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**Online Articles/Publications**
About Being Without: Stories of Stateless in Kuwait (Refugees International, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/10243/Asylum in the European Union: A Study of the Implementation of the
Qualification Directive (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=473050632 Asylum Rights Watch: Summary of responses June – September 2007 (Asylum Aid,
Oct. 2007) -
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/data/files/publications/67/Asylum_Rights_Watch_Summary_report_Oct_07.pdf
Behind the Numbers: Assessing Indices of Peace, Conflict and Instability,
USIPeace Briefing (U.S. Institute of Peace, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2007/1108_peace_indices.html
Ethiopia: Addressing the rights and needs of people displaced by conflict
(IDMC, Oct. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/26fhktEXCOM Conclusion on Children at Risk, no. 107 (Oct. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/excom/EXCOM/4717625c2.htmlExiled and Suffering: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon (Amnesty International,
Oct. 2007) -
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/refugees-161007-feature-engFortress Europe and the Iraqi ‘intruders’: Iraqi asylum-seekers and the EU,
2003-2007, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 144 (UNHCR, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/470c9be92.pdfA guide to the African Commission on human and peoples’ rights (Amnesty
International, Nov. 2007) -
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGIOR630052007 Human Trafficking: Update (House of Lords & House of Commons, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/179/179.pdfHumanitarian advocacy in Darfur: the challenge of neutrality (Humanitarian
Policy Group, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/hpgbrief28.pdfLaw and legal issues in international disaster response: a desk study (IFRC,
Nov. 2007) -
http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/IDRL/research/publications.asp#deskstudyPersécutions des femmes: Savoirs, mobilisations et protections (Editions Du
Croquant, Nov. 2007) -
http://terra.rezo.net/article655.html (contents,
summary, preface and intro. are available)
Refugee Issues relating to China, Statement by Roberta Cohen (Oct. 2007) -
http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2007/1019_china_cohen.aspxRefugees' Experiences of Integration (Refugee Council and Univ. of Birmingham,
Oct. 2007) -
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2007/integration.htmReport of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNGA 62nd Session,
Supplement No. 12, A/62/12 (UN, 2007) -
http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/LIB/DHLRefWeblog.nsf/dx/05112007023843PMUNRR2R.htm(access via UN Pulse)
Researching the Legal Aspects of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia,
Canada, and the United Kingdom (GlobaLex, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Legal_aspects_asylum_refugees_Australia_Canada_UK.htmResisting displacement by combatants and developers: Humanitarian Zones in
north-west Colombia (IDMC, Nov. 2007) -
http://tinyurl.com/2x4oxrSexual health, asylum seekers and refugees: A handbook for people working with
refugees and asylum seekers in England (FPA, 2007) -
http://tinyurl.com/2ye7wyThe Situation of the Lao Hmong Refugees in Petchabun, Thailand (Doctors without
Borders, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2007/10-31-2007.cfm "The Truth May be Bitter, but It Must be Told": The Situation of Refugees in
the Aegean and the Practices of the Greek Coast Guard (Pro Asyl & Greek Group
of Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants, Oct. 2007) -
http://www.proasyl.de/fileadmin/proasyl/fm_redakteure/Englisch/Griechenlandbericht_Engl.pdf Zimbabwe Exodus: Too Little, but Not Too Late (Refugees International, Nov.
2007) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10280**Journals/Newsletters**
African Journal on Conflict Resolution, vol. 7, no. 1 (2007) -
http://www.accord.org.za/ajcr/2007-1.htm (full-text)
- Mix of articles, including "The Case against Taylor’s Asylum: A Review of
Nigeria’s Domestic and International Legal Obligations."
African Security Review, vol. 16, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) -
http://www.issafrica.org/index.php?link_id=3&slink_id=5034&link_type=12&slink_type=12&tmpl_id=3 (full-text)
- Theme of this issue is "Conflict Prevention and the ‘Responsibility to
Protect’ in Africa."
Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 16, no. 3 (2007) -
http://www.smc.org.ph/apmj16-3.htm (contents)
- Mix of articles.
Development in Practice, vol. 17, no. 6 (2007) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g783727272~db=all (contents)
- Focus is on violence and development in Central and South America. Includes
article on "Violence in development: the logic of forced displacement on
Colombia's Pacific coast."
Disasters, online early articles (Nov. 2007) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/disa/0/0 (contents)
- Includes article on "The sexual and reproductive rights of internally
displaced women: the embodiment of Colombia's crisis."
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (28 Oct. 2007) -
http://www.jha.ac/ (full-
text)
- Two new articles posted: "Local and Regional Procurement of Food Aid in
Africa: Impact and Policy Issues" and "Reversing food insecurity: Linking
global commitments to local recovery needs."
International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 19, no. 3 (Oct. 2007) -
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol19/issue3/index.dtl (contents)
- Includes articles on international refugee protection, separated children,
Eritrean asylum seekers in Norway, and refugee legislation in Belarus.
International Journal on Multicultural Societies, vol. 9, no. 1 (2007) -
http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11517&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=-465.html (full-text)
- The focus of this issue is on migrant integration in rural versus urban areas
in new settlement countries; includes an article entitled "Changing Places:
Voluntary Sector Work with Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Core and Peripheral
Regions of the UK."
International Migration Review, vol. 41, no. 4 (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/imre/41/4 (contents)
- Mix of articles, including "Darfurian Livelihoods and Libya: Trade,
Migration, and Remittance Flows in Times of Conflict and Crisis."
Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 20, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) -
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl (contents)
- Includes report of the 10th International Association for the Study of Forced
Migration conference, a debate on forced migration studies, and articles on
refugees in Glasgow, Melbourne, and Michigan, Japanese asylum policy, the
economy of a refugee camp, and UNHCR's Convention Plus initiative.
Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations, no. 14 (Sept. 2007) -
http://www.unsystem.org/scn/Publications/RNIS/NICSv14.pdf (full-text)
Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3 (2007) -
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol26/issue3/index.dtl (contents)
- Theme of this issue is "Researching Refugees: Lessons, Challenges and Way
Forward."
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 44, no. 3 (Sept. 2007) -
http://tps.sagepub.com/current.dtl (contents)
- Focus of this issue is "refugees and forced migration."
Women's Asylum News, no. 70 (Nov./Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unsystem.org/scn/Publications/RNIS/NICSv14.pdf (full-text)
- Includes feature article on "FGM in Kenya."
**Events & Opportunities**
CFP: Melbourne Journal of Politics, vol. 33 -
http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/mjp.html- The “focus will be on the debates surrounding globalisation, its influence on
identity and its effect on the analysis of world affairs in a number of
regional and global contexts.” Submissions are due Friday 14 December 2007;
they should be emailed to: The Editors at mjp-politics@unimelb.edu.au.
Global Symposium +5 ‘Information for Humanitarian Action’, 22-26 October 2007,
Geneva -
http://www.reliefweb.int/symposium/- Even though this event has already taken place, you can still view
presentations, watch a webcast, and read bloggers’ comments.
“Réfugiés” environnementaux ? Dégradations environnementales et déplacements
humains : constructions politiques de catégories sociales et dispositifs
nationaux et internationaux de solidarité -
http://terra.rezo.net/article657.html- “Appel du réseau scientifique TERRA à manifestation d’intérêt et Ã
contributions sur un nouvel axe de recherché… .”
Sustainable Return, Asylum Systems and Border Management in the Western
Balkans, 3-4 December 2007, Dubrovnik -
http://www.ecre.org/topics/regional_conference- Sponsored by ECRE and partner NGOs in the region.
**Web Sites/Tools**
Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR), Columbia
University -
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/humanrights/archive_collections/index.html- Houses archives for Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, among
others.
Contributions on the Green Paper on the future of the Common European Asylum
System -
http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/news/consulting_public/gp_asylum_system/news_contributions_asylum_system_en.htm
Plowshares Digital Archive for Peace Studies -
http://replica.palni.edu/cdm4/index_keplow.php?CISOROOT=/keplow- Houses archives on peace/social justice efforts of Quakers, Mennonites and
Church of the Brethren.
Redhum: Red de Información Humanitaria -
http://www.redhum.org/- Spanish-language counterpart to ReliefWeb.
Refugee Council Archive at UEL -
http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/index.htm- Houses variety of refugee-related archives.
Researching Refugees Blog -
http://researching-refugees.blogspot.com/- Companion blog to RSQ article on keeping up with refugee research.
Elisa Mason
Information Specialist
http://fm-cab.blogspot.com
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