Dear List Members,
Below please find references to new web sites, online publications,
periodical tables of contents, and events.
alba36.com (Germany) - http://www.alba36.com
- Starting point for access to "vortals," i.e., subject-specific gateways to
web resources; interface is available in English, German, Spanish, French
and Italian; vortals are organized under six broad headings (e.g., current
and regional events); search engine also available.
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Dec. 2000) -
http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/unit/charte/index_en.html
- Includes inter alia, Art. 18 on the right to asylum and Art. 19 on the
right not to be "removed, expelled or extradited to a State where there is a
serious risk that [one] would be subjected to the death penalty, torture or
other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
Population Reference Bureau (U.S.) - http://www.prb.org/
- Provides access to news and information on range of population-related
issues including health/nutrition, reproductive health, migration, etc.
Refugee Women's Resource Project (UK) -
http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/RWRP/RWRP.htm
- Currently, largely descriptive, although see their Monthly Bulletin of
women's asylum news under "activities."
**Online Publications**
Aceh: Escalating Tension, Dec. 2000 (ICG, Belgium) -
http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=112
Evaluation of UNHCR's policy on refugees in urban areas: a case study review
of New Delhi, Nov. 2000 (UNHCR, Switz.) -
http://www.unhcr.ch/evaluate/reports/00newdel.pdf
Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2001, Dec. 2000
(World Bank, U.S.) - http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gep2001/
Human Rights Watch World Report 2001, Dec. 2000 (HRW, U.S.) -
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/
Proposed Rule on Gender-based Claims, Dec. 2000 (INS, U.S.) -
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&doci
d=fr07de00-16
- "...Recognizes that victims of domestic violence may, under certain
circumstances, qualify for asylum under the Immigration and Nationality
Act."
Women 2000: An Investigation into the Status of Women's Rights in the former
Soviet Union and Central and South-Eastern Europe, Nov. 2000 (IHF,
Austria) - http://www.ihf-hr.org/publicat.htm
**Periodicals**
Disasters, vol. 24, no. 4 (December 2000) -
http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0361-3666&src=arc&v
id=24&iid=4
- Includes a focus on complex political emergencies.
Humanitarian Exchange (formerly the RRN Newsletter), no. 17 (October 2000) -
http://www.odihpn.org/editme/publications.asp
- Available in English and French; full-text; in PDF format.
International Migration, vol. 38, no. 5 (2000) -
http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0020-7985&src=arc&v
id=38&iid=5
- Sample articles include D. Joly, "Some Structural Effects of Migration on
Receiving and Sending Countries"; J.T. Shuval, "Diaspora Migration:
Definitional Ambiguities and a Theoretical Paradigm."
Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 13, no. 3 (September 2000) -
http://www3.oup.co.uk/refuge/hdb/Volume_13/Issue_03
- Includes articles by B.S. Chimni, "Globalization, Humanitarianism and the
Erosion of Refugee Protection"; Dorothea Hilhorst and Mathijs Van Leeuwen,
"Emergency and Development: the Case of Imidugudu, Villagization in Rwanda";
David J. Griffiths, "Fragmentation and Consolidation: the Contrasting Cases
of Somali and Kurdish Refugees in London"; Harvey M. Weinstein et al.,
"Physical and Psychological Health Issues of Resettled Refugees in the
United States"; and Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede et al., "Oral Health Care
in Refugee Situations: Liberian Refugees in Ghana."
Journal of Traumatic Stress, vol. 13, no. 4 (October 2000) -
http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0894-9867 (click on "browse through the
table of contents")
- Sample articles include A.J.K. Hondius, et al., "Health Problems among
Latin-American and Middle-Eastern Refugees in the Netherlands: Relations
with Violence Exposure and Ongoing Sociopsychological Strain"; J. Briere and
D. Elliott, "Prevalence, Characteristics, and Long-Term Sequelae of Natural
Disaster Exposure in the General Population."
**Events**
International Course on the European Convention on Human Rights in Relation
to Asylum, 26 - 28 January 2001, ELENA, Strasbourg -
http://www.ecre.org/elenastb.html
- Will look at both the ECHR and the UN Torture Convention; visit the a/m
URL for registration info.
UNHCR's 50th Anniversary - http://www.unhcr-50.org/
- Take a look at the various events planned around the world to celebrate
UNHCR's anniversary on Dec. 14th.
The World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and
Related Intolerance, 31 August - 7 September 2001, South Africa -
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/racism/index.htm
Elisa Mason
Information Officer, Forced Migration Portal Project
Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
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