A Different Way Home: Resettlement Patterns in Northern Uganda (posted May 2010) [text]Enhancing the Capacity of the Externally Displaced in the Post-War Reconstruction of Sudan: An Exploratory Qualitative Study on Development, Civil Society, and Good Governance with Sudanese Refugees at Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya (posted May 2010) [text]From the Right to Asylum to Migration Management: The Legal-Political Construction of 'A Refugee' in the Post-Communist Czech Republic (posted July 2010) [text]Internally Displaced Persons: Protection Measures Under International Human Rights Framework (posted June 2010) [text]Media Representation of Human Trafficking in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada (posted July 2010) [text]News Frames and Story Triggers and in the Media’s Coverage of...
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12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice addresses human trafficking and migrant smuggling, Salvador, Brasil, 15-16 April 2010 [access]- Draft report and videos of the event available.Borderless Education Workshop: The Provision of Tertiary Degree Programs to Long-term Refugees, Centre for Refugee Studies, 9-11 April 2010 [access]- Includes several workshop papers and working bibliography.Policy Roundtable on Civilian Protection: Issues and Challenges, Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, Singapore, 9 Feb. 2010 [text]Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in the Americas: Protection Considerations in the Context of Mixed Migration, San José, Costa Rica, 19-20 November 2009 [concept note] [summary report]Twenty-Sixth...
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Climate Change, Environment, and Migration (Climate-L.org, June 2010) [text]Climate Refugees in Bangladesh – Answering the Basics: The Where, How, Who and How Many (Displacement Solutions, May 2010) [text]Justice at Risk: quality and value for money in asylum legal aid - Interim Report (ICAR & RMJ, June 2010) [text]No going back: Lesbian and gay people and the asylum system (Stonewall, 2010) [text]Serbia: Stop the forced evictions of Roma settlements (Amnesty International, June 2010) [text]Tagged...
Even if you missed these events, you can still read meeting reports or view/listen to some of the proceedings via webcast/podcast.12th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) Conference, 28 June– 2 July 2009 [info]- Excerpts of the conference report are provided in the Winter 2010 IASFM Newsletter (see p. 7).Deportation and the Development of Citizenship, 11-12 December 2009 [info]- Selection of papers now available.Findings of the East Africa humanitarian climate risk management workshop, 23-24 February 2010 [report]From Camps to Cities: The Urbanisation of Refugees, 1 March 2010 [info]- Powerpoint slides of presentation available.Internally Displaced Persons in Pakistan and Afghanistan: A Report from the Field, 5 May 2010 [info]- Audio and transcript...
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Events:Extraterritoriality: The Juridical, Spatial, and Political Condition of Refugee Camps and Other Extraterritorial Spaces, Graduate Institute, Geneva, 11 June 2010 [info]- Public event hosted by the Programme for the Study of Global Migration and others.First Workshop on Climate Induced Migration in the Middle East and North Africa, Center for Mediterranean Integration, Marseille, 16 June 2010 [info]- Organized by the World Bank and others.Understanding the Refugee Experience, Swansea University, 18 June 2010 [info]- A day of events including a session on research on refugees in Wales, a film showing, and a lecture on refugees in British literature.LGBTI Asylum Seekers & Refugees: A Case of Double Jeopardy?, University of Greenwich, 5-7 July 2010 [info]- Register by 18 June...
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Anuario de Procesos de Paz 2010 (Escola de cultura de pau, May 2010) [Spanish text]Asylum seekers and refugees: what are the facts? (Australia, Parliamentary Library, May 2010) [text via IARLJ]Climate change and conflict: moving beyond the impasse (IDS, May 2010) [text via PreventionWeb]Emergency Resettlement and the Use of Temporary Evacuation Transit Facilities (UNHCR, May 2010) [text]Unaccompanied children in Europe (ECRE, May 2010) [access]US: Renewing America’s Commitment to the Refugee Convention (HRW, May 2010) [text]Tagged...
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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...
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Children coming alone as migrants should not be automatically returned (Human Rights Comment, April 2010) [text]- From Thomas Hammarberg's blog.Environmental Emergencies: Learning from multilateral response to disasters (UNEP & OCHA, 2009; launched April 2010 for Earth Day) [text via ReliefWeb]DR Congo: Unstable Areas Endanger Returns (Refugees International, April 2010) [text]International Law and the Victims of Climate Change: Creating a Framework for Managing Impacts and Displaced People (American Security Project, April 2010) [text via Towards Recognition]May 2008 Violence against Foreign Nationals in South Africa: Understanding Causes and Evaluating Responses (FMSP, CoRMSA & Oxfam, April 2010) [text]"Now, The World Is Without Me": An investigation of sexual violence in...
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"The Concept of Mixed Migration: Reflecting on Today's Migratory Policies, Movements and Paradigms Shifts," Geneva, 8-9 April 2010 [info]- Conference organized by the Programme for the Study of Global Migration (Graduate Institute, Geneva) and the Institut d'Ethnologie (Université de Neuchâtel), with support from UNHCR."Disabled refugees and asylum seekers: key issues in support," London, 14 April 2010 [info]- Talk by ICAR staff members at City University's Centre for Disability and Social Inclusion.The Humanitarian Studies Course, Boston, 18-28 April 2010 [info]- Course organized by Brigham and Women's Hospital's Division of International Health and Humanitarian Programs."Environmentally Induced Migration and Climate Change," New York, 20 April 2010 [info]- Seminar organized by...
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If you happen to be in Washington, DC this week, take advantage of the following events:American Society of International Law, 104th Annual Meeting, "International Law in a Time of Change," 24-27 March 2010 [info]- Panels include: "Haiti: International Law and Disaster," March 25; "Occupation and Refugee Status: State Responsibility Arising out of War, Intervention, and Prolonged Foreign Territorial Control," March 26.American University Washington College of Law, "Combating Human Trafficking and Forced Labor: The Obama Administration's Global Agenda," 24 March 2010 [info]Refugees International and the British Embassy, "Climate Refugees" Screening, 25 March 2010 [info]- Documentary film by Michael Nash. Visit the official web site for more information and a trailer.Washington Office on...
Estão entre os temas de interesse a avaliação e a aplicação de dados de sistemas sensores e geotecnologias em estudos do bioma Pantanal e sua bacia hidrográfica, como agropecuária, aplicações computacionais, cartografia e bancos de dados geográficos, educação ambiental, recursos hídricos, zoneamento e planejamento ambiental etc.Mais informações...
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Comments from the European Council on Refugees and Exiles on the Commission Proposal to Recast the Qualification Directive (ECRE, March 2010) [text]"From Economic Refugees to Climate Refugees? Review of International Refugee Law and Socio-Economic Rights: Refuge from Deprivation by Michelle Foster," Melbourne Journal of International Law, vol. 10, no. 2 (October 2009) [text]Report of the High Commissioner's 2009 Dialogue on Urban Settings (UNHCR, March 2010) [text]Southern Sudan 2010: Mitigating a Humanitarian Disaster (Norwegian Refugee Council, March 2010) [text via Human Security Gateway]Working Effectively in Conflict-affected and Fragile Situations (DFID, March 2010) [summary note] [access to series]- Series of 9 briefing notes from DFID: A = Analysing Conflict and Fragility, B = Do...
Recently, I've come across several information sources that focus on climate-induced displacement including:A post from Refugees International's WorldBridge blog that summarizes discussions that took place during a recent panel on "The Global Implications of Climate Migration."A special section in the latest issue of Journal of International Development (vol. 22, no. 2, March 2010) that features four papers on climate-related disaster risk reduction, including "Rethinking climate refugees and climate conflict: Rhetoric, reality and the politics of policy discourse."A chapter entitled "Promoting Justice within the International Legal System: Prospects for Climate Refugees" that appears in Climate Law and Developing Countries: Legal and Policy Challenges for the World Economy (Edward...
Even though these events have already occurred, you can still get a sense of the discussions that took place via the various resources provided.12th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus. 28 June–2 July 2009 [access]- Listen to the podcasts of the plenary discussions."Asylum & Refugee Law National Moot Court Competition," UC Davis School of Law, 6 Feb. 2010 [access]- Read the problem presented and the competitors' briefs."Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East," UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, 12 Jan. 2010 [access]- Listen to the lecture by Dawn Chatty."The Global Implications of Climate Migration," Center for American Progress, 1 March 2010 [access]- Watch the video."Haiti’s Human Rights Challenges...
The APCI Legacy: A Critical Assessment. Monitoring Home Office Country of Origin Information Products (Immigration Advisory Service, March 2010) [text]Climate Change and Migration: Sorting through Complex Issues without the Hype (Migration Information Source, March 2010) [text]Institutions of Water Management and Conflict Resolution in Lesotho on a Local Level: An empirical study of displacement areas of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Working Paper, no. 22 (MICROCON, March 2010 [text]"The Measure of a Society: The Treatment of Unaccompanied Refugee and Immigrant Children in the United States," Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, vol. 45, no. 1 (Winter 2010) [text]Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment (U.S. Department of State, Feb. 2010) [text]- Update to 2009...
Climate Migration in Latin America: A Future ‘Flood of Refugees’ to the North? (Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Feb. 2010) [part 1] [part 2]Detention reform and alternatives in Australia: Case management in the community as an alternative to detention (International Detention Coalition, posted Feb. 2010) [text]"No Place Like Home: Iraq’s Refugee Crisis Threatens the Future of Iraq," Terrorism Monitor, vol. 8 , No. 8 (Feb. 2010) [text]Researching the Legal Aspects of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom (GlobaLex, updated Jan./Feb. 2010) [text]State of the World Population 2009 - Facing a Changing World: Women, Population and Climate (UNFPA, 2009) [text]- See esp. chapter 3: "On the Move."What system of burden-sharing between Member States for the...
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Film: "6 Billion Others: Climate Voices" (GoodPlanet, 2010?) [access via Towards Recognition]- Film project featuring "testimonies...gathered from every continent, where the population is directly affected by climate change."Film: Europe or Die Trying - The Series (BBC, 2009) [access]- Three part documentary series on African migrants attempting to reach Europe.Photos: "Showcase: Exiled by Weather" (NYT, Feb. 2010) [access]- Photos of communities in Eastern Africa displaced by climate change.Video: "Forced to Flee - Chapter 7: Haiti's Homeless Hotel" (IRIN, Feb. 2010) [access]- Latest addition to IRIN's series of short films on internal displacement.Video: "In Low-Lying Bangladesh, the Sea Takes a Human Toll" (Yale Environment 360, 2010?) [access via Towards Recognition]- Video reports...
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...
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