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India: Implement Juvenile Justice Laws in Kashmir via July 21st, 2010 at 20:38

(New York) - The Jammu and Kashmir state government should carry out a high court order to ensure due process rights and protections for children detained for allegedly participating in violent street protests, Human Rights Watch said today. read...

New Issues of Child Dev., Diversity in Health & Care, Global R2P, Refugee Watch, Women’s Asylum News via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog July 20th, 2010 at 14:15

Child Development, vol. 81, no. 4 (July/August 2010) [contents]- Includes a special focus on disasters and their impact on child development; a number of the preprint versions of these articles are available in the documents section of the Society for Research in Child Development web site, including "Defining Best Practice in Care and Protection of Children in Crisis-Affected Settings: A Delphi Study."Diversity in Health and Care, vol. 7, no. 2 (June 2010) [contents]- Mix of articles; includes "Social support and health: immigrants' and refugees' perspectives" and "Improving reach: promoting engagement by building bridges between refugee women and the voluntary sector."Global Responsibility to Protect, vol. 2, no. 3 (June 2010) [contents]- Focus is on R2P and international law.Refugee...

Guinea-Bissau: Pass Anti-Trafficking Law via July 20th, 2010 at 05:01

(Dakar) - Guinea-Bissau's National Assembly should act quickly to pass a law criminalizing human trafficking, Human Rights Watch, SOS Talibé Children, and the Association of the Friends of Children said today. read...

Publications: Asylum/EU, Cessation, Children in Detention, Education, Human Traff. & AIDS, Livelihoods/Ethiopia, Malta via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog July 15th, 2010 at 16:15

Asylum Policy in the European Union: An Examination of the Reception Conditions Directive and Housing Facilities for Asylum Seekers in Malta (SSRN, June 2010) [text]Detention of Children (Refugee Council, July 2010) [text]ECRE Memorandum to the Belgian Presidency (ECRE, July 2010) [text]Focus on Education in Emergencies (IIEP, May-August 2010) [access]Practicing Cessation (IntLawGrrls Blog, July 2010) [text]"Sex Trafficking and HIV/AIDS: A Deadly Junction for Women and Girls," Human Rights, vol. 37, no. 2 (Spring 2010) [text]Struggling to Make a Living in Ethiopia: Surviving in the Informal Economy (Women's Refugee Commission, July 2010) [text][Picture credit: IIEP]Tagged...

US: Fix Dysfunctional Immigration System via July 9th, 2010 at 04:30

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Spain: Migrant Children at Risk via June 22nd, 2010 at 20:06

(Geneva) - The Canary Islands government's decision to keep more than 250 unaccompanied migrant children in unregulated emergency shelters puts the children at risk and threatens their well-being, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. read...

Publications: Afghans/Sweden, Climate, Gender Equal./Gaza, Mental Health & Asylum, Migration/S. Africa, Refugees/Malaysia, Somalis/Kenya via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog June 17th, 2010 at 18:30

Abused and abandoned: Refugees denied rights in Malaysia (Amnesty International, June 2010) [text]Gathering Storm: the humanitarian impact of climate change (IRIN, updated May 2010) [access]"Mental Health Considerations for Asylum," Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, vol. 38, no. 2 (June 2010) [text]Population Movements in and to South Africa, Migration Fact Sheet 1 (FMSP, June 2010) [text]Towards Gender Equality in Humanitarian Response: Addressing the Needs of Women and Men in Gaza. A Guidebook for the Humanitarian Sector (UNIFEM, June 2010) [text via Refworld]Voices of Afghan Children: A Study on Asylum-Seeking Children in Sweden (UNHCR, June 2010) [text]"Welcome to Kenya": Police Abuse of Somali Refugees (HRW, June 2010) [text]Tagged...

Publications: Asylum/UK, Education/OECD, Global Trends, IDP Children/Pakistan, Prot. vs. Livelihoods, R2P/SE Asia via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog June 16th, 2010 at 14:45

2009 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons (UNHCR, June 2010) [text]Challenging choices: protection and livelihoods in conflict - Case studies from Darfur, Chechnya, Sri Lanka and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (HPG, June 2010) [text]Education for refugee and asylum seeking children in OECD countries: Case studies from Australia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom (Education International, March 2010) [text]Not gone, but forgotten: The urgent need for a more humane asylum system (British Red Cross, June 2010) [text]Responsibility to Protect: How Should Southeast Asia Respond? (RSIS, April 2010) [text]Still at Risk: Internally displaced children’s rights in north-west Pakistan (IDMC, June 2010) [text]- See also executive...

Publications: Accelerated Procedures, Destitute Children/UK, Gender-based Persecution/Europe, Impact of Armed Conflict, Iraqis/EU, Resettlement/Europe via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog May 24th, 2010 at 13:00

10,000 refugees from Iraq: A report on joint resettlement in the European Union (ICMC, May 2010) [text]Destitution amongst asylum-seeking and refugee children (Children's Society, May 2010) [text]"Exchange for change": Guide pour l'amélioration de la prise en compte des persécutions liées au genre dans la demande d'asile en Europe (France Terre d'Asile, Commission espagnole d’aide au réfugié & Conseil italien pour les réfugiés, April 2010) [text]"Preventive interventions among children exposed to trauma of armed conflict: a literature review," Aggressive Behavior, vol. 36 (2010) [text]UNHCR Statement on the right to an effective remedy in relation to accelerated asylum procedures (UNHCR, May 2010) [text]Welcome to Europe! A guide to resettlement: A comparative review of...

Focus on Detention: Events, Journal Articles, News via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog May 17th, 2010 at 18:45

Two upcoming events will focus on detention:"The Theory and Practice of Immigration Detention Workshop: Perspectives from Legal, Political, and Social Theory," University of Oxford, 21 May 2010 [info]- Four panels will discuss legal approaches, political theory, conditions of immigration detention, and citizenship and government technologies. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Refugee Studies Centre, COMPAS, and St. Antony's College."Detention of Vulnerable Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in the European Union," Brussels, 8 June 2010 [info]- Coordinated by JRS Europe and partner NGOs. The meeting will discuss research undertaken by the DEVAS project into the impact of detention and the development of a tool to assess vulnerability in detention.Latest news in the UK:"Asylum children...

Publications: Annual Rpt./EU, Children/Philipp., Immigr. Policy/Austral., MOU/Egypt & UNHCR, Natural Dis./El Salv., Palestinians, Unacc. Minors/Eur. via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog May 10th, 2010 at 18:00

Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors (2010–2014) (European Commission, May 2010) [text]- See also Commission Staff Working Document and related press release.Children as Witnesses of War: Forced Migration Among Ethnic Minorities in Mindanao, Philippines (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Feb. 2010) [text via SSRN]First Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum (2009) (European Commission, May 2010) [text via StateWatch]First Term Blues: Labor, Refugees and Immigration Reform, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 10/43 (Sydney Law School, May 2010) [text via SSRN]In El Salvador, a Firsthand Look at Human Rights and Natural Disaster Response (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, May 2010) [text]The Memorandum of Understanding between Egypt and the Office of the United Nations...

Publications: Child Morbidity/Uganda, Climate Change, Deciding to Return, Detention/US, Right of Asylum via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog May 7th, 2010 at 13:15

Bringing Actors and Conflict into Forced Migration Literature. A Proposed Model of the Decision to Return, HiCN Working Paper, no. 73 (Households in Conflict Network, April 2010) [text]Child Morbidity and Camp Decongestion in Post-war Uganda, Research Working Paper, no. 24 (MICROCON, May 2010) [text]"Climate Change and Migration: Emerging Patterns in the Developing World," Chapter 4 in Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World (World Bank, 2010) [text]Costly and Unfair: Flaws in US Immigration Detention Policy (HRW, May 2010) [text via Refworld]"Leveraging Asylum," Texas Journal of International Law, vol. 45, no. 3 (Spring 2010) [text]Tagged...

The Netherlands: Support Global Protection for Child Domestic Workers via May 6th, 2010 at 22:45

(New York) The Dutch government is leading efforts to end child labor as the host of  an international conference next week, but the government should also support binding international standards to protect domestic workers,  Human Rights Watch said. Globally, more girls are in household work than in any other sector of child labor. read...

US: Child Farmworkers’ Dangerous Lives via May 5th, 2010 at 18:05

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Publications: Detention/UK, Humanit. Coord./Asia-Pacific, IDPs/Africa, Livelihoods/Sri Lanka, Prot./Darfur, Sep. Children/EU, State-building/China, via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog May 3rd, 2010 at 14:45

"Africa's displaced people: out of the shadows - African Union convention breaks new ground, but challenges await," Africa Renewal (April 2010) [text]The African Union, the United Nations and civilian protection challenges in Darfur, Working Paper, no. 63 (RSC, May 2010) [text]Humanitarian Coordination in the Asia-Pacific Region: Study in support of the 2010 OCHA Donor Support Group field mission (Humanitarian Outcomes, Feb. 2010) [text via ReliefWeb]Livelihoods under protracted conflict: A case study of Sri Lanka, Working Paper, no. 62 (RSC, May 2010) [text]Making States, Displacing Peoples: A Comparative Perspective of Xinjiang and Tibet in the People’s Republic of China, Working Paper, no. 61 (RSC, May 2010) [text]Refugee advocacy and the biopolitics of asylum in Britain: The...

Publications: Children’s Health & Conflict, IDP Children/Burma, Emergency Needs/Iraq, EU Integration via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog April 17th, 2010 at 13:30

Displaced Childhoods: Human Rights and International Crimes Against Burma's Internally Displaced Children (Partners Relief & Development, April 2010) [text]Emergency Needs Assessments: Four Years of Post-Samarra Displacement in Iraq (IOM, April 2010) [text via Human Security Gateway]Hirsi and Others v. Italy: Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, March 2010) [text]Integration of Beneficiaries of International Protection in the European Union - Recommendations to the European Ministerial Conference on Integration, Zaragosa (15 and 16 April 2010) (UNHCR, April 2010) [text]The Impact of Violent Conflict on Child Health: What Are the Channels?, Policy Briefing no. 6 (MICROCON, April 2010) [text]Tagged...

Senegal: Boys in Many Quranic Schools Suffer Severe Abuse via April 15th, 2010 at 06:30

(Dakar) - Tens of thousands of children at residential Quranic schools in Senegal are subjected to slavery-like conditions and severely abused, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.read...

Publications: Biharis/Bangladesh, Children & Armed Conflict Guide, Returnees/Liberia, Community-based Protection, Urban IDPs/Uganda via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog April 9th, 2010 at 12:30

Biharis in Bangladesh: Inching Toward Integration (Worldbridge Blog, April 2010) [text]Children and Armed Conflict: A Guide to International Humanitarian and Human Rights (International Bureau for Children's Rights, 2010) [text]Ex-combatants, Returnees, Land and Conflict in Liberia, Working Paper, no. 5 (DIIS, 2010) [text]Safety with dignity: Integrating community based protection into humanitarian programming, Network Paper, no. 68 (HPN, March 2010) [text]Why Being Able to Return Home Should be Part of Transitional Justice: Urban IDPs in Kampala and their Quest for a Durable Solution, Working Paper, no. 2 (Beyond Juba, March 2010) [text]Tagged...

Recent ECHR Actions via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog March 15th, 2010 at 13:30

A few forced migration-related judgments handed down so far this year by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) include:R.C. v. Sweden, Application no. 41827/07 (9 March 2010)- "Deporting an Iranian dissident to Iran would be contrary to the Convention."Text of caseSummary from ECHRAl-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom, Application no. 61498/08 (2 March 2010)- The "basic question raised by the case is whether the transfer by the UK of the applicants who were in the custody of UK troops in Iraq to Iraqi authorities for trial violated the applicants ECHR rights, specifically the non-refoulement principle established by the Court in Soering v. UK, inter alia because there was serious risk of them being subjected to the death penalty."Text of case Summary from European Journal of...

New Issues of Eur. J. Dev. Res., IMR, J. HR Practice, Revue Humanit. via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog March 5th, 2010 at 16:30

New Issues:European Journal of Development Research, vol. 22, no. 1 (Feb. 2010) [contents]- Mix of articles, including "The Concept, Causes and Consequences of Failed States: A Critical Review of the Literature and Agenda for Research with Specific Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa."International Migration Review, vol. 44, no. 1 (Spring 2010) [contents]- Mix of articles.Journal of Human Rights Practice, vol. 2, no. 1 (March 2010) [contents]- Includes mini-features on "Human Rights Fieldwork" and "Children and Armed Conflict."Revue Humanitaire, no. 23 (Dec. 2009) [full-text]- Focus is on international humanitarian law.CFP:Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana [info]- Upcoming issues will focus on "migration policies" and "forced migration."Tagged...

New Issue of JRS via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog March 5th, 2010 at 16:37

The first 2010 issue (vol. 23, no. 1) of the Journal of Refugee Studies is now available. The following articles/field report are included:Leaving Mogadishu: Towards a Sociology of Conflict-Related Mobility [abstract] [related working paper] Predicting Stress Related to Basic Needs and Safety in Darfur Refugee Camps: A Structural and Social Ecological Analysis [abstract] [author blog] [author homepage]Sedentary Policies and Transnational Relations: A ‘Non-sustainable’ Case of Return to Bosnia [abstract]The Status of the Asylum-seeking Child in Norway and Denmark: Comparing Discourses, Politics and Practices[abstract]The Experiences of Students from Refugee Backgrounds at Universities in Australia: Reflections on the Social, Emotional and Practical Challenges [abstract]Eight book...

Publications: Child Trafficking, Citizenship/UK, Humanitarian-Military Relations, UNEP Yearbook via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog February 24th, 2010 at 16:50

Citizenship for Refugees in the UK: Key Issues and Research (ICAR, Feb. 2010) [text]In pursuit of good practice in responses to child trafficking: Experiences from Latin America, Southeast Europe and South Asia (Terre des Hommes, Feb. 2010) [text via ReliefWeb]Position Paper on Humanitarian-Military Relations (SCHR, Jan. 2010) [text via ReliefWeb]Taking Prevention Seriously: Developing a Comprehensive Response to Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-03 (Georgia State University College of Law, Jan. 2010) [text via SSRN]UNEP Year Book: New Science and Developments in Our Changing Environment (UNEP, Feb. 2010) [text]- See esp. the fifth chapter on "disasters and conflicts."Tagged...

Web Sites: CPC Learning Network, Haiti Crisis Map, IAPS, Riverbank Erosion/Bangladesh, Migration Malta, ReliefWeb News via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog February 23rd, 2010 at 15:20

Agency Learning Network on the Care and Protection of Children in Crisis-Affected Countries (CPC Learning Network) [site]- "The goal of the CPC Learning Network is to further strengthen and to systematize child care and protection through the collaborative action of humanitarian organizations, local institutions, and academic partners." See esp. the bibliography and full-text document library under "resources."Haiti: The 2010 Earthquake in Haiti [site]- "This Crisis Map of Haiti represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date crisis map available to the humanitarian community. The information here is mapped in near real time and gathered from reports coming from inside Haiti via: SMS, Web, Email, Radio, Phone, Twitter, Facebook, Television, List-serves, Live streams, Situation...

Indonesia: Guarantee Domestic Workers’ Rights in 2010 via February 13th, 2010 at 04:45

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Publications: Detention/Australia, Disaster Recovery, Forced Labor & Child Soldiers, GHP Meeting, Housing Commentary, Humanitarian Action Rpt. via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog February 5th, 2010 at 18:10

Brief Commentary on Article 21 (Housing) of the 1951 Refugee Convention (Displacement Solutions, posted Feb. 2010) [access]- Note: This is a Word doc.Global Humanitarian Platform Meeting (Feb. 2010) [access]- Documents from the meeting are available."The Health of People in Australian Immigration Detention Centres," Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 192, no. 2 (Jan. 2010) [text via JRS Europe]Humanitarian Action Report 2010: Partnering for Children in Emergencies (UNICEF, Feb. 2010) [access]The Industrial Organization of Rebellion: The Logic of Forced Labor and Child Soldiering, HiCN Working Paper 72 (IDS, Jan. 2010) [text]Virtual Issue on Earthquakes, Disasters (2010) [access]- Collection of free articles from Disasters journal: "Over the years Disasters has published important articles...

Legal Items: Asylum Lawmaking, Climate Change & Statelessness, Non-Conv. Refugees, Preventing Child Trafficking, Prima Facie RSD, Temporary Protection via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog February 3rd, 2010 at 14:20

'Disappearing States', Statelessness and the Boundaries of International Law, UNSW Law Research Paper No. 2010-2 (SSRN, Jan. 2010) [text]"Optimal discretion in asylum lawmaking," International Review of Law and Economics, vol. 30, no. 1 (March 2010) [free full-text]Prima facie determination of refugee status: An overview and its legal foundation, RSC Working Paper, no. 55 (RSC, Jan. 2010)...

A Cup of Choice: What is in your drinking water and why you need to know. via It's Getting Hot In Here January 17th, 2010 at 14:26

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THANKS from the Delco Alliance to all of YOU! via It's Getting Hot In Here January 17th, 2010 at 03:04

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Publications: Child Asylum Claims, COP15 Roundup, Discrimination Guidelines, Protracted Situations, Top 10 Humanitarian Crises via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog December 22nd, 2009 at 21:48

Combating Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance through a Strategic Approach (UNHCR, Dec. 2009) [text]- See related press release.Conclusion on protracted refugee situations, No. 109 (LX) - 2009 (EXCOM, Dec. 2009) [text]COP15 Roundup from a Climate Change, Migration and Displacement Focus (Towards Recognition, Dec. 2009) [text]Guidelines on International Protection...

2009 a Bad Year for Migrants via December 16th, 2009 at 17:30

(New York) - Many governments' policies toward migrants worldwide expose them to human rights abuses including labor exploitation, inadequate access to health care, and prolonged detention in poor, overcrowded conditions, Human Rights Watch said today in advance of International Migrants Day, on December 18, 2009. read...