The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) and the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) are co-hosting the
conference, "Refuge from Inhumanity: Enriching Refugee Protection Standards through Recourse to International Humanitarian Law," in Oxford on 11-12 February 2013. Here's the
call for papers. The deadline for receiving abstracts is fast approaching:
30 July 2012.
Scheduled presenters include:
Vincent Chetail; Geoff Gilbert; Guy Goodwin-Gill; Françoise Hampson; Kate Jastram; Hélène Lambert; Jennifer Moore; Hugo Storey; and Michel Veuthey.
Here is a
sampling of resources published since 2010 that relate to the themes of the conference; starred items were authored by one of the presenters above:
Armed Conflict and Displacement: The Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons under International Humanitarian Law (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming in Nov. 2012) [info]
*Armed Conflict and Refugee Law: Are the Courts Getting It Right?, Paper prepared for International Refugee Law Seminar, London, 10 Nov. 2011 [text]
*"Armed Conflict in Asylum Law: The 'War-Flaw',"
Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2 (June 2012) [
free full-text]
The Causes, Character and Conduct of Armed Conflict, and the Effects on Civilian Populations, 1990-2010, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series (UNHCR, April 2012) [
text]
*"The Changing Character of Armed Conflict and the Implications for Refugee Protection Jurisprudence,"
International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 22, no. 2 (July 2010) [
free full-text]
*"Cross-border Conflict and International Law," Accord, no. 22 (2011) [text]
Examining Flight from Generalized Violence in Situations of Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography on Article 15(c) of the Qualification Directive, Prepared for the 9th IARLJ World Conference, Bled, 7-9 September 2011 [
text]
First Do No Harm: Refugee Law as a Response to Armed Conflict, Paper presented at "Violence, War and Terrorism: Ethical, Legal and Political Perspectives," Canberra, 25-26 Aug. 2010 [
audio]
- See also chapter of same title in
Protecting Civilians during Violent Conflict: Theoretical and Practical Issues for the 21st Century (Ashgate, May 2012).
*Humanitarian Law in Action within Africa (Oxford University Press, Feb. 2012) [
info]
"International Humanitarian Law in Subsidiary Protection Applications," The Researcher, vol. 5, no. 1 (March 2010) [full-text]
"The Interplay Between International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law," Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, vol. 1, no. 2 (Dec. 2010) [abstract]
*The Law of Exclusion from Refugee Status: Recent Developments, Presentation
for International Refugee Law Seminar, London, 6 June 2012 [podcast]
*The Role of the ICRC in Protecting and Assisting Refugees and Displaced Persons: Workshop Report, London, 20 September 2011 [
text]
Safe at Last? Law and Practice in Selected EU Member States with Respect to Asylum-Seekers Fleeing Indiscriminate Violence (UNHCR, July 2011) [text]
Subsidiary Protection and International Humanitarian Law, Paper
prepared for Nordic Refugee Law Seminar, Copenhagen, 26-27 May 2011 [
text]
"Subsidiary Protection and the Function of Article 15(c) of the Qualification Directive," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1 (March 2012) [abstract]
In addition, resources relating to
exclusion and
military service evasion are referenced in the Fahamu Refugee Programme's
Current Awareness Bibliography.
Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.
Indigenous Voices in Asia-Pacific: Identifying the Information and Communication Needs of Indigenous Peoples (UNDP, 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
