It never fails, as soon as I post a listing of the latest journal issues, then another one pops up! This time it's IJRL:
International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 20, no. 4 (Dec. 2008) [contents]
- Includes articles on country guidance and asylum in the UK; the responsibility to protect; risk and fear in RSD; the application of the cessation clauses in Australia; and housing rights for asylum...
(London, November 16, 2008) – The UK foreign secretary, David Miliband, should use his visit to Syria to raise human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. In particular, Miliband should urge the Syrian government to release activists detained solely for exercising freedom of expression and association.
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(London, November 16, 2008) – The UK foreign secretary, David Miliband, should use his visit to Syria to raise human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. In particular, Miliband should urge the Syrian government to release activists detained solely for exercising freedom of expression and association.
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Hundreds of young people are leading a new wave of climate change campaigning against the proposal to build eight new dirty coal fired power stations in the UK.
For the first time in nearly 30 years, our government and the energy giant E.On, are hoping to build power stations which would emit more carbon per annum than countries the size of Cameroon.
The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition brings together the largest environmental, development and even faith organisations, representing over four million people, to unite their opposition to one of the most baffling government policies in recent years.
We all know coal is the dirtiest form of power generation, and with our own Chancellor saying CCS technology may never become available, the claim that this will be ‘clean coal’ is...
Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Accessing Accommodation and Housing Support (Shelter, Oct. 2008) [text]
Futures Denied: Statelessness among Infants, Children and Youth (Refugees International, Oct. 2008) [text]
Impact Assessment of Humanitarian Response: A Review of the Literature (Feinstein International Center, Oct. 2008) [text]
Impact of the EU Qualification Directive on International...
In
Youth,
Myanmar,
meetings,
European Union,
evaluation,
humanitarian assistance,
statelessness,
internal displacement,
West Africa,
Housing,
united kingdom,
protection
Asylum Statistics United Kingdom 2007 (Home Office, August 2008) [text]
Forced Evictions and the Right to Housing of Roma in Russia (Intl. Fed. for Human Rights, July 2008) [text via Refworld]
The Looming Crisis: Displacement and Security in Iraq (Brookings Institution, August 2008) [text]
Manuel pour la protection des déplacés internes (IASC, 2008; English version issued earlier) [text via...
In
China,
Iraq,
Russia,
asylum,
internally displaced persons,
disasters,
statistical data,
manuals,
Roma,
Housing,
united kingdom,
protection
The Climate Change-Displacement Nexus (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, July 2008) [text]
For Disaster IDPs: An Institutional Gap (Brookings Institution, August 2008) [text]
Guiding Principles for Human Rights Field Officers Working in Conflict and Post-conflict Environments (Univ. of Nottingham, July 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]
The Many Faces of Displacement: IDPs in Zimbabwe...
Annotated Bibliography of New Zealand Literature on Migrant and Refugee Youth (NZ Department of Labour, 2008) [text]
Housing, New Migration and Community Relations: A review of the evidence base (ICAR, 2008) [access]
Multiculturalism, Citizenship and Identity: A policy and literature review prepared as part of ICAR’s Refugee Rights and Responsibilities project, funded by the Sigrid Rausing...
Barbour, Brian and Brian Gorlick, Embracing the 'responsibility to protect': a repertoire of measures including asylum for potential victims, New Issues in Refugee Research paper no. 159 (UNHCR, July 2008) [text]
Black, Richard et al., Demographics and Climate Change: Future Trends and Their Policy Implications for Migration, DRC Working Paper no. T-27 (Development Research Centre on Migration,...
In
NGOS,
South Africa,
Romania,
Palestinians,
urban areas,
climate,
asylum,
internally displaced persons,
humanitarian assistance,
united kingdom,
protection
World Refugee Day (WRD) is commemorated annually on June 20th. This year's theme is protection. For more information about World Refugee Day generally, visit UNHCR's special events web page. And here is more information about how UNHCR is using social media to get the word out about this year's WRD.
The UK and Australia each play host to week-long activities that culminate on World Refugee...
Comparative Overview of the Implementation of the Directive 2003/9 of 27 January 2003 Laying Down Minimum Standards for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in the EU Member States (Odysseus Academic Network, 2007) [text]
- Note: This report was formerly confidential but has now been made available to the public on the European Commission web site.
Don't Call it Shangri-La: Economic Programs for...
In
Africa,
Nepal,
reception,
economic self-sufficiency,
Palestine,
rejected asylum seekers,
Kosovo,
refugees,
European Union,
humanitarian assistance,
Housing,
united kingdom
Five Years Later, A Hidden Crisis: Report of the IRC Commission on Iraqi Refugees (International Rescue Commission, March 2008) [text]
How is the Term "Armed Conflict" Defined in International Humanitarian Law? (ICRC, March 2008) [text via Refworld]
Independent Asylum Commission Report: Executive Summary (The Independent, March 2008) [text]
Iraq: No Let-Up in the Humanitarian Crisis (ICRC,...
"The Changing Manifestations of Forced Migration: Africa in Denial of its Migrant History?," Part 1, Refugee Insights, no. 12, pp. 18-20 (Refugee Consortium of Kenya , 2007) [access]
Displaced in Darfur: A generation of anger (Amnesty International, Jan. 2008) [access]
Freedom in the World 2008 (Freedom House, Jan. 2008) [access]
- Report findings, tables, and map currently available.
The...
In
Sudan,
Annual Reports,
children,
forced migration,
Libyans,
Iraqis,
Africa,
refugees,
Human Rights,
internally displaced persons,
united kingdom
Country of Origin Information and Women: Researching gender and persecution in the context of asylum and human rights claims (Asylum Aid, Nov. 2007) [text]
Education and Schooling for Asylum-Seeking Refugee Students in Scotland: An Exploratory Study (Scottish Government Social Research, Nov. 2007) [text] [summary version]
From Refugee to Citizen: "Standing On My Own Two Feet" (Institute for...
In
Sri Lanka,
Education,
Research,
nationality,
civilian population,
child refugees,
armed conflict,
cultural identity,
humanitarian assistance,
united kingdom,
country of origin conditions
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...
In
Uganda,
human trafficking,
peace efforts,
Somalis,
international protection,
reproductive health,
children,
Iraqis,
Youth,
humanitarian assistance,
Syria,
united kingdom
The UK government departmnent responsible for the environment (and food and agriculture) just luanched a wiki to encourage environmental stakeholders to help draft an 'environment contract' for the UK on a website where anyone can edit the content. So far the experiment in collaborative working and policy drafting seems to be working.
What is a wiki? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Tags: agricultural information united kingdom defra wiki...