Thematic Focus: More on the Global Compacts!

[Note: I have added a number of new references, so I am re-publishing this post.]

Global Compact for Refugees:

As this UNHCR media fact sheet notes, the UN General Assembly is due to formally adopt the Global Compact for Refugees on Monday, 17 December 2018. In advance of this occasion, the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection provided an expert briefing to provide background on the GCM process and answer questions.

*Update: The Global Compact for Refugees has now been officially adopted. See also this UNHCR news story.

*Briefing: The New Global Refugee Pact (IRIN, Dec. 2018) [text]

*"Global Compact on Refugees: How is This Different from the Migrants’ Pact and How Will It Help?," UN News, 17 Dec. 2018 [text]

"A Global Academic Network on Refugees: Some Unanswered Questions," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 26 Nov. 2018 [free full-text]

*"The Global Compact on Refugees: Towards a Theory of Change?," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 17 Dec. 2018 [free full-text]

"The Global Compact on Refugees and Conflict Prevention in Africa: ‘Root Causes’ and Yet Another Divide," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 7 Dec. 2018 [free full-text]

"Indicators for the Global Compact on Refugees," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 12 Dec. 2018 [free full-text]

Leaving No One Behind: A Look at the Global Compact for Refugees, London, 19 Nov. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

"Responsibility Sharing: From Principle to Policy," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 9 Dec. 2018 [free full-text]

*"Strengthening Responsibility Sharing with South–South Cooperation: China’s Role in the Global Compact on Refugees," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 24 Dec. 2018 [open access]

*"UN States Adopt Global Compact on Refugees," VOA News, 17 Dec. 2018 [text]

*"The Unfinished Work of the Global Compact on Refugees," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 24 Dec. 2018 [abstract]

Global Compact for Migration:

163 States Just Approved the Global Compact for Migration. Now What? (ODI Comment, Dec. 2018) [text]

Briefing: The New Global Migration Pact (IRIN, Dec. 2018) [text]

EU States’ Exit from the Global Compact on Migration: A Breach of Loyalty (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Dec. 2018) [text]

First International Agreement on Migration Lacks US Participation (Immigration Impact Blog, Dec. 2018) [text]

*The Global Compact for Migration Provides a Starting Point for Considering Statelessness in Migration Governance (ENS Blog, Dec. 2018) [text]

*Global Compact for Migration: A Missed Opportunity for Europe (IPI Global Observatory, Dec. 2018) [text]

*"The Global Compact on Migration: A Ray of Hope for Disaster-Displaced Persons," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 15 Dec. 2018 [free full-text]

The Global Compact on Migration: Dead on Arrival? (Up Front Blog, Dec. 2018) [text]

*Migration Policy Practice, vol. VIII, no. 4 (Nov.-Dec. 2018) [full-text]
- "[T]his issue examines a specific aspect of the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration: that of migration research and analysis."

*An Overheated Narrative Unanswered: How the Global Compact for Migration Became Controversial (Migration Policy Institute, Dec. 2018) [text]

The Progressive Post (Foundation For European Progressive Studies)
- Several recent posts relating to the GCM include: "10 Points of Reference for a Progressive Narrative on Migration"; "Why Not Sign the Global Compact Given It Addresses a Crucial Need?"; "Why We need a Global Compact on Migration."

*"Towards a Mobile and Diverse World: ‘Facilitating Mobility’ as a Central Objective of the Global Compact on Migration," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 17 Dec. 2018 [free full-text]

Both GCs:

Explainer: Why is Australia Adopting the Global Refugee Compact but Not the Migration Compact? (The Conversation, Dec. 2018) [text]

*The Two First-ever UN Global Agreements on a Common Approach to International Migration in All Its Dimensions (EPRS, Dec. 2018) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Global Compact for Migration Round-up (10 Dec. 2018)

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