The Barbara Harrell-Bond Foundation has now been dissolved.
But it is the intention of some of her friends to continue her legacy on this website, which was to support: :
Refugee and Asylum Seekers
Provide advocacy and assistance
Set high standards of service
This site :
Creates and maintains an online archive of Barbara’s work, pictures and documents, the majority of which does not currently exist in the public domain.
Promotes the use of the Refugee Information Processing System (RIPS), which is actively used by caseworkers to support refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people on a global scale. It was through her initiative that RIPS was placed in the cloud to protect both clients and caseworkers.
Barbara accomplished many things in her decades of work and career as an esteemed academic, advocate and activist. It was through Barbara’s determination that the area of ‘refugee studies’ was founded, beginning at academic institutions, such as Oxford University, and continuing on to create and support NGOs and practical resources for lawyers and advocates. Always driving from the front and unafraid to ruffle the feathers of humanitarian organisations, Barbara combined her academic work with vigorous advocacy for refugee and asylum seeker rights. Never one to shy from a challenge, take ‘No’ for an answer or be told that something was impossible, Barbara fought to give refugees and asylum seekers a voice and a platform and to have their rights upheld.
