Thematic Focus: NY Declaration, Global Compacts & CRRF

Events & opportunities:

The New York Declaration and Leaders’ Summit on Refugees, One Year On, NGO Briefing to Member States, Geneva, 19 September 2017 [info]
- RSVP by 14 September 2017.

*Job announcement: CRRF Real Time Learner, UNHCR [info]
- Apply by 15 September 2017.

High-Level Meeting on the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants: One Year On, New York, 20 September 2017 [info]
- Note: This will be broadcast live on Web TV.

One Year On: Delivering the Promise of Shared Responsibility for Refugees, New York, 21 September 2017 [info]

*Conference: The Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration, Sydney, 24 November 2017 [info]
- Deadline for early bird registration is 27 October 2017.

Publications:

"CRRF: Putting the Pieces Together," UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs 2017 Report [text]
- Note: More info. on the annual consultations is available here.

A Global Compact on Refugees: The Role for Australia (Lowy Institute, Aug. 2017) [text]

Global Update on the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (UNHCR, Aug. 2017) [text]

A Human Rights Based Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (ICVA, Sept. 2017) [text]

IOM Thematic Papers [access]
- "As a contribution to the preparatory process of the global compact for migration, IOM is developing thematic papers on the 24 elements listed in ANNEX II of the New York Declaration. The aim of the papers is to provide Member States and interested stakeholders with a succinct overview of the topic in question, and to suggest possible areas of action for consideration as input into the global compact." Papers are posted when finalized. Currently, 21 are available.

"Latin America Calls for Free Movement of Persons in Global Compact on Migration," IPS, 4 Sept. 2017 [text]

Lessons from Responsibility Sharing Mechanisms: For an Ambitious and Strong Global Compact on Refugees (Norwegian Refugee Council, Aug. 2017) [text]
- Note: A number of written contributions have been posted on UNHCR's "Towards a Global Compact on Refugees" web page. This is the most recent one. Take a look at the others and submit your own!

"Proposals for the Negotiation Process on the United Nations Global Compact for Migration," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 5, no. 3 (2017) [open access]

*Statelessness and the Global Compact for Migration (RLI Blog, Sept. 2017) [text]

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