Thursday, 14 August 2008

New Publications and Reports

Destitution inquiry (Joesph Rowntree Charitable Trust) - [text online]. Documents from the JRCT:

(Source – Refugee Council: Destitution still happening in Leeds - [text online]).

Title - The Strategic Context: Peacekeeping in Crisis, 2006-08
Source - Center on International Cooperation
Date - Aug 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ONIN-7GTQ8Y?OpenDocument
(Source: ReleifWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - World Hunger Series 2007 - Hunger and Health
Source - World Food Programme
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7GU596?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Protection Work: from Concept to Practice - Strengthening CSOs
Engagement on Protection in Conflict and Humanitarian Emergencies
Source - ActionAid
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7GUDMX?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Targeting the Unarmed: Strategic Rebel Violence in Civil War
Source - Uppsala University
Date - May 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7H2H89?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Guiding Principles for Human Rights Field Officers Working in
Conflict and Post-conflict Environments
Source - University of Nottingham
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7H2QBE?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Good Intentions: A Review of the New Asylum Model and its Impact on Trafficked Women Claiming Asylum (POPPY Project and Refugee Women's Resource Project, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Iraq Displacement and Return - 2008 Mid-Year Review (IOM, June 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings: Checklist for Field Use (IASC, June 2008) [access via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Outsourcing abuse: The use and misuse of state-sanctioned force during the detention and removal of asylum seekers (Birnberg Peirce & Partners, Medical Justice and NCADC, July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Refugee Law Project: Special Bulletin on Urban IDPs (July 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in the
Gulf of Aden, May 19-20, 2008 in Sana'a, Yemen (UNHCR, docs. posted July 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

UNHCR Statement on the "Ceased Circumstances" Clause of the EC Qualification Directive. August 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/48a2f0782.html
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain).

Selected Documents Relating to National Security and Counter-Terrorism Relevant to International Refugee Protection. July 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/489b089a2.html
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain).

Title - The Looming Crisis: Displacement and Security in Iraq
Source - Brookings-SAIS Project on Internal Displacement
Date - Aug 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ONIN-7HARNF?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - The 2007 Humanitarian Accountability Report
Source - Humanitarian Accountability Partnership
Date - Aug 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ONIN-7HBPJT?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and its
Working Group - 2008 substantive session (10 March - 4 April and 3 July
2008) (A/62/19)
Source - UN General Assembly
Date - Jul 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7HEPRX?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - ReliefWeb Glossary of Humanitarian Terms
Source - ReliefWeb
Date - Aug 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7HGBXR?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

The Thomas Coram Research Unit, at the Institute of Education has published a report by Elaine Chase, and Abigail Knight, and June Statham on: 'Promoting the emotional wellbeing and mental health of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in the UK'.
Download the research brief at:
http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/62/1/Asylum_research_summary.pdf (pdf file, 56kb)
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk/).

Hope 08 is nation-wide, with groups all over the country organising different events and activities around the theme of transforming communities.
Hope08Birmingham has published an article by Lizzy Sharman on the difficulties facing asylum seekers: '
Birmingham: a city in Need of Hope?'.
Download the article at:
http://www.hope08birmingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/birmingham-a-city-in-need-of-hope.pdf (pdf file, 784kb)
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk/).

Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance (GARA) has published a report on statistics and data relating to BME people in
Scotland: 'State of the Nation - Race and Racism in Scotland 2008'.
Download the full report at:
http://gara.org.uk/index.php?option=com_attachments&task=download&id=23 (pdf file, 5.4mb)
Or download individual chapters at:
http://gara.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=253&Itemid=108
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk/).

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