Thematic Focus: Detention

Blog posts/media:

"EU States to End Arbitrary Detention of Refugees, Migrants in Libya," VOA News, 23 July 2019 [text]

"Fate of Refugees and Migrants in Recently Shut Libyan Detention Centers of Concern," VOA News, 3 Aug. 2019 [text]
- See also latest UNHCR Libya Update (2 Aug. 2019) and related news briefing from TNH and article from IPS.

"ICE is Detaining More People Than Ever - and for Longer," Pacific Standard Magazine, 1 Aug. 2019 [text]

"Overflowing Toilets, Bedbugs and High Heat: Inside Mexico’s Migrant Detention Centers," New York Times, 3 Aug. 2019 [text]

UN Torture-prevention Body to Visit Australia, Nauru (Kaldor Centre, July 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Civic Mobilisation around Immigration Detention: Exploring Motivations and Experiences," Geoforum, vol. 102 (June 2019) [open access]

"Defining Detention: The Intervention of the European Court of Human Rights in the Detention of Involuntary Migrants," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 50, no. 3 (Spring 2019) [full-text]

"Do Codes of Ethics and Position Statements Help Guide Ethical Decision Making in Australian Immigration Detention Centres?," BMC Medical Ethics, 20:52 (July 2019) [open access]

*"Editorial: Against Camps," International Journal of Public Health, vol. 64, no. 6 (July 2019) [free full-text]

The Harsh Reality of Onshore Immigration Detention in Australia (Jesuit Social Services, July 2019) [text]

"How Should Unaccompanied Minors in Immigration Detention be Protected from Coercive Medical Practices?," AMA Journal of Ethics, vol. 21, no. 7 (July 2019) [full-text]

*"Mental Health and Deprivation of Liberty: Experience Report as a Psychiatrist in a Refugee Detention Center," Saúde em Debate, vol. 43, no. 121 (April/June 2019) [open access]
- Focuses on Nauru.

No Home for Children: The Homestead "Temporary Emergency" Facility (Amnesty International, July 2019) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

Psychology and Its Response to Major Human Rights Abuses: The Case of Australian Immigration Detention," European Psychologist, vol. 24, no. 2 (April 2019) [free full-text]
- Note: This article will be free to access until 17 Sept. 2019.

"Towards a Complete Prohibition on the Immigration Detention of Children," Human Rights Law Review, vol. 19, no. 1 (Feb. 2019) [full-text via OHCHR]

UNHCR Observations on the Adopted Rulebook on the Manner of Limitation of the Freedom of Movement of an Applicant for International Protection (UNHCR, April 2019) [text]
- Focuses on Macedonia.

Working with Detained Populations in Greece and Libya: A Comparative Study of the Ethical Challenges Facing The International Rescue Committee (IRC, June 2019) [text]

Watch for:

Draft General Comment No. 5 on Migrants' Rights to Liberty and Freedom from Arbitrary Detention (Committee on Migrant Workers) [info]
- Follow link for concept note and submissions received.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (8 July 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (U.S.) (8 July 2019)

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