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Wednesday, 9 July 2008
International Journal of Refugee Law
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Posted in: Periodicals.
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
New Periodicals
Ten years of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. A Special Issue of Forced Migration Review is now available via the Forced Migration review web site at: www.fmreview.org/GuidingPrinci
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk
The Refugee Women's Resource Project (RWRP) at Asylum Aid has published issue no.76 of 'Women's Asylum News'.
Download the issue at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/RWRP
(Source: Institute for Race Relations News - http://www.irr.org.uk/).
Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 17, no. 1 (2008) [contents]
- Includes an article on displacement from the Three Gorges dam in
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Conflict Trends, no. 1 (2008) [full-text]
- Tenth anniversary issue.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Disaster Prevention and Management, vol. 17, no. 3 (2008) [contents]
- Special issue on "Social perspectives on disasters in
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Field Exchange, no. 33 (June 2008) [full-text]
- Focus is on nutrition problems.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 21 (Spring 2008) [full-text]
- Mix of articles on human rights.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 20, no. 1 (March 2008) [contents]
- Articles examine the EU refugee qualification directive, Canadian refugee status determination (RSD), Canadian jurisprudence, and the relationship between the ICC and RSD.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (June 2008) [full-text]
- New article added entitled "Have Islamic aid agencies a privileged relationship in majority Muslim areas? The case of post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh."
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 9, no. 2 (June 2008) [contents]
- Theme of this issue is "Attracting new arrivals to smaller cities and rural communities: findings from
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Torture Journal, vol. 18, no. 1 (2008) [full-text]
- Includes several articles on the impact of trauma and exposure to conflict on various populations, including displaced Turkish Cypriots.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).
Posted in: Periodicals.
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
New Periodcial Issues
The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees has published issue no.5 its paper 'Federation'.
Download the paper at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/IFIR_Federation_five.pdf (pdf file, 733kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)
Doughty Street Chambers has published issue no.14 of its 'Human Rights Bulletin' on significant human rights cases and developments at the
Subscribe to the Bulletin at:
http://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/members/join/
(Source: Institute for Race Relations – http://www.irr.org.uk/)
A new volume of the International Journal of Refugee Law has just been released by Oxford Journals. The table of contents for Volume 20, Number 1, (March 2008), is now available online at: http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org
The July issue of the Institute for Race Relations’ journal entitled Race and Class has now been published. Further details can be found on the IRR website at: http://www.irr.org.uk/2008/july/ak000003.html
The July edition of the
Posted in: Periodicals.
Monday, 30 July 2007
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Sunday, 22 July 2007
International Journal of Refugee Law Table of Contents Alert
- A new issue of International Journal of Refugee Law is available online:
- July 2007; Vol. 19, No. 2
- The below Table of Contents is available online at: http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol19/issue2/index.dtl
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Articles
- Gender-Related Refugee Claims: Expanding the Scope of the Canadian Guidelines
- Nicole LaViolette
- Int J Refugee Law 2007 19:169-214.
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/2/169 - North Korean Refugees and International Refugee Law
- Elim Chan and Andreas Schloenhardt
- Int J Refugee Law 2007 19:215-245.
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/2/215 - Creating Legal Space for Refugees in India: the Milestones Crossed and the Roadmap for the Future
- Prabodh Saxena
- Int J Refugee Law 2007 19:246-272.
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/2/246 - Assessing the Credibility of Refugee Applicants: A Judicial Perspective
- Steve Norman
- Int J Refugee Law 2007 19:273-292.
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/2/273 -
Case Law
- Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (Appellant) v. Qaah of 2004 & Anor (Respondents) High Court of Australia
- ACJ Gummow, Kirby, Callinan, Heydon, and JJ Crennan
- Int J Refugee Law 2007 19:293-338.
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/19/2/293 -
Documents
- Case for the Intervener in Zainab Esther Fornah (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) and UNHCR (Intervener) (House of Lords)
- Int J Refugee Law 2007 19:339-359.
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/19/2/339 - Outline of Submissions on Behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (As Amicus Curiae): In the High Court Of Australia
- Int J Refugee Law 2007 19:360-371.
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/19/2/360 - Guidelines on International Protection: The application of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees to victims of trafficking and persons at risk of being trafficked
- Int J Refugee Law 2007 19:372-390.
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/2/372 -
Book Reviews
- Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union: Implementation of the Hague Programme
- Tom Obokata
- Int J Refugee Law 2007 19:391-394.
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/19/2/391 - The Ethics of Refugee Policy
- Marco Odello
- Int J Refugee Law 2007 19:394-397.
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/19/2/394
International Journal of Refugee Law Table of Contents Alert