Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Event:

Discussion: What Role do East Asian Countries Have to Play in the Global Refugee Crisis? Comparing the Protection Systems in South Korea and Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 22 August 2016 [info]

Publications:

"The Almaty Process: Improving Compliance with International Refugee Law in Central Asia," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 28, no. 1 (March 2016) [full-text via Academia.edu]

The Application of Article 1F of the Refugee Convention in New Zealand: Examining Exclusion through a Criminal Law Lens, Winning essay for International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition 2016 (ASIL, Oct. 2015) [text]

The Association of South East Nations' (ASEAN) Response to the Rohingya Crisis, Paper presented at ISA Asia-Pacific Conference, Hong Kong, 25-27 June 2016 [text]

Audit Letter: Efforts to Support Afghan IDPs (SIGAR, July 2016) [text]
- See also related The Hill blog post.

Introduction of Refugee Law Practice and Immigration Detention in Japan, Presentation to Lawyers for Human Rights, Pretoria, 21 July 2016 [text]

"No Legal Status: How India is Ignoring its Thousands of Displaced Citizens," The Guardian, 11 Aug. 2016 [text]

"Regionalizing Protection: AU and ASEAN Responses to Mass Atrocity Crimes against Internally Displaced Persons," Global Responsibility to Protect, vol. 8, no. 2-3 (2016) [preprint via ResearchGate]
- Note: Access this item by following the link above, and clicking on the "download" button under the relevant title. The text is available in .DOC format.

"Researching the Resolution of Post-Disaster Displacement: Reflections from Haiti and the Philippines," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Access, 17 Aug. 2016 [abstract]
- See also earlier related Brookings report.

The Southeast Asian "Boat People Crisis" of 2015: Human (In)Security, Precarity, and the Need for an Ethic of Cohabitation, Paper presented at ISA Asia-Pacific Conference, Hong Kong, 25-27 June 2016 [text]

Sri Lankan Refugee Returnees in 2014: Results of Household Visit Protection Monitoring Interviews (UNHCR, Nov. 2015) [text]

Strategies to Promote Protection Inside and Outside of RSD: Recommendations (APRRN & LAWG, Aug. 2016) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (1 Aug. 2016)

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