Monday 18 February 2008

Publications and Reports: Part Two.

Climate Change and its Implications for Human Migration and Health (International Centre for Migration and Health, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Living on the edge of despair: destitution amongst asylum seeking and refugee children (The Children's Society, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

OI Policy Compendium Note on Gender Issues in Conflict and Humanitarian Crises (Oxfam International, Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Protecting Darfur’s Internally Displaced (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Feb. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Tertiary Refugee Education Impact and Achievements: 15 Years of DAFI (UNHCR, Nov. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2008 (UNICEF, Feb. 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]. Also available from the UNICEF web site with links to additional multimedia resources at: http://www.unicef.org/har08/
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Hidden Hands in Fair Trade : Nicaraguan migrants and the labour process in the Costa Rican coffee harvest. By Peter Luetchford (2007). Sussex Migration Working Paper, no. 44 (Sussex Centre for Migration Studies, Sept. 2007). Available online at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/documents/mwp44.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

King, Russell and Anastasia Christou, "Cultural Geographies of Counter-Diasporic Migration: The Second Generation Returns ‘Home’," Sussex Migration Working Paper, no. 45 (Sussex Centre for Migration Research, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Bialczyk, Agata, "‘Voluntary Repatriation’ and the Case of Afghanistan: A Critical Examination," RSC Working Paper, no. 46 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Bitar, Maher, "Unprotected Among Brothers: Palestinians in the Arab World," RSC Working Paper, no. 44 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Gonzalez Devant, Sara, "Displacement in the 2006 Dili Crisis: Dynamics of an Ongoing Conflict," RSC Working Paper, no. 45 (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Uganda: Doubly Traumatised: The lack of access to justice by women victims of sexual and gender-based violence in northern Uganda. Amnesty International Report, (30 November 2007). Available Online at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR59/005/2007

Gender justice and reconciliation. By Nahla Valji. (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES),
November 2007). Available Online at: http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0002922/index.php

Iraq: Study targets food insecurity and vulnerability
Source : Government of Iraq, World Food Programme
Date : 13 Feb 2008
URL :
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7BSRN8?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Myanmar (Burma): No end in sight for internal displacement crisis. IDMC Update. Available online at: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/CA157EECA36DF78EC12573E40062F57F?OpenDocument&count=10000
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre – http://www.internal-displacement.org).

Title - EU Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict
Source - European Union
Date - Dec 2003
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7BRH6Q?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - WHO's Humanitarian Action 2008-2009/ Biennial Work Plan to Support
WHO's Capacity for Work in Emergencies and Crises/ Medium-term Strategic
Plan 2008-2013/ Programme Budget 2008-2009
Source - World Health Organization
Date - Feb 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7BQNXP?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Applying the Lessons of Bosnia in Iraq: Whatever the Solution, Property
Rights
Should be Secured (Jan. 2008, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal
Displacement) -
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/0108_iraq_williams.aspx?emc=lm&m=211677&
l=21&v=33753

Between war and peace: Land and humanitarian action in Colombia, HPG Working
Paper (ODI, Dec. 2007) - http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/wplangcolombia.pdf

Climate Change and Forced Migration: Observations, Projections and
Implications
(UNDP, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79RK6C?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)

Country Information in Asylum Procedures: Quality as a Legal Requirement in
the
EU (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.coi-network.net/content/goodpractice.html

Defending Refugees' Access to Protection in Europe (ECRE, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4766464e2
(via Refworld)

Displaced in Darfur: A generation of anger (Amnesty International, Jan. 2008)
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/darfur-camps-flooded-weapon
s-20080122


Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IASC, Dec. 2007)
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4790cbc02
(via Refworld)
- Provisional edition.

The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: The Need for Action (Migration Policy Institute,
Jan. 2008) -
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/MPI-The_Iraqi_Refugee_Crisis_The_Need_for
_Action_011808.pdf


Kazakhstan: Neglecting Refugees, Engendering Statelessness (Dec. 2007,
Refugees International) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10371/

Kyrgyz Republic: Powerful Neighbors Imperil Protection and Create
Statelessness (Dec. 2007, Refugees International) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10370

Libyan Nationals in the United Kingdom: Geo-political considerations and
trends
in asylum and return, Compas Working Paper no. 58 (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publications/Working%20papers/wp-07-58.shtml

Living Across Worlds: Diaspora, Development and Transnational Engagement
(IOM,
Dec. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/ypoxds

Links between Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Risk
Reduction: A Critical Perspective (UNDP, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-79RJYU?OpenDocument
(via ReliefWeb)

Living Across Worlds: Diaspora, Development and Transnational Engagement
(IOM, Dec. 2007) - http://tinyurl.com/ypoxds

Making Sense of Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Displacement: A Work
in Progress (Dec. 2007, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) -
http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2007/1214_climate_change_ferris.aspx?emc=lm
&m=211677&l=18&v=33753

Freedom in the World 2008 (Freedom House, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=395
- Report findings, tables, and map currently available.

Human Rights Watch World Report 2008 (HRW, Jan. 2008) - http://hrw.org/wr2k8/

The State of the World's Children 2008: Child Survival (UNICEF, Jan. 2008) -
http://www.unicef.org/sowc08/

UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2006: Trends in Displacement, Protection and
Solutions (UNHCR, Dec. 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/478cda572.html

22nd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, Papers (Dec. 2007) -
http://www.alnap.org/meetings/22.htm
- Papers are available in English and French. The theme of the meeting
was "Compounding crises: combinations of vulnerabilities, risks and hazards
in West Africa."

ICVA Conference, "The Essential Humanitarian Reforms," Meeting Documents (1
Feb. 2008
) - http://www.icva.ch/whatshot.html

The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict has recently issued a series of new reports which we would like to draw your attention to. On January 30th, the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict launched its latest study: Getting it Done and Doing it Right: A Global Study on the United Nations-led Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on Children and Armed Conflict (January 2008). Each report includes extensive, detailed and practicable recommendations that address challenges and provide ways forward in each of these areas. All reports are available in English at www.watchlist.org. The global report is also available in French and Spanish (coming soon). The DRC report and Colombia reports are also available in French and Spanish (coming soon) respectively.
(Source: HURIDOCS - http://www.huridocs.org/)

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