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Minority Rights Group International (MRG) just launched the online World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples. Now it has released the 2008 edition of the State of the World's Minorities. The volume can be downloaded in its entirety or by chapter. Contents include thematic articles such as "climate change and minorities" and regional sections with an initial introduction to relevant...

Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration: Addressing Vulnerabilities and Harnessing Opportunities - Background Paper (IOM & Greek Chairmanship of the Human Security Network, Feb. 2008) [text] Getting it Done and Doing it Right: A Global Study on the United Nations-led Monitoring & Reporting Mechanism on Children and Armed Conflict (Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, Jan....

The Minority Rights Group has launched an online version of the World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples. The database provides access to profiles of some 700 minority and indigenous groups by region, country, or group. Entries for individual countries provide an overview of the environment, people, history, and governance of the country, as well as a summary of the current status...

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,...

(updated 15 May) A Comprehensive European Migration Policy (EU, May 2007) [text] Forced Evictions - Towards Solutions? Second Report of the Advisory Group on Forced Evictions to the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT (AGFE, 2007) [text] Human tide: the real migration crisis (Christian Aid, May 2007) [text] International Human Rights Research Guide (GlobaLex, March 2007) [text] Iraq...