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Subject: Web Info. Update - 5 Nov. 2008
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:48:25 -0500
From: Elisa Mason <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear List Members,
Below please find references to new online publications,
journal/newsletter issues, events and opportunities, and web sites/tools.
**Please note that long URLs may break into two lines in some mail
readers. Cut and paste each line of the URL, if this happens.**
**Online Articles/Publications**
Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Accessing Accommodation and Housing Support
(Shelter, Oct. 2008) -
http://england.shelter.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/23379/Asylum_seekers_guide.pdf
Circular repatriation: the unsuccessful return and reintegration of
Iraqis with refugee status in Denmark, no. 165 (Oct. 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/48eb34c72.pdf
The Difficulties of US Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation
(Migration Information Source, Oct. 2008) -
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=700
Evaluation of UNHCR’s efforts to prevent and respond to sexual and
gender-based violence in situations of forced displacement, PDES/2008/08
(Oct. 2008) - http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/48ea31062.pdf
Futures Denied: Statelessness among Infants, Children and Youth
(Refugees International, Oct. 2008) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/policy/in-depth-report/futures-denied-statelessness-among-infants-children-and-youth
Humanitarian Action and Older Persons: An Essential Brief for
Humanitarian Actors (IASC, Oct. 2008) -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7KQDRK?OpenDocument
Impact Assessment of Humanitarian Response: A Review of the Literature
(Feinstein International Center, Oct. 2008) -
https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/download/attachments/19271809/Impact_10_07_08.pdf?version=1
Impact of the EU Qualification Directive on International Protection
(ECRE, Oct. 2008) - http://www.ecre.org/resources/Policy_papers/1244
Internal Displacement and International Law in Eastern Burma (Thailand
Burma Border Constortium, Oct. 2008) -
http://www.tbbc.org/idps/report-2008-idp-english.pdf
Isolated, Exploited, Abused: Jordan's women migrant domestic workers
(Amnesty International, Oct. 2008) -
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE16/002/2008/en
Iraqi Refugees: Plan for Ongoing Support in an Unstable Region (Refugees
International, Oct. 2008) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/policy/field-report/iraqi-refugees-plan-ongoing-support-unstable-region
Manual for the Health Care of Children in Humanitarian Emergencies (WHO,
Oct. 2008) -
http://www.who.int/diseasecontrol_emergencies/guidelines/child_health_care.pdf
Moving Beyond Rhetoric: Consultation and Participation with Populations
Displaced by Conflict or Natural Disasters (Brookings-Bern Project on
Internal Displacement, Oct. 2008) -
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/10_internal_displacement.aspx?emc=lm&m=219200&l=22&v=33753
<http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/10_internal_displacement.aspx?emc=lm&m=219200&l=22&v=33753>
Protecting Internally Displaced Persons: A Manual for Law and
Policymakers (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Oct.
2008) -
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/1016_internal_displacement.aspx?emc=lm&m=219200&l=20&v=33753
<http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/1016_internal_displacement.aspx?emc=lm&m=219200&l=20&v=33753>
Refugee Realities: Meeting the needs of refugees and other people of
concern globally. Global Needs Assessment, Pilot Report (Oct. 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/48ef09a62.pdf
Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in
West Africa, Dakar, Senegal, 13-14 November 2008: Concept Note (UNHCR,
Oct. 2008) - http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/490035722.pdf
Report of the fifty-ninth session of the Executive Committee, 6-10
October 2008, Doc. no. A/AC.96/1063 (UNGA, 22 Oct. 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/excom/EXCOM/49083d6d2.pdf
- Includes the General Conclusion on International Protection.
Returns at Any Cost: Spain’s Push to Repatriate Unaccompanied Children
in the Absence of Safeguards (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2008) -
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/spain1008/
State failure and extra-legal justice: vigilante groups, civil militias
and the rule of law in West Africa, no. 166 (Oct. 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/48f351722.pdf
Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons (UN Office on Drugs and Crime,
Oct. 2008) -
http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/HT_Toolkit08_English.pdf
**Journals/Newsletters**
AWR Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 2 (2008) -
http://www.awr-int.de/awr_bulletin_2008.html (contents)
- Mix of articles with one looking at asylum and immigration in Austria
and Hungary.
Conflict and Health (Oct. 2008) - http://conflictandhealth.com/ (open
access full-text)
- Several new articles.
Conflict Trends, no. 3 (2008) -
http://www.accord.org.za/downloads/ct/ct_2008_3.pdf (full-text)
- Theme is peacekeeping in Africa.
European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 10, no. 3 (2008) -
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/emil/2008/00000010/00000003
(contents)
- Includes articles on /non-refoulement/ and refugee protection in Europe.
Humanitarian Exchange, no. 40 (Oct. 2008) -
http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?id=2956 (full-text)
- Special feature on Somalia.
International Migration Review, vol. 42, no.3 (Sept. 2008) -
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117987287/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
<http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117987287/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0>
(contents)
- Mix of articles.
International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 90, no. 870 (June 2008) -
http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/section_review_2008_870?OpenDocument
(full-text)
- Focus is on "Sanctions."
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (Nov. 2008) - http://jha.ac/ (open
access full-text)
- Two new articles.
Journal of Peace Research, vol. 45, no. 6 (Nov. 2008) -
http://jpr.sagepub.com/content/vol45/issue6/ (contents)
- Mix of articles.
Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3 (2008) -
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol27/issue3/index.dtl (contents)
- Focuses on "Asylum and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
Women's Asylum News, no. 78 (Oct./Nov. 2008) -
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4906d6872.html (full-text via Refworld)
- Mix of articles.
**Events & Opportunities**
Annual Meeting of The Society for Applied Anthropology, 17-21 March
2009, Santa Fe, New Mexico - http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2009.html
- Theme is “Global Challenge, Local Action: Ethical Engagement,
Partnerships and Practice.”
Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program -
http://www.asil.org/helton-guidelines.cfm
- Applications are accepted up to 13 Feb. 2009.
“Environmental Change and Migration: Evidence and Developing Norms for
Response,” RSC Workshop, Oxford, 8-9 January 2009 -
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/conf_conferences_100908.html
**Web Sites/Tools**
Focus on Democratic Republic of Congo - http://www.msf.org.uk/drc.focus
Protection Starter Kit -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=protection_kit
Safety, Security & Aid Workers -
http://www.aidworkers.net/?q=advice/security
- Updated advice pages.
Yearbook of the United Nations - http://unyearbook.un.org/
- This site provides access to all multilateral treaties deposited with
the Secretary-General and the UN Treaty Series. As Intute notes, "It can
be used to download full text treaties and check for the latest
information on whether certain treaties are in force."
Elisa Mason
Information Specialist
http://fm-cab.blogspot.com <http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/>
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