Humanitarian Action and Older Persons: An Essential Brief for Humanitarian Actors (IASC, Oct. 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]
Isolated, Exploited, Abused: Jordan's women migrant domestic workers (Amnesty International, Oct. 2008) [access]
Manual for the Health Care of Children in Humanitarian Emergencies(WHO, Oct. 2008) [text]
OECD Factbook 2008: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics...
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Jordan,
women,
children,
humanitarian assistance,
UNHCR EXCOM,
international protection,
manuals,
health services,
elderly,
migrant workers,
OECD
Publications:
Reports and Documents for the 59th Executive Committee Plenary Session (August 2008) [access]
- The actual meetings are scheduled for 6-10 October 2008.
Selected Documents Relating to National Security and Counter-Terrorism Relevant to International Refugee Protection (UNHCR, July 2008) [text]
UNHCR Recommendations for the Ministerial Conference of the Euro-African Process on...
Good Intentions: A Review of the New Asylum Model and its Impact on Trafficked Women Claiming Asylum (POPPY Project and Refugee Women's Resource Project, June 2008) [text]
Iraq Displacement and Return - 2008 Mid-Year Review (IOM, June 2008) [text]
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings: Checklist for Field Use (IASC, June 2008) [access via ReliefWeb]
Outsourcing abuse:...
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asylum,
internally displaced persons,
mental health,
detention,
gender-based persecution,
urban areas,
inhuman treatment,
flight by sea,
women,
international protection
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 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,...
"Escape into insecurity: Iraqi refugees find a precarious home in Jordan," National Catholic Reporter (3 August 2007) [text]
The Ongoing Plight of Iraqi Refugees, 10 September 2007 [info.]
- This panel will be hosted by the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, DC. The speakers are scheduled to discuss their recent mission to the Middle East "to observe the plight of refugees fleeing the...
Human Trafficking: A Strategic Framework Could Help Enhance the Interagency Collaboration Needed to Effectively Combat Trafficking Crimes (GAO, July 2007) [text; posted on beSpacific.com]
Human Trafficking: Monitoring and Evaluation of International Projects Are Limited, but Experts Suggest Improvements (GAO, July 2007) [text; posted on beSpacific.com]
Listening to Youth: The Experiences of...
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united kingdom,
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reproductive health,
Iraqis,
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human trafficking,
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humanitarian assistance,
international protection
A proposal was put forth at a recent Informal Consultative Meeting of the Standing Committee for an "Executive Committee Conclusion on the Protection of Victims of Trafficking Seeking Asylum." Several perspectives on the intersection between human trafficking and refugee/asylum issues are represented in the literature. The following examples highlight some of these viewpoints:
Morrison, J.,...