Dear List Members,
Below please find references to new resources on FMO, online publications,
journal/newsletter issues, events and opportunities, and web sites.
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**What’s New on FMO**
- A searchable Image Database currently housing over 400 images.
- News headlines from AlertNet (located on right side of home page).
- New resource summary on Education in Emergencies and Reconstruction to
complement FMR’s latest issue.
Visit Forced Migration Online at http://www.forcedmigration.org for these
resources and much more.
**Online Publications**
10 Keys to Understand and Use the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
(Nov. 2004) -
http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=2067
- Available in English and French.
Barriers and Bridges: Access to Education for Internally Displaced Children
(Jan. 2005) - http://www.brookings.edu/fp/projects/idp/20050111_mooney.htm
Human Rights Watch World Report 2005 - http://hrw.org/wr2k5/
- Reviews events of 2004; portions of report also available in Arabic, French,
Spanish, and Russian.
Inclusive Security, Sustainable Peace: A Toolkit for Advocacy and Action (Nov.
2004) - http://www.womenwagingpeace.net/toolkit.asp
International Migration Law: Glossary on Migration (2004) -
http://www.iom.int//DOCUMENTS/PUBLICATION/EN/Glossary.pdf (PDF)
Lessons from Previous Crises for the Tsunami Response (Jan. 2005) -
http://www.alnap.org/lessons_tsunami.htm
Let’s Talk to the Media: Practical guide for refugee community organisations
and refugee practitioners on working with the media (Nov. 2004) -
http://www.oxfamgb.org/ukpp/resources/rmg.htm (PDF)
Protect or Neglect? Toward a More Effective United Nations Approach to the
Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (Nov. 2004) -
http://www.brookings.edu/fp/projects/idp/protection_survey.htm
Psychosocial Care and Protection of Tsunami Affected Children: Guiding
Principles (Jan. 2005) – http://www.icva.ch/cgi-bin/browse.pl?doc=doc00001316
Putting Guns in Their Place: A resource pack for two years of action by
humanitarian agencies (Nov. 2004) - http://www.hdcentre.org/?aid=121
- Available in English, French and Spanish.
Trapped in Displacement: Internally Displaced People in the OSCE Area (Nov.
2004) - http://www.idpproject.org/publications/osce_report.pdf (PDF)
Unaccompanied and Separated Children in the Tsunami-Affected Countries:
Guiding Principles (Jan. 2005) -
http://www.icva.ch/cgi-bin/browse.pl?doc=doc00001315
**Journals/Newsletters**
African Journal on Conflict Resolution, vol. 4, no. 1 (2004) -
http://www.accord.org.za/ajcr/2004-1.htm (full-text)
AmeriQuests, vol. 1, no. 1 (2004) -
http://ejournals.library.vanderbilt.edu/ameriquests/viewissue.php (abstracts)
- Debut issue focusing on displacement issues in the Americas.
The Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, vol. 2004-2 -
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/current.shtml (full-text)
- Focus is on traumatic stress in complex emergencies.
Conflict Trends, no. 2004/3 - http://www.accord.org.za/ct/2004-3.htm (full-
text)
- Theme is “Terrorism in Africa.”
Disasters, vol. 28, no. 4 (Dec. 2004) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?
func=synergy&synergyAction=showTOC&journalCode=disa&volume=28&issue=4&year=2004
&part=null (full-text)
- Articles in this issue are available exceptionally in *full-text*.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 28, no. 1 (Jan. 2005) -
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=issue&eissn=1466-
4356&volume=28&issue=1 (abstracts)
Forced Migration Review, no. 22 (Jan. 2005) –
http://www.fmreview.org/mags1.htm (full-text)
- Focus is on “Education in emergencies: learning for a peaceful future.”
Hommes et Migrations, no. 1251 (septembre/octobre 2004) -
http://www.adri.fr/hm/archives/2004/1251/1251.html (abstracts, selected full-
text)
- Theme is “Enfants sans frontieres.”
Human Rights Brief, vol. 12, no. 1 (Fall 2004) -
http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/12/121.pdf (full-text)
Humanitarian Affairs Review (Autumn 2004) -
http://www.humanitarian-review.org/
Humanitarian Exchange, no. 28 (Nov. 2004) -
http://www.odihpn.org/publistResults.asp (full-text)
- Free registration required. Focus is on the Occupied Territories.
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, vol. 22, no. 3 (Nov.
2004) - http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/ijmed/v22n3.html (abstracts)
- Focus is on “vulnerability.”
International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 16, no. 4 (2004) -
http://ijrl.oupjournals.org/current.dtl (abstracts)
International Migration, vol. 42, no. 5 (Dec. 2004) -
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?
func=synergy&synergyAction=showTOC&journalCode=imig&volume=42&issue=5&year=2004
&part=null (full-text)
- Focus is on “Migrants' Rights in South-East and East Asia”; articles in this
issue are available exceptionally in *full-text*.
International Migration Review, vol. 38, no. 3 (Fall 2004) -
http://cmsny.org/imr-publication.htm (abstracts)
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 30, no. 6 (Nov. 2004) -
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=issue&eissn=1469-
9451&volume=30&issue=6 (abstracts)
Le journal de forum réfugiés, no. 29 (janvier 2005) -
http://www.forumrefugies.org/pages/journal.htm (selected full-text)
Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 17, no. 4 (2004) -
http://jrs.oupjournals.org/current.dtl (abstracts)
Migration Information Source (Jan. 2005) -
http://www.migrationinformation.org/ (full-text)
Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations, vol. 4 (Nov. 2004) -
http://www.unsystem.org/scn/Publications/RNIS/NICSv4.pdf (full-text)
Plein Droit, no. 63 (déc. 2004) -
http://www.gisti.org/publications/plein-droit/en-ligne/liste.html (selected
full-text)
Refugees, vol.4, no. 137 (Jan. 2005) -
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?
tbl=MEDIA&id=41e3aa414&page=publ (full-text)
- Theme is “2004: Year in Review.”
**Events & Opportunities**
10th International Cultural Studies Symposium, “When ‘Away’ Becomes ‘Home’:
Cultural Consequences of Migration,” Izmir, Turkey, May 4-6, 2005 -
http://www.ejts.org/document268.html
- The symposium web site (http://css.ege.edu.tr/) is not currently valid;
email [log in to unmask] for more info.
10th International Metropolis Conference, Toronto, Canada, October 17-21,
2005 - http://www.toronto.ca/metropolis/
14th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, 16-20 May 2005,
Edinburgh, Scotland - http://www.wcdem2005.org/
Call for Papers, International Migration Journal -
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/imig.pdf
Childhoods 2005 Oslo: Children and Youth in Emerging and Transforming
Societies - http://childhoods2005.uio.no/
Peacebuilding and Development Summer Institute 2005 -
http://www.american.edu/sis/peace/summer/
- Online registration form also available.
Refugee Housing and Community Cohesion Conference, Manchester, 23 February
2005 - http://www.hact.org.uk/downloads.asp?PageId=134
RSC Seminars, Hilary Term 2005 –
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/index.html?conf_wedsem
- Theme for the series is “The Ethics and Politics of Migration and
Displacement.”
South East European Studies Programme Seminar Series, St. Antony’s College,
Oxford - http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/areastudies/SEESP-seminars.shtml
- Multi-disciplinary seminar series with focus on the Balkans and Eastern
Europe.
The Standing Group on Security Issues Discussion List -
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/security.html
- New group formed to discuss broad spectrum of security issues, ranging
from “traditional state-centric security concerns, to new transnational
security threats, to broader dimensions of human security.”
**Web Sites**
Exile Images - http://www.exileimages.co.uk/
- Photo exhibits from 14 photographers focusing on Aids, Famine, Development,
Refugee and War. Searchable database available, but registration required.
HEWS: Humanitarian Early Warning Service - http://www.hewsweb.org
- Provides most current updates relating to all types of natural disasters,
including drought, floods, storms, locust, volcanoes, earthquakes, weather, El
Nino, and tsunami.
Human Rights-Based Approaches to Programming - http://www.crin.org/hrbap/
- Includes documents, information, themes and a Guide to rights-based
approaches.
The Indian Ocean Tsunami: ODI Resources -
http://www.odi.org.uk/tsunami/index.html
Internet Forum on Crisis Prevention Case Studies (IFCP) -
http://ochaonline.un.org/webpage.asp?SiteID=308
- Includes case studies for humanitarian assistance, small arms, and
development.
NationMaster.com - http://www.nationmaster.com/
- Compiles statistics from variety of sources for comparative purposes; allows
users to generate customized maps and graphs.
Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning (PPEW) -
http://www.unisdr.org/ppew/
- Created to promote “the development of early warning and preparedness
systems.”
Policy Pointers - http://www.policypointers.org/
- Highlights research and data from think tanks around the world.
ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/
- Newly re-organized and updated site, with enhanced navigation and filtering
features.
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative - http://www.who.int/svri/en/
- Produced by WHO, this site brings together documents and information on
sexual violence as a public health problem and a violation of human rights.
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants – http://www.refugees.org
- Formerly U.S. Committee for Refugees; re-organized and updated site.
Elisa Mason
Information Specialist
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