Dear List Members,
Below please find references to new online publications, journal/newsletter
issues, events and opportunities, and web sites.
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**Online Publications**
Arab Human Development Report 2003 - http://www.undp.org/rbas/ahdr/
- In English, Arabic and French.
Conclusions on International Protection –
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home?page=exec&id=3bb1cb676
- Four new protection conclusions were adopted by EXCOM 2003: Conclusion on
international protection (No. 95 (LIV) - 2003), Conclusion on protection
safeguards in interception measures (No. 97 (LIV) - 2003), Conclusion on the
return of persons found not to be in need of international protection (No. 96
(LIV) - 2003), Conclusion on protection from sexual abuse and exploitation
(No. 98 (LIV) - 2003)
"Forced migrants as an under-utilized asset: refugee skills, livelihoods, and
achievements in Kampala, Uganda," New Issues in Refugee Research Working Paper
No. 95 (October 2003) -
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=RESEARCH&id=3f818aa04&page=research
"Local Integration: The Forgotten Solution," Migration Information Source (1
October 2003) -
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=166
Para El Expediente 2002: El Sistema de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas –
http://www.hri.ca/ftrMexico/spanish2002/index.htm
- For the Record 2002: The UN Human Rights System is now available in Spanish.
Protecting internally displaced persons in the OSCE area: a neglected
commitment (October 2003) -
http://www.idpproject.org/regions/Europe/Overview_OSCE_IDP_report.pdf
- Map displaying IDPs in OSCE area also available at
http://www.idpproject.org/maps/new_maps/OSCE_IDP_map_29_sept03_web.gif
Report of the 54th Session of the Executive Committee of the High
Commissioner's Programme (10 October 2003) -
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=EXCOM&id=3f8d03ad4&page=exec
- French version: http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=EXCOM&id=3f8d04617&page=exec
Tchétchénie 2003: Note de Situation (Octobre 2003) -
http://www.fidh.org/europ/rapport/2003/tch0310f.pdf
Trapped by Inequality: Bhutanese Refugee Women in Nepal (Sept. 2003) -
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/nepal0903/
Updated Profiles on Internal Displacement (October 2003) –
http://www.idpproject.org
- Updated country profiles for Sudan, Kenya, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Mexico
are available on the Global IDP Project web site.
**Journals/Newsletters**
Australian Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 18, no. 3 (Aug. 2003) -
http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emaInternet.nsf/AllDocs/RWP3129C56F51F6881FCA256C76003614AE?OpenDocument (full-text)
International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 14, no. 4 (Oct. 2002) -
http://www3.oup.co.uk/reflaw/current/ (contents, abstracts)
International Migration, vol. 41, no. 4 (Dec. 2003) -
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/issue.asp?ref=0020-7985&vid=41&iid=4&oc=&s
(contents, abstracts)
Refuge: Canada's Periodical on Refugees, vol. 21, no. 3 (May 2003) –
http://www.yorku.ca/crs/Refuge/refuge_-_volume_21,_issue_no__3.htm (full-text)
- Although previously available in hard copy, now available online. Theme for
this issue is "Global Movements for Refugee and Migrant Rights."
**Events & Opportunities**
Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture, St. Anne’s College, Oxford, 12 November 2003 -
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/main_lectures.html
- Lecture by Guy Goodwin-Gill on "Refugees and Their Human Rights."
Call for Papers, Refuge: Canada's Periodical on Refugees -
http://www.yorku.ca/crs/Refuge/Call%20for%20papers.htm (in English and French)
- Theme is "New Approaches to Asylum: Reconciling individual rights and state
interests," Guest Editor: Judith Kumin
**Web Sites**
EISIL: Electronic information system for international law -
http://www.eisil.org
- International law portal.
European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) –
http://www.eadi.org
- Revamped site with new content and resources.
Shelter from the Storm: Seeking Asylum in the Modern World -
http://www.shelter-from-the-storm.co.uk
- Aim is to "publish the facts about asylum and explode the myths,
particularly in relation to the UK."
World Bank Photo Library – http://www.worldbank.org/photos/
- "Collection of 50,000 images from more than 70 countries"; may be searched
or browsed geographically and topically.
Elisa Mason
Forced Migration Online
http://www.forcedmigration.org
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