manage it at the edge of collapse, undermining international humanitarian law while deferring accountability. Gaza, the article argues, emerges as a paradigmatic site of such calibrated survival.

This study aims to determine the mental health conditions and levels of hope of ex-refugees from East Timor who chose to become Indonesian citizens during the 1999 referendum. The Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-42 and the Adult Hope Scale were used to assess the mental health conditions and levels of hope of 172 former East Timorese refugees, aged at least 37 years old and living at the border. The results showed that the mental health condition of former East Timorese refugees was good or normal. Despite experiencing various problems, several factors contribute to their good mental health conditions, such as economic factors, education, family, security, effective Indonesian government policies, and social and cultural factors. The results also show that former East Timorese refugees living on the border have high and medium levels of hope. The findings of this study provide a deeper understanding of the right of former refugees to attain psychological well-being in their country.