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Advanced International Refugee Law: A custom-made course for protection practitioners, Geneva, 25-27 June 2010 [info]- Offered by Asylum Access; register by 1 June 2010.European Summer School: European Union Law and Policy on Immigration and Asylum, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 28 June-9 July 2010 [info]- Apply by 1 June 2010.Certificate in European Law on Immigration and Asylum, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 10 Sept. 2010-1 July 2011 [info]- Apply by 15 July 2010.ELENA will be offering two courses in the fall, one on the Common European Asylum System and the other as an Introductory Course on the International Protection of Refugees. Visit their training page for more information.The International Institute on Humanitarian Law has refugee law courses scheduled for June (in Arabic),...

"Demandeurs d’asile: le droit à des conditions matérielles d’accueil décentes," Plein Droit, no. 84 (mars 2010) [access]- Link leads to texts of decisions discussed in article.Human Rights, Emergencies, and the Rule of Law (SSRN, April 2010) [text]"The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: Whose Problem Is It? Existing Obligations under International Law, Proposal to Create a New Protocol to the 1967 Refugee Convention, & U.S. Foreign Policy Recommendations to the Obama Administration," Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, vol. 19, no. 1 (Winter 2010) [text]"Optimal Discretion in Asylum Lawmaking," International Review of Law and Economics, vol. 30, no. 1 (March 2010) [free full-text]Towards a Common European Asylum System: Explanatory Note (European Parliament, April 2010)...

Australian Family Physician, vol. 39, no. 4 (April 2010) [full-text]- Special feature on "Culture and diversity"; includes "Compassionate listening: Managing psychological trauma in refugees" and "Vitamin B12 deficiency: Why refugee patients are at high risk."Coping with Crisis, no. 1 (2010) [full-text]- Mix of articles.Criminology & Public Policy, vol. 9, no. 2 (May 2010) [contents]- Special issue on "Identifying Human Trafficking Victims."Environment and Urbanization, vol. 22, no. 1 (April 2010) [contents]- Special issue on "Governance, migration and local development."Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 33, no. 5 (2010) [contents]- Special issue on "Young People, Ethnicity and Social Capital."Suffolk Transnational Law Review, vol. 33, no. 1 (Winter 2010) [contents]- Lead articles focus...

Annual Report on Human Rights 2009 (UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2010) [text via Human Security Gateway]"Assessing Asylum Claims from Children Born in Violation of China’s One-Child Policy: What the United States Can Learn from Australia," Wisconsin International Law Journal, vol. 27, no. 1 (2009) [text]Iraq: Humanitarian Needs Persist (Refugees International, March 2010) [text]Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters (World Bank, March 2010) [text via ReliefWeb]Technical, Vocational, and Entrepreneurial Capacities in Southern Sudan: Assessment and Opportunities (Centre for Refugee Studies & Plan International, 2010) [text]Third party intervention by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, under Article 36,...

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...

Ongoing:Refugee Law Reader [access]- This "on-line model curriculum for the study of the complex and rapidly evolving field of international asylum and refugee law" is now available in French, Russian and Spanish.Upcoming:"Renewing U.S. Commitment to Refugee Protection: The 30th Anniversary of the Refugee Act of 1980," Human Rights First & Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, 16 March 2010 [info]- Symposium with the High Commissioner for Refugees as a special guest.39th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, 24-25 April 2010 [info]- One of the conference themes will be "Forced Migration: Emerging Global Legal & Policy Issues." Submit paper proposal by 15 April 2010."The European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights...

'Disappearing States', Statelessness and the Boundaries of International Law, UNSW Law Research Paper No. 2010-2 (SSRN, Jan. 2010) [text]"Optimal discretion in asylum lawmaking," International Review of Law and Economics, vol. 30, no. 1 (March 2010) [free full-text]Prima facie determination of refugee status: An overview and its legal foundation, RSC Working Paper, no. 55 (RSC, Jan. 2010)...

The European Union's Stockholm Program: Less Ambition on Immigration and Asylum, But More Detailed Plans (Migration Information Source, Jan. 2010) [text]Good Practices for a Europe of Protection: A Memorandum for the Trio of Spain, Belgium and Hungary (ECRE, Jan. 2010) [text]"Leveraging Asylum," University of Melbourne Law School Research Series, no. 430 (Nov. 2009) [text via SSRN]"Optimal...

Development Outreach, vol. 11, no. 2 (Oct. 2009) [full-text]- Focus of this issue is "Fragility and Conflict."Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 32, no. 9 (Nov. 2009) [free full-text]- I already posted a reference to this issue, but I noticed it is now freely accessible so here it is again! Includes "First generation decline: downward mobility among refugees and immigrants."European Journal of...

The following resources provide an update on asylum developments in the European context:Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries First Half 2009: Statistical overview of asylum applications lodged in Europe and selected non-European countries (UNHCR, Oct. 2009) [text]Atlas des migrants en Europe: Géographie critique des politiques migratoires (MIGREUROP, Sept. 2009) [info]-...

"What We Know and What We Need to Know," First Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 29-31 October 2009 [info]- "The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers from many disciplines, as well as government and non-governmental agencies who have responsibility for anti-trafficking efforts, to develop a research agenda."10th...

Asylum Law – Surrogate Protection: Asian Perspectives, Challenges and Contributions (IARLJ, July 2009) [text]Global and Swedish Migrant Remittances. An Overview (Nordic Africa Institute, August 2009) [text]"Human Security and the Rights of Refugees: Transcending Territorial and Disciplinary Borders," Michigan Journal of International Law, vol. 30, no. 3 (Spring 2009) [text]Report of the Special...

al-Majdal, no. 39/40 (August 2008/Winter 2009) [full-text]- Theme is "Palestine's Ongoing Nakba."Disasters, vol. 33, no. 4 (Oct. 2009) [contents]- Mix of articles, including one that focuses on child soldiers and one on the protection needs of children in Darfur.Field Exchange, no. 36 (July 2009) [full-text]- Includes "Fresh Food Vouchers for Refugees in Kenya."International Migration, early...

Europe's forgotten people: protecting the human rights of long-term displaced persons (Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, June 2009) [text via Refworld]Indicators and Reference Data: A Practical Tool for Project Managers in Humanitarian Aid (Malteser International, 2009) [text via ReliefWeb]"Internally displaced human resources for health: villager health worker partnerships to scale up a...

"Bringing Law to Refugee Camps," IntLawGrrls Blog (April 2009) [text]"Can Tax Policy Stop Human Trafficking?" Georgetown Journal of International Law, vol. 40 (2009) [text via SSRN]"Hope for the Future? The Asylum Claims of Women Fleeing Sexual Violence in Guatemala," University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 157, no. 4 (April 2009) [text]"Refugees Themselves: The Asylum Case for Parents of...

Alliance News, no. 30 (Dec. 2008) [full-text]- Produced by the Global Alliance against Traffic in Women; this issue looks at developments in Europe.European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 11, no. 1 (2009) [contents]- Mix of articles including one on asylum-seeking children and a legislative update on EC asylum law.Field Exchange, no. 35 (March 2009) [full-text]- Mix of articles. See also new online catalogue of all previous FEX issues.The Researcher, no. 12 (March 2009) [full-text]- Mix of articles relating to asylum and RSD.Tagged...

AWR Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 4 (2007) [contents] - Mix of articles on asylum and migration policies in Europe and North America. Field Exchange, no. 32 (Jan. 2008) [text] - From the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN). Journal of Refugee and Migration Issues, vol. 4, no. 1 (2008) [contents] - Two articles, including one on immigration and asylum law in Australia. Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol....

Asylum Law and Female Genital Mutilation: Recent Developments (Congressional Research Service, Feb. 2008) [text] Iraqi Asylum Seekers in Jordan: A Report of the ICMC-USCCB Mission to Assess the Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum Seekers in Jordan (International Catholic Migration Commission, Dec. 2007) [text] The Meeting Room: Libraries as Community Centers for Culturally Diverse Populations...

The Statewatch European Monitoring & Documentation Centre on Justice and Home Affairs in the EU (SEMDOC) recently launched its newly updated and re-organized web site. It monitors EU Justice and Home Affairs policy, including measures relating to migration and asylum. Much of the information posted is available for free, but portions of the site require a subscription to access. Other...

About Being Without: Stories of Stateless in Kuwait (Refugees International, Oct. 2007) [text] Asylum Rights Watch: Summary of responses June – September 2007 (Asylum Aid, Oct. 2007) [text] Ethiopia: Addressing the rights and needs of people displaced by conflict (IDMC, Oct. 2007) [text] A guide to the African Commission on human and peoples’ rights (Amnesty International, Nov. 2007) [text]...