Dear List Members,
Below please find references to new online publications, journal/newsletter
issues, events & opportunities, and web sites.
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**Online Publications**
ECRE Country Report 2000 - http://www.ecre.org/factfile/country00.shtml
- Up to now, ECRE has provided a synthesis of the online version of its
country report; however, it has just posted the full-text version of the
2000 country report, in PDF and Word formats.
ICVA Internal Displacement Unit -
http://www.icva.ch/cgi-bin/browse.pl?doc=doc00000567
- Mission statement and workplan now available.
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance - http://www.jha.ac/articles.htm
- Three new articles published in March: "Military Intervention to Protect
Human Rights: The Humanitarian Agency Perspective" and "By What Authority?
The Legitimacy and Accountability of Non-governmental Organisations" by Hugo
Slim; "The New Banality, Modern Atrocities, and the Future of Humanitarian
Intervention" by Michael A. Innes.
Refugees and the Myth of the Borderless World (Feb. 2002) -
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/ir/keynotes/keynotes-02.htm
- Full-text book available in both PDF and RTF formats.
World Development Report 2002: Building Institutions for Markets -
http://www.worldbank.org/wdr/2001/fulltext/fulltext2002.htm (PDF format)
The Year in Review: United Nations Peace Operations in 2001 (2002) -
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/pub/year_review01/index.html
**Journals/Newsletters**
Libertas, no. 4 (March 2002) -
http://www.ichrdd.ca/english//libOnLineMarch2002.html
**Events & Opportunities**
Forced Migration in a Comparative Perspective: Political, Economic, Social
and Legal Aspects, University of Haifa, June 2-3-4, 2002
- Contact the Jewish-Arab Center at [log in to unmask] for more info.
"H2O: source of life, cause of conflict," 20 March, 18:30, North East Wales
Institute (NEWI), AO2 Mold Road, Wrexham, UK
- Reserve a place by emailing [log in to unmask]
International Disaster Risk Management Course (IDRMC), May 6 - 17, 2002 &
March 3 - 14, 2003, Makati City, Philippines -
http://www.idrmhome.org/idrmc.htm
**Web Sites**
ELDIS - http://www.eldis.org/
- New design and re-organized format.
European Search Engines, Directories, and Lists -
http://www.netmasters.co.uk/european_search_engines/
- Listing of different search tools by country.
International Network on Displacement and Resettlement -
http://www.displacement.net/
- "A virtual, global communications network of scholars, practitioners, and
policy makers attempting to mitigate development-induced impoverishment."
LATINO: Bancos Bibliográficos Latinoamericanos y del Caribe -
http://latino.ucol.mx/
- Aggregates bibliographic databases on different Latin American countries
under one search umbrella.
Nordic Research Network for Human Rights -
http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/norfa/
- The network was established at the beginning of 2002.
TamilNet - http://www.tamilnet.com/
- Provides news and information on Tamil affairs.
World Desk Reference - http://www.travel.dk.com/wdr/index.htm
- Useful reference book with fast facts on a country by country basis.
World Newspapers - http://www.world-newspapers.com/
- Provides links to newspapers, magazines and news sites in English. Users
can select a country to access news-related resources; country-specific
headlines and book titles are also displayed. The site is searchable.
Elisa Mason
Information Manager, Forced Migration Online
Refugee Studies Centre, Univ. of Oxford
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