Thematic Focus: Global Compacts Round-up

Events & opportunities:

Call for contributions: The UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees: The Twin Peaks?, Online [info]
- The symposium will take place on the EJIL:Talk! blog. Submit abstracts by 7 November 2018.

Seminar: Australia and the Global Compact on Migration: Opportunities for a New Agenda, Sydney, 12 November 2018 [info]

Lecture: The Global Compact on Refugees: Negotiating a Non-binding Agreement with Commitments, Colchester, UK, 21 November 2018 [info]

Publications:

"Austria has Concerns about U.N. Migration Pact, Might Back Out," Reuters, 10 Oct. 2018 [text]

The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework: A Perspective from Kenya (Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Oct. 2018) [text]

GCM Commentary Blog Series (RLI Blog on Refugees and Forced Migration) [access]
- Additional posts are available with analyses of the following Global Compact for Migration objectives: obj. 8 (save lives); obj. 11 (border management); obj. 15 (access to basic services); obj. 23 (strengthening international cooperation); Implementation, Follow-Up and Review.

The Global Compact on Migration (GCM) and U.S. Policy (Congressional Research Service, Oct. 2018) [text]
- Side note: In my last "General" post, I noted that CRS reports are now officially being made public through the Library of Congress. However, it looks like the web site is still playing catch-up and has not yet finished uploading all available reports. The a/m report came via the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).

Implementing the Global Compact for Migration: Ideas for City Engagement, Policy Brief (Brookings, Oct. 2018) [text]

Implementing the Global Compact on Refugees from a Faith Perspective (ACT Alliance, Oct. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Il Global Compact sulla Migrazione tra Scenari Internazionali e Realtà Europea," Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, no. 2 (2018) [open access]

"Poland Should Quit U.N. Migration Pact, Minister Says," Reuters, 9 Oct. 2018 [text]

A Proposed Systematic Review Framework for the Global Compact on Migration (People Move Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Role of Parliaments in Implementing the United Nations Global Compacts for Migrants and Refugees (PACE, Oct. 2018) [text]
- This is a motion for a resolution.

*Event after the fact:

Global Cooperation on Migration, CFR Conference Call, 17 Oct. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for transcript.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: General (9 Oct. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Global Compacts Round-up (25 Sept. 2018)

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