Regional Focus: Asia

[Note: I am re-circulating this post due to the addition of two new reports and an opportunity.]

Opportunity:

*Funding Opportunity for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees and Other Vulnerable Populations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia [info]
- Proposal submission deadline is 31 March 2016.

Publications:

  "ASEAN and its Approach to Forced Migration Issues," International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 20, no. 2, 2016 [free full-text]

An Assessment of the International Legal Obligations Owed to the Rohingya Refugees, ISAS Working Paper, no. 229 (National University of Singapore, Feb. 2016) [text]

*Displacement Dashboard: Mindanao, Philippines Forced Displacement Annual Report 2015 (UNHCR & Protection Cluster, 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Human Rights and Humanitarian Planning for Crisis in North Korea," International Journal of Korean Studies, Forthcoming 2016 [eprint via Brookings]

*Mixed Maritime Movements in South-east Asia 2015 (UNHCR, Feb. 2016) [access via Briefing Note]
- Follow link for access to report as well as to UNHCR Tracks special feature.

Pakistan: Extend Afghan Refugee Status through 2017 (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2016) [text]

Second Meeting of the Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration, Bangkok, 29-30 Jan. 2016 [info]
- Follow link for agenda, key documents, and briefing papers on Rohingya, regional arrangements, climate displacement, and durable solutions.

Short Course on Advocacy and Refugee Rights: Final Report (APRRN, Jan. 2016) [text]
- See also related appendices.

"Should Indonesia Accede to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol?," Indonesia Law Review, vol. 5, no. 3 (2015) [open access via DOAJ]

"Unaccompanied & Denied: Regional Legal Framework for Unaccompanied Minors Asylum Seekers (UMAS)," Indonesia Law Review, vol. 5, no. 3 (2015) [open access via DOAJ]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (15 Jan. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.