New Online Reports and Research Publications

Please find below a list of updated and new publications on refugee studies and related topics. These have been accumulated from a range of online sources and links to the relevant full-text document are given where appropriate. This list will be made available on a regular basis via our Refugee Studies blog (http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com), as new resources become available.

If you find any other new resources, then do please let us know at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

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Title: Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa

Authors: Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa.
Publication Date: 31^st December 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/LIB/dhlrefweblog.nsf/dx/26012009030935PMSLKRN7.htm
Source: UN Pulse – http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf (Web).

Additional Info: The report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa has been issued (S/2008/836). The report covers the year 2008 and details the activities of the body; it also includes the summary of a meeting held on the responsibility to protect.

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Title: UNHCR's Refworld - Case Law Collection User Guide.

Authors: UNHCR.
Publication Date: January 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/497da4f82.html
Source: UNHCR's Refworld – http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain (Web).

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This "Case Law Collection User Guide" provides a comprehensive overlook
of Refworld's case law collection, which currently comprises more than
7,300 judgments and decisions from national, regional and international
judicial bodies, as well as detailed and user-friendly guidance on how
to access and search the collection. The Guide also elaborates on the
case law selection methodology, including the geographical diversity
considerations, and highlights other useful Refworld features, such as

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Title: Iraq’s Provincial Elections: The Stakes.

Authors: International Crisis Group.
Publication Date: January 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5883&l=1
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web).

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Title: Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2007-08.

Authors: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Publication Date: January 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cshti08.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Disaster in the DRC: Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis in North Kivu, USIPeace Briefing.

Authors: USIP.
Publication Date: December 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/1222_drc_disaster.html
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Telling the Story: Documentation Lessons for Afghanistan from the Cambodian Experience, USIPeace Briefing.

Authors: USIP.
Publication Date: December 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/1223_cambodia.html
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Management of Asylum Applications by the UK Border Agency.

Authors: National Audit Office.
Publication Date: January 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/0809/management_of_asylum_appl.aspx
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Crisis without Limits: Human Rights and Humanitarian Consequences of Political Repression in Zimbabwe.

Authors: Human Rights Watch.
Publication Date: January 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/01/21/crisis-without-limits-0
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Advocacy Toolkit.

Authors: UNHCR.
Publication Date: July 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/497f04592.html
Source: UNHCR's Refworld – http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain (Web).

Additional Info: This toolkit is designed to support efforts by United Nations-managed and supported mine action centres to advocate for the ratification and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol. It was developed with the assistance of the United Nations Mine Action Team (UNMAT), in coordination with Survivor Corps, and has been reviewed by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children's Fund, and UNHCR.

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Title: Continental drift: understanding advice and information needs for A8 migrant workers in Scotland..

Authors: by Helen Crowley for Citizens Advice Scotland.
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.cas.org.uk/FileAccess.aspx?id=5466%20
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web).

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Title: Addressing Gender-based Violence.

Authors: The UN Population Fund.
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/documents/publications/2009/2009_add_gen_vio.pdf
Source: UN Pulse – http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf (Web).

Additional Info: The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has issued Addressing Gender-based Violence, a new strategy and framework for action paper (full text, pdf, 876 KB). This publication identifies priority areas for intensified action on gender-based violence and provides a common platform and technical guidance for UNFPA at country, regional and global levels.

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Title: OHCHR-UNAMID report on Sudan.

Authors: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/11thOHCHR22jan09.pdf
Source: UN Pulse – http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf (Web).

Additional Info: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) have issued a new report about the investigation into the 25 August 2008 incident at the Kalma camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South Darfur (full text, pdf, 414 KB). According to the report, 33 civilians were killed and 108 were wounded when Sudanese forces entered the camp.

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Title: "We Are Like Forgotten People" : The Chin People of Burma: Unsafe in Burma, Unprotected in India.

Authors: Human Rights Watch.
Publication Date: January 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/01/27/we-are-forgotten-people
Source: Human Rights Watch – http://www.hrw.org/ (Web).
Additional Info: See Also: Burma/India: End Abuses in Chin State ; and Download the Summary and Recommendations in Burmese.pdf

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Title: Bhutan's Radicalized Refugees: Part III.

Authors: World Politics Review.
Publication Date: 23 January 2009.
Publication URL Address: http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=3198
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Improving the Safety of Civilians: A Protection Training Pack.

Authors: Oxfam.
Publication Date: December 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/display.asp?K=9780855986162
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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Title: Rights under Threat: Campaign against the Refusal of Refugees' Access to Protection in Europe.

Authors: CEAR.
Publication Date: December 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.sinrefugio.org/europa/ing/pdf/Informe_ing.pdf
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web).

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