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**Online Articles/Publications**
L’Accueil étatisé des demandeurs d’asile: de l’enrôlement dans les politiques
publiques à l’affaiblissement des mobilisations de soutien aux exilés,"
Collection "Esquisses," no. 10 (avril 2007) -
http://terra.rezo.net/article556.html
Documents from International Conference on Addressing the Humanitarian Needs of
Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons inside Iraq and in Neighbouring
Countries (UNHCR, April 2007) - http://www.unhcr.org/events/45e44a562.html
[Effects of War on Iraqi Schoolchildren] (April 2007) -
http://www.house.gov/mcdermott/sp070417.shtml
- Summary of survey conducted by the Iraq Ministry of Health.
Guidelines on the Treatment of Chechen Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),
Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Europe (ECRE, March 2007) -
http://www.ecre.org/resources/policy_papers/806
Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report
2007 (Events of 2006) (International Helsinki Federation, March 2007) -
http://www.ihf-hr.org/documents/doc_summary.php?sec_id=3&d_id=4387
Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2006
(IDMC, April 2007) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-72BC4K?OpenDocument
Iraq: The World's Fastest Growing Displacement Crisis (Refugees International,
March 2007) - http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9917
Iraqi Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: A Deepening Humanitarian
Crisis? (Congressional Research Service, March 2007) -
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33936.pdf
Trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation: a literature review, Home
Office Online Report 10/07 (UK Home Office, March 2007) -
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/rdsolr1007.pdf
The Treatment of Asylum Seekers (House of Lords & House of Commons, March
2007) –
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/81/81i.pdf
UNHCR’s response to the Tsunami emergency in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, December
2004 - November 2006: An independent evaluation, PDES/2007/01 (UNHCR, April
2007) - http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/461504522.pdf
The War Zone as Social Space: Social Research in Conflict Zones (Fafo, March
2007) - http://www.fafo.no/pub/rapp/20008/20008.pdf
**Journals/Newsletters**
Conflict and Health - http://www.conflictandhealth.com/ (full-text)
- Open access journal with several new articles added in March.
Disasters, vol. 31, no. 1 (March 2007) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/disa/31/s1?cookieSet=1 (free full-text)
- Special issue reproducing papers from June 2006 forum "on the use of food aid
and the potential roles and activities of WFP in Sudan."
European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 9, no. 1 (2007) -
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/emil/2007/00000009/00000001 (contents)
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (Fall 2006) -
https://articleworks.cadmus.com/geolaw/zs900107.html (contents)
Human Rights Brief, vol. 14, no. 2 (Winter 2007) -
http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/14/142.cfm (full-text)
Humanitarian Exchange, no. 37 (April 2007) -
http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?id=2869 (full-text)
- Focus is on the humanitarian response to conflicts in Lebanon and the Near
East.
Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and
Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict, vol. 5, no. 1 (March 2007) -
http://www.interventionjournal.com/downloads/51bpdf/intro.pdf (contents,
introduction)
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 33, no. 3 (April 2007) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g772693840~db=all (contents)
Journal of Migration and Refugee Issues, vol. 3, no. 1 (2007) -
http://www.sandstonepress.net/jmri/contents.php (contents)
Migration Letters, vol. 4, no. 1 (2007) -
http://www.migrationletters.com/content.html (full-text)
Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations, vol. 12 (Feb. 2007) -
http://www.unsystem.org/scn/Publications/RNIS/NICSv12.pdf
Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1 (2007) -
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl (contents)
- EXCOM 2006 issue.
Refugees Magazine, no. 146 (April 2007) -
http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/publ/3e50becf4.html (full-text)
- Focus is on Iraq.
Serbian Refugee Council Newsletter, no. 3 (April 2007) -
http://www.ssi.org.yu/images/stories/SSINewsletters/bilten.april.2007.eng.pdf
**Events & Opportunities**
Civilians in conflict: New approaches to security and protection -
http://www.odi.org.uk/events/civilians_conflict_07/
- Series of meetings hosted by ODI’s Humanitarian Policy Group “to explore some
of the most pressing issues relating to civilian security and protection in
situations of violent conflict.”
H-Human Rights - http://www.h-net.org/~hrights/
- Discussion list “for scholars, policymakers, authors, historians and other
interested people devoted to the history, analysis, theory, and practice of
human rights.” Developed by Human Rights Section of the International Studies
Association (HR-ISA).
Migration and Development Seminar Series -
http://www.unitarny.org/en/migdevseries.html
- Follows up the High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development
**Web Sites/Tools**
Realizing Rights - http://www.realizingrights.org/
- Founded by Mary Robinson; aim is “to put human rights standards at the heart
of global governance and policy-making and to ensure that the needs of the
poorest and most vulnerable are addressed on the global stage.”
Researching Asylum in London Database - http://www.researchasylum.org.uk/
- Launched by ICAR, City University and the Centre for Research in London; “an
independent database of research on refugee and asylum issues relevant to
London.”
UNHCR Statistical Online Population Database -
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/45c063a82.html
- Provides access to data and trends on populations of concern to UNHCR.
Universal Human Rights Index - http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/en/
- “[P]rovides instant access for all countries to human rights information from
the United Nations system.”
Elisa Mason
Information Specialist
http://fm-cab.blogspot.com
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