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Family Reunification: A Right for Forced Migrants?, Working Paper no. 51 (RSC, Dec. 2008) [text]
Legal Response to Human Trafficking Series (ABA, Dec. 2008) [access]
- Available are three texts that provide guidance to attorneys working on human trafficking cases in the U.S.
Report by Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, following his visit to...
2007 Yearbook on Illegal Migration, Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Central and Eastern Europe (ICMPD, 2008) [abstract]
- Note: The 2003 and 2006 Yearbooks are available in full-text.
Handbook on Immigration and Asylum in Ireland 2007, Research Series no. 5 (Economic and Social Research Institute, Oct. 2008) [access]
How to Repair the U.S. Asylum System: Blueprint for the Next...
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DG ECHO HIV Guidelines (Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid, ECHO, Oct. 2008) [text]
Global Detention Survey: Summary of Findings (International Detention Coalition, Oct. 2008) [access]
- Select "IDCGlobalSurveyFindings.doc" to open the Word document.
Going Home or Staying Home? Ending Displacement for Burundian Refugees in Tanzania, Citizenship and Forced Migration in the Great Lakes...
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2007 Yearbook on Immigration Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Nov. 2008) [access via beSpacific]
The Difficulties of US Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation (Migration Information Source, Oct. 2008) [text]
ECRE Recommendations to the 2008 Ministerial Conference on Integration (ECRE, Nov. 2008) [text]
Iraqi Refugees: Plan for Ongoing Support in an Unstable Region (Refugees...
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October 24th is United Nations Day. It marks the day when the UN Charter went into force in 1945. The following UN information resources have recently been made available:
Yearbook of the United Nations [access]
- The complete collection of yearbooks, from 1946-2005, are now online in full-text. The yearbook reports on the organization's activities in the areas of international peace and...
Conflict-induced migration and remittances: exploring conceptual frameworks, RSC Working Paper, no.47 (RSC, August 2008) [text] Review of the U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report (The Protection Project, Summer 2008) [text] Seeing People Through the Trees: Scaling Up Efforts to Advance Rights and Address Poverty,...
2008 Peace Process Yearbook (Escola de cultura de pau, June 2008) [text]
Alert 2008! Report on conflicts, human rights and peacebuilding (Escola de cultura de pau, June 2008) [text]
Annual Disaster Statistical Review: The Numbers and Trends 2007 (CRED, ISDR & UCL, 2008) [text]
Humanitarian Action Report 2008 (UNICEF, June 2008) [text]
Posted in...
Six months after the 2007 edition was published, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched its World Disasters Report 2008. The theme of this issue is "Rising to the challenge of HIV in disasters and crises." The complete text of the book is provided online in English, while chapter summaries are available in French and Spanish; Arabic summaries...
The Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 was released by the U.S. State Department on June 4, 2008. It "covers 170 countries: 153 are assessed and ranked into Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 2 Watch List, and Tier 3; another 17 countries are considered special cases, often because [of a lack of] sufficient information to assess whether a significant number of trafficking victims exist in those countries"...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have both recently issued their annual reports. These publications provide information about the organizations' activities during the past year, accomplishments, and programme expenditures. They also tend to include profiles of the countries in which they have operated, maps, and other useful...
Amnesty International Report 2008: State of the World's Human Rights (May 2008) [access]
Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (May 2008) [text]
Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 (May 2008) [access]
Human Security Brief 2007 (May 2008) [access]
Posted in...
Assessment on Returns to Iraq Amongst the Iraqi Refugee Population in Syria (UNHCR Syria, April 2008) [text]
Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2008. Special Focus: In the Shadow of War (Plan International, May 2008) [text]
Beyond the School Gates: Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Secondary School (Refugee Council, May 2008) [text]
Hidden Cork: Perspectives of...
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Anuario 2008 de procesos de paz (Escola de cultura de pau, April 2008) [Spanish text]
Crisis in Kenya: Land, Displacement and the Search for "Durable Solutions," HPG Policy Brief, no. 31 (ODI, April 2008) [text]
Global Symposium +5 on Information for Humanitarian Action: Final Report (OCHA, May 2008) [text]
Guantánamo's Refugees: Trapped by Inaction (Center for Constitutional Rights, Feb....
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ALNAP's 7th Review of Humanitarian Action (ALNAP, March 2008) [access]
Beyond the Nexus: UNHCR's Evolving Perspective on Refugee Protection and International Migration, New Issues in Refugee Research no. 155 (UNHCR, April 2008) [text]
Future Floods of Refugees: A Comment on Climate Change, Conflict and Forced Migration (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2008) [text]
HIV and the UK Asylum...
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre's latest annual survey concludes that the global internal displacement crisis deteriorated last year. The report, Internal Displacement: Global Overviews of Trends and Developments in 2007, includes key facts and figures, major findings, a review of worldwide developments and responses, and regional summaries. Also provided are statistics, maps and...
Anuario 2008 de procesos de paz (Escola de cultura de paz, April 2008) [Spanish text]
Country at a Crossroads: Challenges Facing Young People in Sierra Leone (Women's Commission, April 2008) [text]
Denied Status, Denied Education: Children of North Korean Women in China (Human Rights Watch, April 2008) [text via Refworld]
A Gamble with the Right to Asylum in Europe: Greek Asylum Policy and...
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Alert 2008! Report on conflicts, human rights and peacebuilding is produced annually by the School for a Culture of Peace at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The report analyzes trends and developments in such areas as armed conflicts, peace processes, humanitarian crises, human rights, and the gender aspects of peacebuilding.
Currently, the Spanish-language edition is available. The...
Two new annual reports have been issued:
Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2008 (Center on International Cooperation)
- Looks at issues and trends in peacekeeping operations. The book is available for purchase through Lynne Rienner Publishers. A briefing paper summarizing the report's findings is currently available online.
Global Humanitarian Assistance 2007/2008 (Development...
The 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices were released yesterday by the U.S. State Department. Submitted annually to Congress, the reports are frequently consulted by country conditions researchers as part of the refugee status determination process. The reports along with other regularly issued human rights and conflict surveys are incorporated into the repositories of country of...
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) just launched the online World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples. Now it has released the 2008 edition of the State of the World's Minorities. The volume can be downloaded in its entirety or by chapter. Contents include thematic articles such as "climate change and minorities" and regional sections with an initial introduction to relevant...
Climate Change and its Implications for Human Migration and Health (International Centre for Migration and Health, Feb. 2008) [text]
Living on the edge of despair: destitution amongst asylum seeking and refugee children (The Children's Society, Feb. 2008) [text]
OI Policy Compendium Note on Gender Issues in Conflict and Humanitarian Crises (Oxfam International, Dec. 2007) [text]
Protecting...
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Human Rights Watch released its 2008 report today. The introductory essay focuses on the "democracy charade": "The established democracies are accepting flawed and unfair elections for political expediency..." (news release).
Chapters summarizing human rights issues in more than 75 countries can be accessed by regional drop-down menus. Also available are essays, audio commentary, and...
"The Changing Manifestations of Forced Migration: Africa in Denial of its Migrant History?," Part 1, Refugee Insights, no. 12, pp. 18-20 (Refugee Consortium of Kenya , 2007) [access]
Displaced in Darfur: A generation of anger (Amnesty International, Jan. 2008) [access]
Freedom in the World 2008 (Freedom House, Jan. 2008) [access]
- Report findings, tables, and map currently available.
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The 2007 edition of the World Disasters Report was launched today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The focus is on "tackling discrimination in disasters." Read the press release for an overview.
This is the first issue that the IFRC has made available online in full-text (by chapter or the whole report). French and Spanish versions are also...
Climate Alarm: Disasters Increase as Climate Change Bites (Oxfam, Nov. 2007) [text]
Human Development Report 2007/2008 (UNDP, Nov. 2007) [access]
- Focus is on the development impact of climate change.
Iraqi Refugees: A Lot of Talk, Little Action (Refugees International, Nov. 2007) [text]
Papers presented to UNHCR EXCOM 2007 (Australian Refugee Rights Alliance, Centre for Refugee Research,...
EXCOM Conclusion on Children at Risk, no. 107 (Oct. 2007) [text]
Human Trafficking: Update (House of Lords & House of Commons, Oct. 2007) [text]
Humanitarian advocacy in Darfur: the challenge of neutrality (Humanitarian Policy Group, Oct. 2007) [text]
The myth of invasion: Irregular migration from West Africa to the Maghreb and the European Union (International Migration Institute, Oct. 2007)...
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Following up on my post yesterday about measuring peace trends, some of the data cited in the CDH report came from the School for a Culture of Peace in Barcelona. The specific source referenced is the 2007 Peace Process Yearbook (available in English and Spanish).
Other information resources the School makes available include:
- Semáforo, fortnightly news service;
- Monthly newsletter;
-...
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue recently published Charting the Roads to Peace: Facts, Figures and Trends in Conflict Resolution (Sept. 2007), which provides a statistical overview of global peace developments. As the introduction notes, this reflects a growing movement in the use of quantitative data to analyze and interpret trends in conflicts and peace processes.
Mirroring this trend,...
2007 Report on International Religious Freedom (U.S. Dept. of State, Sept. 2007) [text]"After the Wave: A Pilot Project to Develop Mental Health Services in Ampara District, Sri Lanka Post-Tsunami," Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (Sept. 2007) [text]Protracted displacement and remittances: The case of Somalis in Eastleigh, Nairobi, New Issues in Refugee Research Paper No. 143 (UNHCR, Aug....
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The 2006-2007 edition of BADIL's Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons was released today. This resource begins with an historical overview of Palestinian displacement, provides facts and figures about the current Palestinian refugee/IDP population and their status, reviews assistance and protection measures, and concludes with a discussion of attempts to find durable...