Selected Publications from Different Sources

A selection of recently produced publications.

Publications Produced by UNHCR:

UNHCR Action to Address Statelessness: A Strategy Note
March 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b9e0c3d2.html

Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI), Country Report:
Ethiopia
January 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b9e03f92.html

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Central African Republic
March 2010
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b8f93642.html

Publications Made Available Through ReliefWeb:

Title - Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons
(A/HRC/13/21/Add.4)
Source - UN Human Rights Council
Date - Feb 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-83CN95?OpenDocument

Title - Home alone? A review of the relationship between repatriation,
mobility and durable solutions for refugees
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Mar 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-83ERRC?OpenDocument

Title - Refugees, internally displaced persons and the 'responsibility to
protect'
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Mar 2010
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-83ERYW?OpenDocument

Title - Uncharted Territory: Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group
Date - Nov 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7Y4SB2?OpenDocument


Title - Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Humanitarian Assistance
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Practice Network
Date - Dec 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-826N8U?OpenDocument




Title - Aid Effectiveness through the Recipient Lens
Source - Overseas Development Institute
Date - Nov 2009
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-835GSM?OpenDocument



Publications Listed by the Institute of Race Relations:

Action on Rights for Children has published a report on: 'Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum: Privacy, Consent and Data Protection'.
Download the report at:
http://www.archrights.org.uk/docs/ARCH%20UASCreport%20100215FINAL.pdf (pdf file, 288kb)

Asylum Aid has published the tenth anniversary edition of: 'Women's Asylum News'.
Download the issue at:
http://t.ymlp84.com/ybagamueanauqwbaoauwb/click.php (pdf file, 196kb)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an announced inspection of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre'.
Download the report at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/Campsfield_House_2009_rps.pdf (pdf file, 424kb)

The Home Office has published: 'Control of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom - Fourth Quarter 2009',
Download the statistics at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/immiq409.pdf (pdf file, 472kb)

Human Rights Watch has published a report: 'Fast-Tracked Unfairness: Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK'.
Download the report at:
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/uk0210webwcover.pdf (pdf file, 712kb)


Other Publications:

The APCI Legacy: A Critical Assessment
Click here for full report.
In July 2008 the Advisory Panel on Country Information (APCI) was disbanded and its functions subsumed under the Office of the Chief Inspector of the UKBA. In March 2009 the Chief Inspector established the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information (IAGCI) to assist him with monitoring the UKBA Country of Origin Information Service (COIS) reports. 

New Refworld Publications

New publications available on the UNHCR Refworld web site:

1) Sierra Leone: The Influence of the Secret Societies, with Special Reference to Female Genital Mutilation. By Dr. Richard Fanthorpe, (August 2007) and available at:
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46cee3152

2) Update of UNHCR's Position on the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers From Côte d'Ivoire. (July 2007) and available at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46dc372c2

3) UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-seekers. (August 2007) and available at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46deb05557

4) Response to the European Commission's Green Paper on the Future Common European Asylum System. (September 2007) and available at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46e159f82


Refworld is available at: www.refworld.org

UNHCR Note on Fumigations

New Publication from UNHCR:

Note on Issues Related to Eligibility for International Protection in the Context of Fumigations 30 July 2007 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46b6d62f2

This Note provides guidance on the elements to be considered in deciding on asylum applications for international protection as refugees which may be lodged by persons who have fled areas where fumigation operations are conducted. In Part I, the Note analyses the applicable criteria set out in the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. It examines two distinct situations: (a) persons fleeing harm related to conflict and/or generalized violence in areas where fumigations take place; and (b) persons fleeing harm resulting from fumigation operations as such. Part II of the Note outlines the assessment which should be undertaken with respect to other international protection needs that may be relevant under broader refugee definitions and/or by virtue of the extended refugee definition under UNHCR's mandate.

The position can be accessed through www.refworld.org, or directly at the above-mentioned URL.

Asylum Seekers from Nepal

UNHCR's Position on the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Nepal July 2007 is now available via Refworld at:

http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=46af032d2

UNHCR Launch of Refworld Online

Dear colleagues,

To increase awareness of UNHCR recommendations, guidelines and related papers,
UNHCR regularly sends out e-mail notifications of recently released papers of
interest. We would like to draw your attention that, on Thursday 14 June 2007,
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres officially launched the new
Refworld website (www.refworld.org), in the presence of Assistant High
Commissioner for Protection, Erika Feller, and the Director of the Division of
International Protection Services, George Okoth-Obbo.

Refworld is UNHCR's state-of-the-art, internet-based protection information
system. It is a knowledge resource which facilitates quality, evidence-based
and effective decision making in refugee status determination procedures.. Over
approximately 15 years, UNHCR has built up a wide patronage among users,
including UNHCR protection officers and other staff, government decision
makers, non-governmental organizations, the judiciary, private practitioners
and academics. The system has proved vital for evidence-based advocacy for
resettlement, internally displaced and stateless persons, migration, and
various other protection concerns.

The information in Refworld has been carefully selected and compiled in
collaboration with UNHCR's global network of field offices, governments,
international and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions,
judicial bodies and others.

The new website includes a professional and consistent design, vastly improved
search functionality and navigation/browsing options, topic guides and
specifically developed special features on core issues. Refworld includes
multiple and advanced possibilities for browsing the collection of documents by
region and/or country, by publisher, by topic/keyword and by document type. In
addition, it has a powerful full text search engine and advanced search
facilities. The complete contents of Refworld - including country reports,
national legislation and case law, and all public domain UNHCR protection
policies and guidelines - are now, for the first time, freely accessible to all
UNHCR staff, external partners and the public at large.

Refworld online is accessible at www.refworld.org.

Please also see today's top news story on the UNHCR website:

UNHCR relaunches Refworld as state-of-art online protection tool
15 June 2007
http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/4671697f4.html

Best regards,

Status Determination and Protection Information Section (SDPIS)
Division of International Protection Services (DIPS)
E-mail: refworld@unhcr.org
Web: http://www.refworld.org