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Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, vol. 17, no. 3 (July 2008) [contents] - Special issue on "Refugee Mental Health." Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 3 (Spring 2008) [contents] - Mix of articles. International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 20, no. 3 (Oct. 2008) [contents] - Includes articles on non-refoulement, property restitution, asylum in the Western...

Health and Human Rights, vol. 10, no. 1 (2008) [full-text] - First issue in the newly-adopted open access format. Includes an article on promoting greater access to biomedical literature to meet the needs of people around the world who cannot afford the subscription costs generally associated with health and medical journals. International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 20, no. 2 (June 2008)...

International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 19, no. 4 (Dec. 2007) [contents] - Article titles include: "Assessing Testimonial Evidence in Asylum Proceedings: Guiding Standards from the International Criminal Tribunals," "Shadows in Paradise – Exploring Non-Refoulement as an Open Concept," "International Law and Detention of US Asylum Seekers: Contrasting Matter of D-J- with the United Nations...

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...

African Journal on Conflict Resolution, vol. 7, no. 1 (2007) [full-text] - Mix of articles, including "The Case against Taylor’s Asylum: A Review of Nigeria’s Domestic and International Legal Obligations." Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 16, no. 3 (2007) [contents] - Mix of articles. Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (28 Oct. 2007) [full-text] - Two new articles posted: "Local and...

International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 19, no. 2 (July 2007) [contents] - Includes articles on expanding the scope of the gender guidelines in Canada; North Korean refugees; refugees in India; and assessing credibility of asylum applicants. International Migration, vol. 45, no. 3 (August 2007) [contents] - Focus is on "illegal" and "irregular" immigrants. Journal of Ethnic and Migration...

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,...

Forced Migration/Internal Displacement in Burma: With an Emphasis on Goverment-Controlled Areas (IDMC, May 2007) [text] Global Peace Index [access] No Forcible Return of Minorities to Kosovo (Amnesty International, May 2007) [text] Nowhere to go: Forced Evictions in Mau Forest [Kenya] (Amnesty International, May 2007) [text] Remittances during Crises: Implications for Humanitarian Response,...

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)...