Dear List Members,
Below please find references to new online publications, journal/newsletter
issues, events and opportunities, and web sites/tools.
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**Online Articles/Publications**
Amnesty International Report 2007 (May 2007) -
http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Homepage
Forced Migration/Internal Displacement in Burma: With an Emphasis on Government-
Controlled Areas (IDMC, May 2007) –
http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpDocuments)/D057F0FCA432F4B5C12572D7002B147B/$file/Burma_report_mai07.pdf
"Giving out their Daughters for their Survival": Refugee Self-
Reliance, 'Vulnerability', and the Paradox of Early Marriage (Refugee Law
Project, April 2007) -
http://www.refugeelawproject.org/resources/papers/workingpapers/RLP.WP20.pdf
Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web (LLRX.com, May 2007) -
http://www.llrx.com/features/refugee.htm
Handbook on Integration for Policy-makers and Practitioners, 2nd edition
(European Communities, May 2007) -
http://www.migpolgroup.com/documents/3695.html
Keeping Up: A Brief on the Living Conditions of Palestinian Refugees in Syria
(Fafo, 2007) - http://www.fafo.no/pub/rapp/20013/20013.pdf
No Forcible Return of Minorities to Kosovo (Amnesty International, May 2007) -
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR700042007
Nowhere to go: Forced Evictions in Mau Forest [Kenya] (Amnesty International,
May 2007) - http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR320062007
Remittances during Crises: Implications for Humanitarian Response, HPG Report
25 (ODI, May 2007) - http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/remittances.html
Report on Destitute Forced Migrants (Jesuit Refugee Service-Europe, May 2007) -
http://www.with.jrs.net/files/ForcedMigrants.pdf
The U.S. Response to Human Trafficking: An Unbalanced Approach (Women's
Commission, May 2007) - http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/us_trfkg.pdf
When is a Child not a Child? Asylum, Age Disputes and the Process of Age
Assessment (ILPA, May 2007) -
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/publications/ILPA%20Age%20Dispute%20Report.pdf
"Why Refugee Law Still Matters," by J. Hathaway, Melbourne Journal of
International Law, vol. 8 (May 2007) -
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/files/2007_mjil_why_refugee_law_still_matters.pdf
**New Book Suggestions from Members**
Agustín, Laura María. 2007. Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and
the Rescue Industry (Zed Books) -
http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/book.asp?bookdetail=4167
Christopher, Emma et al. Forthcoming Fall 2007. Many Middle Passages: Forced
Migration and the Making of the Modern World (UC Press) -
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10827.html
Sales, Rosemary. Forthcoming June 2007. Understanding Immigration and Refugee
Policy: Contradictions and Continuities (Policy Press) -
https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=576
White, James D. and Anthony J. Marsella. 2007. Fear of Persecution: Global
Human Rights, International Law, and Human Well-Being (Lexington Books) -
http://lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739115650
**Journals/Newsletters**
AWR Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1 (2007) -
https://bwv-verlag.de/Zeitschriften/AWR-Bulletin/AWR_Inhalt0107.pdf (contents)
- Mix of articles, including one on refugee protection and human rights.
Conflict, Security and Development, vol. 7, no. 2 (2007) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g779146257~db=all (contents)
- Mix of articles.
Development in Practice, vol. 17, no. 3 (2007) -
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g778576928~tab=toc
(contents)
- Mix of articles.
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 2 (Winter 2007) -
https://articleworks.cadmus.com/geolaw/zs900207.html (contents)
- Mix of articles.
Global-e: A Global Studies Journal, vol. 1, no. 1 (2007) -
http://www.global-ejournal.org/index.php/global-e/index (full-text)
- Newly-launched open access electronic journal; first issue includes an
article on "global migration in global society."
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2 (May 2007) -
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly/toc/hrq29.2.html (contents)
- Mix of articles.
International Review of the Red Cross, no. 864 (2006) -
http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/section_review_2006_864
(full-text)
- Theme is "methods of warfare."
Journal of Peace Research, vol. 44, no. 3 (May 2007) -
http://www.prio.no/page/Project_detail//9244/41387.html?PHPSESSID=e382c9b01f36c1c3d5a47e31e6f46e91
(contents)
- Mix of articles.
Voice Out Loud, no. 5 (May 2007) -
http://60gp.ovh.net/~ngovoice/documents/VOICE%20out%20loud%205_final.pdf
(full- text)
- Focus is on "vulnerability in humanitarian crisis."
**Events & Opportunities**
Call for Contributions: Journal of Humanitarian Assistance -
http://jha.ac/2007/05/31/practitioner-analysis-and-reflection-series/
Call for Papers: Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights - Special Issue on
Migration and Refugees –
http://intersections.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mjhr-special-issue-of-migration-and-refugees/
Cross-Cultural and Therapeutic Work with Refugee Families: An Introductory
course, September-October 2007, London -
http://intersections.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/cross-cultural-and-therapeutic-work-with-refugee-families/
Strengthening Refugee Families: Issues, Best Practices, and Innovations, 2007
Refugee and Immigrant Conference, 22-23 October 2007, Chicago, IL -
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/bilingual/pdfs/2007_Call_for_Wkshp_and_App.pdf
**Web Sites/Tools**
Global Peace Index - http://www.visionofhumanity.com/
- An index created that “ranks the nations of the world by their
peacefulness… .” Of 121 countries, Norway is ranked the most peaceful, Iraq
the least.
Public Libraries and Multicultural Relationships -
http://helencarpenter.wordpress.com/
- Blog started by Helen Carpenter of the “Welcome to your Library” project.
Refugee Council Poliblog - http://refugeecouncil.typepad.com/poliblog/
- Blog started by the Refugee Council UK.
Elisa Mason
Information Specialist
http://fm-cab.blogspot.com
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