The fifth edition of the Refugee Law Reader is now available. This resource is "designed to provide a full curriculum for a 48-hour course in International Refugee Law and contains over 700 documents and materials." This expanded version now includes "sections on international and regional frameworks of refugee law, covering Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America."
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Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights, Kuala Lumpur, 20-21 November 2008 [access]
- Organized by Forum Asia.
Beyond Humanitarianism in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Washington, DC, 19 November 2008 [access]
- Public event organized by the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Causes of Forced Migration and Systemic Responses: Human Rights of the Displaced in Ethical, Religious, and...
The fourth edition of the Refugee Law Reader is now available. It includes updated reading lists that reflect the most recent and relevant publications as well as updated legal instruments. A fifth edition is already in the works and is due to be issued in late 2008. As noted in the introduction of the syllabus, this next edition
"will introduce new regional legal sections focusing on Latin...
Several humanitarian studies programmes with start dates in the new year are on offer:
Global Fields Institute, Diploma in Humanitarian Program Management, 13 weeks duration with opportunity to start in January
- Distance learning programme.
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Management of Humanitarian Interventions, January-March 2008 (application deadline is 18 January 2008)...
Asylum from Trafficking: A Failure of Protection, Immigration Briefings (July 2007, posted by DocuTicker, Sept. 2007) [text]
Country of Return Information (CRI) Project, Country Sheets (Aug. 2007) [access]
- See the Project web site for more info.
Documents from the 19-20 September 2007 Standing Committee Meeting (UNHCR, Sept. 2007) [access]
Dynamics of Conflict and Displacement in Papua,...
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Challenges to Peace and Recovery in Darfur: A Situation Analysis of the Ongoing Conflict and its Continuing Impact on Livelihoods, Briefing Paper, by H. Young and A.M. Osman (FIC, Dec. 2006) [text]Educational responses to HIV and AIDS for refugees and internally displaced persons: Discussion paper for decision-makers (UNHCR and UNESCO, Jan. 2007) [text]The extraterritorialisation of asylum and the advent of "protection lite," DIIS Working Paper 2007/2, by T. Gammeltoft-Hansen (DIIS, Jan 2007) [text]Humanitarian protection in Uganda: a Trojan Horse?, HPG Background Paper, by C. Dolan and L. Hovil (ODI, Dec. 2006) [text]Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin, Human Rights Council doc. no. A/HRC/4/38 (Jan. 2007)...