Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Closing the compliance gap in migration and asylum after Hungary's elections (EPC Blog, March 2026) [text]

EU ‘return hubs’: what are they, and how will they change the rights of migrants and asylum seekers? (The Conversation, April 2026) [text]

Restricted leave and new government powers to curtail the liberty of non-nationals in the UK (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2026) [text]

What the research says about the UK’s proposed immigration reforms (openDemocracy, March 2026) [text]

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

Reports:

Country Reports (AIDA, March & April 2026)

- Updated profiles are available for Cyprus, Ukraine and the UK.

Freedom of Religion or Belief for All: Recognising and Protecting the Non-Religious in the Asylum System (Univ. of York, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

IRC Italy Monitoring Report 2025: Profiles and needs of people arriving to Trieste from the Balkan route (International Rescue Committee, April 2026) [text]

Mixed migration routes to Italy: Findings from IOM's survey data in 2025 (International Organization for Migration, April 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Practical Guide on Subsequent Applications (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (25 March 2026)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (25 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: General

Short pieces:

Addressing the “Root Causes” of Irregular Migration: Four Lessons for the EU-AU Summit (CGD Blog, Nov. 2025) [text]

IMISCOE Bulletin, no. 12 (June 2025) [text]

UNHCR High Commissioner’s statement to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [text]

- See also related UN News story.

Reports: 

2025 Global Compact on Refugees: Indicator Report (UNHCR, Nov. 2025) [access]

- "Tracks progress towards achieving the four objectives of the GCR." Follow link for report and companion webpage.

Event Report: The Marketplace on Forced Displacement Research, September 18-19, 2025, Sanremo, Italy (IIHL & Joint Data Center, Oct. 2025) [access]

- "The Marketplace will provide a transparent, virtual space where stakeholders (policymakers, practitioners, donors, etc.) can post research needs related to forced displacement, while researchers will be able to assess and propose relevant solutions. It will function as a platform with entries from entities seeking evidence-based recommendations, allowing researchers to navigate and address the posted needs." Follow link for report and JDC's presentation.

Global Appeal 2026 (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [access]

- Follow link for the publication as well as a companion webpage that provides an overview of funding needs and that lets you view information by country, region and emergency.

Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea - Freedom of religion or belief of people on the move, UN Doc. No. A/80/205 (UN General Assembly, July 2025) [access]

International Migration Outlook 2025 (OECD, Nov. 2025) [access]

- "The 2025 edition of International Migration Outlook analyses recent developments in migration movements and the labour market inclusion of immigrants in OECD countries. It also monitors recent policy changes in migration governance and integration in OECD countries." Available in English and French.

Mixed Migration Review 2025: Migration in the context of geopolitical turmoil (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2025) [access]

- This report "offers...timely insights and intervention. Through thematic essays, feature interviews with leading migration thinkers, voices from the Global South, 4Mi survey data and deeply personal migrant narratives, this review paints a nuanced – and ultimately human – picture of realities of migration amid geopolitical turmoil."

Overcoming Misinformation about Migration and Migrants (Tufts Univ. & Club de Madrid, Aug. 2025) [access]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur, UN Doc. No. A/80/212 (UN General Assembly, July 2025) [access]

- Available in multiple languages. See also related press release.

Should Rejected Asylum Seekers Stay? A Response to Hadj Abdou and Kollar (2024) (EUI Migration Policy Centre, Sept. 2025) [text]

- Note: This is the original article and the collection it is a part of.

Journal articles:

"Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10th anniversary issue," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:83 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

- Editorial introducing the special anniversary issue and the articles that are a part of it.

"Geopolitical Uses of Organised Forced Migration," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 6 (Nov. 2025) [open access]

"IDP Perspectives on IDP Participation," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 14 Nov. 2025 [open access]

"The nature and extent of migrants, immigrants, and refugees' trust in the social institutions of their host countries: A scoping review," Frontiers in Political Science, 29 Sept. 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (4 Nov. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (4 Nov. 2025) 

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"Cash-strapped UNHCR shed 5,000 jobs this year," AFP News, 6 Oct. 2025 [text via Barron's]

- See also earlier related Reuters article.

Christian anti-communism and the history of refugee relief (Refugee History Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

"Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants," Reuters, 5 Oct. 2025 [text]

- See also the pope's message for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees.

"Sweden nominates IKEA veteran Jesper Brodin as UN refugee chief candidate," Reuters, 14 Oct. 2025 [text]

The UN at 80: What lies ahead for internally displaced persons? (RID Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

The UNHCR conclave: has anything changed in 25 years? (Refugee History Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

*"Who could be the next UN refugee chief?," The New Humanitarian, 15 Oct. 2025 [text]

Reports:

2025 Annual Report (US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Oct. 2025) [access]

The HIDDEN Toolkit: Tackling Ethical Concerns in Migration Research (History of Identity Documentation in European Nations: COST Action CA21120, Sept. 2025) [text]

Mobilizing Cities across the World to Support Migrants and Displaced People: A Five-Year Evaluation of the Mayors Migration Council (Urban Institute, Oct. 2025) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- News: EXCOM 2025 Wrap-up (14 Oct. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (29 Sept. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (29 Sept. 2025)

Thematic Focus: General

Event: 

Presentation: UN Interoperability and Responses to Forced Displacement, Sydney, 31 August 2016 [info]

Publications:

"Conflict-induced IDPs and the Spread of Conflict," Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 62, no. 4 (2018) [abstract]
- See also earlier related conference paper.

"Editorial: Stuck in Platitudes on Migration Crisis," New York Times, 5 Aug. 2016 [text]

Global Study Shows Many around the World Uncomfortable with Levels of Immigration (Ipsos MORI, Aug. 2016) [text]
- See also related Thomson Reuters Foundation news story.

How Can Academics and NGOs Work Together? Some Smart New Ideas (From Poverty to Power Blog, Aug. 2016) [text]

How Will Joining the UN Change IOM? (IRIN, Aug. 2016) [text]

IOM Contributions to Progressively Resolve Displacement Situations: Compendium of Activities and Good Practice (IOM, Aug. 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

International Religious Freedom Report for 2015 (U.S. Dept. of State, 2016) [access]

Performing the Human: Refugees, the Body, and the Politics of Universalism, RSC Working Paper, no. 117 (Refugee Studies Centre, July 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Rio 2016: Where Refugees are Finally Being Recognized," The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2016 [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (6 Aug. 2016)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: General

EXCOM 2015 Wrap-up:

The 66th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme ended on 9 October 2015.  Here is the HC's closing statement.  The report of the session is also now available.  A decision was taken on a multi-year workplan for Executive Committee Conclusions (see p. 7). Themes under consideration include "International cooperation from a protection and solutions perspective," "Youth," "Resilience and self-reliance from a protection and solutions perspective," and "Machine readable travel documents."  NGO statements are posted on the ICVA web site.  Other conference documents can be accessed via the plenary session page.

Publications:

Expert Statement on Internally Displaced Persons, Washington, DC, 24 Aug. 2015 [text]

How the World Views Migration (IOM, Oct. 2015) [text]
- Prepared in collaboration with Gallup World Poll; see also related press release.

Religious Freedom Matters: USCIRF Conversation with UN High Commissioner Guterres (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Oct. 2015) [access]
- Follow link to access video.

Returning Home after Fukushima: Displacement from a Nuclear Disaster and International Guidelines for Internally Displaced Persons, Migration, Environment and Climate Change Policy Brief Series, vol. 1, no. 4 (IOM, Sept. 2015) [text]

What’s in a Name? The Complex Reality of Migration and Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century (openDemocracy, Oct. 2015) [text]

World Migration Report 2015 - Migrants and Cities: New Partnerships to Manage Mobility (IOM, Oct. 2015) [text]
- Also available in French and Spanish.

Related posts:
- News: Candidates for UN High Commissioner for Refugees (22 Oct. 2015)
- Thematic Focus: General, incl. Research Ethics (16 Oct. 2015)
- News: 66th Session of EXCOM (5 Oct. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General, incl. Research Ethics

Update on Search for New HC:

- "Denmark Does Not Want Refugees but Seeks UNHCR Top Job," New Europe, 7 Sept. 2015 [text]
- "U.N.'s Ban Rejects Calls to Keep Refugee Chief Amid Crisis," Reuters, 8 Oct. 2015 [text]
- "Who Will take the 'Hardest Job at the UN'?," Devex, 14 Oct. 2015 [text]

Events:

*What is Public History in Light of the Recent Refugee Crisis?, London, 21 October 2015 [info]

"History and Memory in Refugee Research," 2nd Workshop of the DFG Network 'Foundations of Refugee Research,' Oxford, 30-31 October 2015 [info]
- Open to Network members, RSC staff and DPhil students; register by 23 October 2015.

Impacts of Forced Migrations - the German Case: History, Historical Research, and Policies of Remembrance, Oxford, 30 October 2015 [info]
- This lecture is part of the a/m workshop, but is open to the public.

Publications:

"Conducting Post-disaster Research with Refugee Background Peer Researchers and Their Communities," Qualitative Social Work, vol. 14, no. 3 (2014) [postprint via ResearchGate]

Diasporas Reimagined: Spaces, Practices and Belonging (Oxford Diasporas Programme, Sept. 2015) [text]

Innovation at UNHCR 2014 (UNHCR, Sept. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

International Religious Freedom Report for 2014 (U.S. Dept. of State, Oct. 2015) [access]
- See also related media note.

Since You've Been Gone: The Families Migrants Leave Behind (IRIN, Oct. 2015) [text]

While the World Watches (openDemocracy, Oct. 2015) [text]

Ethical Considerations of Forced Migration Research:

Doing Fieldwork on State Organizations in Democratic Settings: Ethical Issues of Research in Refugee Decision Making," Forum: Qualitative Social Research, vol. 16, no. 1 (Jan. 2015) [open access]

"Emotions, Encounters and Expectations: The Uncertain Ethics of 'The Field'," Journal of Human Rights Practice, vol. 6, no. 2 (July 2014) [free full-text]

"Ethical Concerns with Refugee Research," Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, vol. 25, no. 7 (2015) [abstract]

Ethical Considerations for Research with Victims of Political Violence and Human Rights Violations (Trauma Blog, Jan. 2015) [text]

"Ethical Lessons Learned from Conducting Refugee-Based Research in an Indian Refugee Camp," Journal of Human Rights Practice, vol. 7, no. 3 (Nov. 2015) [abstract]

"Managing Ethical Challenges to Mental Health Research in Post-Conflict Settings," Developing World Bioethics, Early View, 8 Jan. 2015 [open access]

"Multilayered Ethics in Research Involving Unaccompanied Refugee Minors," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 28, no. 4 (2015) [free full-text]

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Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (28 Sept. 2015)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: General, incl. Urban Displacement

Publications:

Annual Report 2015 (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, April 2015) [text]

Are Those Fleeing Persecution and Impoverishment so very Different? (The Conversation, May 2015) [text]

Compounding Risk: Disasters, Fragility and Conflict (International Alert, May 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Global Policy for IDPs: A Parallel Process?, Oxford, 27 May 2015 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

The Moving Energy Initiative (Norwegian Refugee Council, May 2015) [info]

Peoples under Threat 2015 (Minority Rights Group, May 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugee, Asylum Seeker, Migrant: What's the Difference? (Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 2015) [text]

Urban displacement:

Better Late than Never? The Evolution and Implementation of UNHCR's Urban Refugee Policy , Oxford, 6 May 2015 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Desk Review: Urban Displacement and Outside of Camp (CCCM Cluster, April 2015) [text via ALNAP]

"Refugee Health and Wellbeing: Differences between Urban and Camp-based Environments in Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Access, 15 April 2015 [full-text via ResearchGate]

UNHCR Diagnostic Tool for Alternatives to Camps: 2015 Global Results (UNHCR, 2015) [text]
- See also this brochure which provides more information about the diagnostic tool.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (4 May 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Events & Opportunities: Even More December 2014/New January 2015

December:

Call for Commissioned Papers: Vulnerability and Resilience in Explaining Environmental Change, Migration and Development (KNOMAD) [info]
- Submit paper proposals by 15 December 2014.

Seminar: The Rights of Women Seeking Asylum: The Role of Research and Civic Engagement in Securing the Rights of Women to Protection, London, 15 December 2014 [info]

Job: Statelessness Campaign Assistant, Geneva, UNHCR [info]
- Apply by 21 December 2014.

Job: "Prevention of Statelessness in Sudan" Protection Officer, Khartoum, UNHCR [info]
- Apply by 22 December 2014.

Call for Applications: First Global Humanitarianism Research Academy (GHRA) 2015 [info]
- Deadline for applications is 31 December 2014.

January:

CFP: "Dis-Placement: Refugees between Places," Special issue of Peripherie - Zeitschrift für Politik und Ökonomie in der Dritten Welt = Journal for Politics and Economy in the Third World [info]
- Submit manuscripts by 6 January 2015.

CFP: Panel on "Gender, Violence and Refugee Communities", 6th European Conference on African Studies, Paris, 8-10 July 2015 [info]
- Abstracts due 9 January 2015.

CFP: Refugee Health Conference, Toronto, 4-6 June 2015 [info]
- Abstracts due 9 January 2015.

RFP: Democracy, Human Rights, and Religious Freedom in Cameroon with a Particular Emphasis on Displaced Communities from Central African Republic [info]
- Proposals due 12 January 2015.

CFP: Panel on "Refugee Visions and Realities: Interpreting Time with People on the Move," Congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore, Zagreb, 21-25 June 2015 [info]
- Deadline is 14 January 2015.

CFP: Contribute chapter to edited volume entitled Children and Forced Migration: Durable Solutions during Transient Years [info]
- Submit abstract by 15 January 2015.

Seminar: Defining "Survivors": Jewish Refugees in the Soviet Union and Iran, Haifa, 15 January 2015 [info]

Webinar: Recognising and Responding to Trauma amongst Refugee Populations, 28 January 2015 [info]
- Register by 19 January 2015.

Education: MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Oxford [info]
- First deadline for applications is 23 January 2015 (esp. for students seeking scholarships).

CFP: International Journal of Migration and Border Studies [info]
- Submit papers by 31 January 2015.

Course: CRS Summer School, 4-8 May 2015 [info]
- Early bird registration deadline is 31 January 2015.

Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: More December 2014

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Religious Aspects

Addressing the Asylum Crisis: Religious Contributions to Rethinking Protection in Global Politics, Washington, DC, 2 May 2014 [info]
- View tweets from this event @ISIM.

Apostasy and Asylum: Escaping the Clutches of Religion (openDemocracy, May 2014) [text]

Atheism as Grounds for Asylum (Free Movement, Jan. 2014) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

Do the Benefits of Engaging Religion for Development Outweigh the Dangers?, London, 1 May 2014 [info]
- Follow link for video, podcasts, and information about the speakers.

*Humanitarian Assistance Webcast: The Contemporary Role of Faith-based Aid, 19 June 2014 [info]
- Access to the webcast is provided via Vimeo.

Partnership Note: On Faith-based Organizations, Local Faith Communities and Faith Leaders (UNHCR, 2014) [text]
- See also related RSC news story.

"Persecution for Reasons of Religion under the 1951 Refugee Convention," Chapter 2 in Permutations of Order: Religion and Law as Contested Sovereignties (Ashgate, Feb. 2013) [info]
- View an extract via Google Books.

*Responding to Humanitarian Challenges: The Contemporary Role of Faith-based Humanitarian Organizations (ATHA Blog, June 2014) [text]

The Two European Courts on Seeking Asylum due to Religious Persecution (EDAL, March 2014) [text]

US Commission on International Religious Freedom: Annual Report 2014 (USCIRF, April 2014) [text]

*updated

Tagged Publications. 

New Issue of IJRL

The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL) is now available. Contents for vol. 26, no. 1, March 2014 include:

• Legal Subjectivity and the Refugee [abstract]
• Regional Cooperation and Refugee Protection in Latin America: A ‘South-South’ Approach [abstract]
• Strengthening the Protection of Migrants and Refugees in Distress at Sea through International Cooperation and Burden-Sharing [free full-text]
• Persecution, Concealment and the Limits of a Human Rights Approach in (European) Asylum Law – The Case of Germany v Y and Z in the Court of Justice of the European Union [abstract]
• Separating the Persecutors from the Persecuted: A Feminist and Comparative Examination of Exclusion from the Refugee Regime [abstract]
• International Humanitarian Law and Raison d’Etat: the Balance Sheet of Kazakhstan’s Ratification of the Geneva Convention on Refugees [abstract]

This issue also reproduces one legal decision and UNHCR's new military service guidelines.  Two book reviews are included as well.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: General

Disaster-Induced Population Displacement: Selected Bibliography (SSRN, Feb. 2014) [text]

Forced Migration Review, 25th Anniversary Collection [text]
- Now available as a complete PDF; includes 32 original articles.

Migrant and Refugee Integration in Global Cities: The Role of Cities and Businesses (Hague Process on Refugees and Migration & UNU-MERIT, May 2014) [text]
- Follow link for report and case studies on eight cities.  See also info. on related launch event.

Peoples under Threat 2014 (Minority Rights Group, April 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

US Commission on International Religious Freedom: Annual Report 2014 (USCIRF, April 2014) [text]

Weapons of Mass Migration: Forced Displacement, Coercion and Foreign Policy, Oxford, 7 May 2014 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

"Where the World's Refugees Go (and Where They Shouldn't)," The Atlantic, 5 May 2014 [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (2 May 2014)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Religion & Forced Migration

Faith and Protection Side Event, UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs, Geneva, 11-13 June 2013 [info]
- Participants will, in part, discuss the following initiatives that resulted from the High Commissioner's 2012 Dialogue on Protection Challenges that focused on "faith and protection":

• Examples of Good Practice: Preliminary Overview
• Examples of Good Practice: Protection Outcomes
• Welcoming the Stranger: Affirmations for Faith Leaders

*Update: On 12 June 2013, UNHCR and 25 faith-based NGOs officially issued the a/m "Affirmation of Welcome" declaration at the Annual Consultations.

International Religious Freedom Report for 2012 (U.S. Dept. of State, May 2013) [access]
- "This comprehensive report comprises almost two hundred individual reports on countries and territories. Each report sets forth the laws, policies, and practices of governments; describes the nature of societal respect for religious freedom; and highlights the specific efforts that the U.S. government made in each country to promote respect for religious freedom."  More info. is available via humanrights.gov.

Welcoming Christ in Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Persons: Pastoral Guidelines (Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, May 2013) [text]
- Other languages available via the Council's web site; see also agenda for related meeting and ICMC press release.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Geneva Meetings: EXCOM, HC Dialogue, UNHCR/NGO Consultations

Upcoming Meetings

1. Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, Sixty-third session, Geneva, 1-5 October 2012 [info]
- The provisional agenda is now available.  Other relevant documents include the Note on International Protection, the Addendum to the Note on International Protection (a report of the Ministerial Meeting last December), and the report of the 53rd meeting of the Standing Committee. While the report for the most recent meeting, the 54th, is not yet available, other documents from that session can be found here.

Recent publications referencing EXCOM Conclusions:

"La fabrique des normes internationales sur la protection des réfugiés au sein du comité exécutif du HCR," Critique internationale, no. 54 (janvier-mars 2012) [abstract]

"Observations on EXCOM’s 60th Session (2009): Does UNHCR Need (More) EXCOM Conclusions?," Refuge, vol. 27, no. 2 (2010) [full-text]

2. High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, Geneva, 12-13 December 2012 [info]
- This year's theme is "Faith and Protection"; read the concept paper for more information.  Documentation from previous Dialogues can be accessed here.

Recent publications referencing faith/religion:

International Religious Freedom Report for 2011 (U.S. Dept. of State, 2012) [text]

Sacred Aid: Faith and Humanitarianism (OUP, July 2012) [info]
- "Collectively, the chapters in this volume comprise an original and authoritative account of [how] religion has reshaped the global humanitarian movement in recent times."

Past Meeting

UNHCR/NGO Annual Consultations, Geneva, 3-5 July 2012 [info]
- While the final rapporteur reports for this meeting are not yet available, some informal reports have been provided by the European Network on Statelessness blog, the Joint IDP Profiling Service, NGLS, and the Refugee Council of Australia.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

New Publications

No Way Out: Climate Change and Immobility (World Policy Blog, Sept. 2011) [text via Towards Recognition]

Glorious and Free: Making Canada a Model Nation for the Treatment of Refugees (The Walrus, Oct. 2011) [text]

International Religious Freedom Report, July-December 2010 (U.S. Department of State, Sept. 2011) [access]

Migration as Source of Risk-aversion among the Environmental Refugees: The Case of Women Displaced by Erosion of the River Ganga in the Malda District of West Bengal, India, Working Paper, no. 98 (Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development, 2011) [text]

There are Better Alternatives to the "Malaysia Solution" (The Conversation, Aug. 2011) [text]

Tagged Publications.

2009 Annual Reports: Human Development, Minority Groups, Peace Processes, Religious Freedom

Texts now available:

2009 Yearbook on Peace Processes (Escola de cultura de pau) [text]

Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom [text]

Peoples under Threat 2009 (Minority Rights Group International) [access]

Forthcoming:

The theme of the next Human Development Report is "human mobility." The research papers undertaken in preparation for the report are now available, along with other background information.

Tagged Publications.

Iraq Resources

Coming Home: The Challenge of Return for Iraq’s Displaced, USIP, 19 Dec. 2008 [info.]
- Past event; watch for transcript and/or podcast.

"For Iraqi Refugees in America, the Recession Makes It Even Harder to Find Jobs," U.S. News and World Report, 22 Dec. 2008 [text]
- News story.

How to Confront the Iraqi Refugee Crisis: A Blueprint for the New Administration (Human Rights First, Dec. 2008) [text]
- Report.

Iraq: Humanitarian Profile (ReliefWeb, Dec. 2008) [access]
- Map.

Iraq Report (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Dec. 2008) [text]
- Report.

Symposium: Rethinking the Future: The Next Five Years in Iraq [full-text]
- Journal issue; includes article on Iraq's displaced.

Posted in Publications.

Annual Reports: Country Reports, Failed States, Human Rights/South Asia, Humanitarian Accountability, Religious Freedom

The 2007 Humanitarian Accountability Report (HAP International, August 2008) [text]

2008 Report on International Religious Freedom (U.S. Department of State, Sept. 2008) [text]

Country reports 2007: Belarus, Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine (ECRE, July 2008) [text]

Failed States Index 2008 (Foreign Policy & Fund for Peace, July/August 2008) [text]

South Asia Human Rights Index 2008 (Asian Centre for Human Rights, August 2008) [text]

Posted in Publications.

Annual Reports: Amnesty International, Child Soldiers, Human Security, Religious Freedom

Amnesty International Report 2008: State of the World's Human Rights (May 2008) [access]

Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (May 2008) [text]

Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 (May 2008) [access]

Human Security Brief 2007 (May 2008) [access]

Posted in Publications.

New Pubs.: Children/Sudan, IDPs/DRC, Mental Health/Sri Lanka, Religious Freedom, Somalis/Kenya

2007 Report on International Religious Freedom (U.S. Dept. of State, Sept. 2007) [text]

"After the Wave: A Pilot Project to Develop Mental Health Services in Ampara District, Sri Lanka Post-Tsunami," Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (Sept. 2007) [text]

Protracted displacement and remittances: The case of Somalis in Eastleigh, Nairobi, New Issues in Refugee Research Paper No. 143 (UNHCR, Aug. 2007) [text]

Real-time evaluation of UNHCR's IDP operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, PDES/2007/02 - RTE 5 (UNHCR, Sept. 2007) [text]

Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in the Sudan, S/2007/520 (UN Security Council, Aug. 2007) [text]

Posted in Publications.