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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The Information on Treatment and Healthcare Accessibility in Countries of Origin (ITHACA) project recently teamed up with ECOI.net to provide information on the medical situation in countries of origin in support of the asylum process. Their focus is particularly on basic health care services and HIV/AIDS treatment.
Other resources that can assist with research into forced migration and health...
Researchers can read reports and statements and, in some cases, even view presentations from several conferences that have recently concluded.
The 12th International Metropolis Conference, which met 8-12 October 2007 in Melbourne, has PowerPoint presentations for many of its presenters at http://www.metropolis2007.org/.
The 28th Conference of European Ministers of Justice, which met 25-26...
Following on from yesterday's post, podcasts represent yet another tool that can be used to share conference discussions with a wider audience. The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) recently posted a podcast of "Can journalists and aid workers trust each other," a meeting held with "ALNAP and Reuters Alertnet to look at the relationship between journalists and aid workers, and the lack of...
How can people monitor conferences that they are not able to attend? Here are a few newly available resources:
The International Metropolis Conference is currently under way in Melbourne. Christopher McDowell, the director of the Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK (ICAR), is attending the conference and, in the process, providing brief summaries and assessments of the...
Gaining from Migration: Towards a New Mobility System (OECD, Sept. 2007) [text]Information Services for Refugee Communities in Zambia, Paper presented at 73rd IFLA General Conference (15 Aug. 2007) [text]Library Services for Displaced People: Activities in Burmese Refugee Camps, Paper presented at 73rd IFLA General Conference (15 Aug. 2007) [text]The long road home: Opportunities and obstacles...
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I've posted previously about "library programs and services designed specifically to target refugee and/or immigrant populations." Just recently, UNHCR published a working paper entitled "Refugees and asylum seekers in the Caribbean region: library service implications," which includes a useful breakdown of the kind of typical information needs refugees often have.
A few of the online...
Once a CD-ROM product, Refworld has re-defined itself as a web-based tool for facilitating the refugee status determination process. Officially unveiled yesterday at www.refworld.org, the new service provides access to country reports, legal information, policy documents, and thematic papers. While there is likely to be some overlap with ecoi.net on the country of origin information side,...
LLRX.com recently published an updated version of my "Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web." This legal information service is an excellent resource, particularly for finding out about the law and legal systems of other countries. An earlier guide of mine on country research for refugee status determination purposes is also available through LLRX.com, although it's a bit out...
A UK program called "Welcome to Your Library: Connecting Public Libraries and Refugee Communities" recently won the Libraries Change Lives award. The objective of the program is to "improve access to and quality of public library services for everyone" by sharing information about good practice, planning guidance, training opportunities, and other resources that can help libraries deliver...