New Issue of JRS

A new issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) is now available.  Contents for vol. 26, no. 3, Sept. 2013 include:

Special Feature: Supervising the Refugee Convention:

• Introduction [extract] [preprint]
• Roundtable on the Future of Refugee Convention Supervision [extract] [summ. concl.]
• Is there a Need for Better Supervision of the Refugee Convention? [abstract]
• Lessons from Supervisory Mechanisms in International and Regional Law [abstract]
• A Proposal for Enhanced Supervision of the Refugee Convention [abstract]

Articles:

• ‘White Tigers’: Researcher Roles in Relation to Linking Social Capital within Tamil Voluntary Associations in Norway [abstract]
• Exiles, Art, and Political Activism: Fighting the Pinochet Regime from Afar [abstract]
• In Search of Sanctuary: Border Closures, ‘Safe’ Zones and Refugee Protection [abstract]
• Resettlement of Somali Bantu Refugees in an Era of Economic Globalization [abstract]

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Americas

Acceso a Tierra/Vivienda para Mujeres en Necesidad de Protección Internacional (PNPI) y Refugiadas en Ecuador: Marco Normativo Nacional e Internacional que Regula el Derecho a la Vivienda y el Acceso a Tierra de las Mujeres Refugiadas en el Ecuador (NRC, Feb. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related press release; an English version of this report will soon become available.

"A Evolução dos Instrumentos de Proteção do Direito Internacional dos Refugiados na América Latina: da Convenção de 51 ao Plano de Ação do México = The Evolution of the International Refugee Law in Latin America: From the 1951 Convention to the Mexico Plan of Action," Universitas Relações Internacionais, Brasília, vol. 10, no. 1 (Jan./June 2012) [text via SSRN]
- Note: The article is in Portuguese, not Spanish as indicated in the abstract.

An Immigrant's Journey (The Atlantic's In Focus, Aug. 2013) [access]
- Photo montage of Central Americans and their journey to the U.S.

Protection and Vulnerability in Urban Contexts: The Case of Refugees in Rio de Janeiro, Discussion Paper, no. 6 (HASOW, Sept. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Strengthening North American Perimeter Security: An Analysis of United States and Canadian Immigration and Refugee Laws and the Collaboration Required to Harmonize Those Laws," Canada-United States Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 2 (2012) [access]
- Scroll to p. 493.

"Towards a Thirty Year Low in Refugees Accepted in Canada?," CCR Chronicle, vol. 8, no. 5 (Sept. 2013) [full-text]

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Syria

"The EU’s Response to the Syrian Crisis," Pp. 16-20 in Not There Yet: An NGO Perspective on Challenges to a Fair and Effective Common European Asylum System (ECRE et al., Sept. 2013) [text]
- Note: See also recent announcements re. Germany's and Sweden's acceptance of Syrian refugees.

Forgotten Voices: An Insight into Older Persons among Refugees from Syria in Lebanon (Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center, Aug. 2013) [text]
- See also related IRIN news story.

Needs Assessment Lessons Learned: Lessons Identified from Assessing the Humanitarian Situation in Syria and Countries Hosting Refugees (ACAPS, Sept. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugees and Regional Security Interests (Center for a New American Security, Aug. 2013) [text]
- This is one of several commentaries included in "The Way Forward in Syria."

Syria: Which Way to Kurdistan? (NY Review of Books Blog, Aug. 2013) [text]

Without Shelter Strategies, More Syrians Will End Up on the Streets (RI Blog, Sept. 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications.

New Issues of APRRN News, Disasters, FRLAN, Intl. Migr., J. HR Commonwealth, Kanere

APRRN Newsletter (Sept. 2013) [full-text]
- News and information from the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network.

Disasters, vol. 37, no. 4 (Oct. 2013) [contents]
- Mix of articles including "Mandated to fail? Humanitarian agencies and the protection of Palestinian children."

Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 40 (Sept. 2013) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers; includes a special feature on "The state of Rwandan refugee protection after the Cessation Clause."

International Migration, vol. 51, no. 5 (Oct. 2013) [contents]
- Includes a feature section on refugees with four articles on Burmese refugees, refugees in Canada, refugee employment in the UK, and refugee militarization.

Journal of Human Rights in the Commonwealth, vol. 1, no. 1 (2013) [open access]
- New open access journal from the University of London.

Kanere: Kakuma News Reflector (Aug. 2013) [full-text]
- News and views from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Climate Displacement

A group of experts has crafted the Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement within States, a set of 18 principles that can serve as "a template for Government States to use to protect the human rights of people who lose their homes, lands and livelihoods as a result of climate change." Their focus is on internal displacement (unlike the Nansen Principles which address cross-border displacement) and as such, their aim is to build on and apply the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement to the climate displacement context.

Publications:

The Climate Change – Migration – Urbanisation Nexus: Workshop Report (IDS, Aug. 2013) [text]

From the Governance of Internal Displacement to the Governance of Environmental Migration: What the Latter Can Learn from the Former?, Paper presented at APSA, Chicago, IL, 29 August-1 September 2013 [text via SSRN]

"How Many Climate Migrants Will There Be?," BBC News Magazine, 2 Sept. 2013 [text]

The Human Face of Permanent Climate-induced Displacement, Honors Projects in History and Social Sciences, Paper no. 21 (Bryant University, April 2013) [text]

Jane McAdam Speaks to ABC Tropical North about 'Climate Migrants' (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, Aug. 2013) [access]
- Follow link to access interview.

Pacific Islands Forum Convenes in the Marshall Islands (Climate Law Blog, Sept. 2013) [text]

Upcoming event:

Climate Change, Migration and Legal Protection, 2 October 2013 [info]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

AIDA Annual Report

ECRE, along with partners Forum réfugiés-Cosi, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Irish Refugee Council, launched the first annual report for the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) database.  Entitled Not There Yet: An NGO Perspective on Challenges to a Fair and Effective Common European Asylum System, the report "illustrates huge differences as regards the procedural rules and safeguards for asylum seekers, their access to accommodation and employment, and the use of detention."  The text is available here; follow this link for the press release and background information.

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

60th Anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights [info]
- The ECHR "was signed in Rome on 4 November 1950, [and] entered into force on 3 September 1953."  Follow the link to view slideshow.

Back to Where You Once Belonged: A Historical Review of UNHCR Policy and Practice on Refugee Repatriation, PDES/2013/14 (UNHCR, Sept. 2013) [text]
- Note: Katy Long, the consultant who authored this evaluation, also has a new book on repatriation.

Draft Overview of Implementation of Pledges: Follow-up of the Pledges Made during the Intergovernmental Event at the Ministerial Level of Member States of the United Nations in December 2011 (UNHCR, Aug. 2013) [text]
- See also this page which lists other documents related to the state pledge process.

National Instruments on Internal Displacement: A Guide to Their Development (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, IDMC & NRC, Sept. 2013) [text]
- See also related IDMC blog post.

"Procedural Due Process in the Expulsion of Aliens under International, United States, and European Union Law: A Comparative Analysis," Emory International Law Review, vol. 27, no. 1 (2013) [full-text via SSRN]

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Health

"A 7-year Follow-up Study on the Mental Health of North Korean Defectors in South Korea," Journal of Traumatic Stress, vol. 26, no. 1 (Feb. 2013) [free full-text]

"The Elderly Somali Bantu Refugees’ Adjustment to American Healthcare," Online Journal of Cultural Competence in Nursing and Healthcare, vol. 3, no. 1 (2013) [full-text]

"Posttraumatic Growth, Resilience, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Refugees," Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 82 (July 2013) [open access text]

"Posttraumatic Cognitions, Avoidance Coping, Suicide, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Adolescent Refugees," Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 82 (July 2013) [open access text]

"Syrian Refugees, between Rocky Crisis in Syria and Hard Inaccessibility to Healthcare Services in Lebanon and Jordan," Conflict and Health, 7:18 (Sept. 2013) [open access text]

"Understanding of Latent Tuberculosis, its Treatment and Treatment Side Effects in Immigrant and Refugee Patients," BMC Research Notes, 6:342 (Aug. 2013) [open access text]

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Statelessness

Events:

Statelessness Regional Course: South East Asia Focus, Bangkok, 4-8 November 2013 [info]
- Deadline for applications is 15 September 2013.

Statelessness: An Overview of Developments in the UK and Globally, Liverpool, 2 October 2013 [info]
- Free event but registration required.

Publications:

Difficulties in Establishing Nationality as a Consequence of Lost Evidence (ENS Blog, Sept. 2013) [text]

Draft Overview of Implementation of Pledges [Extracts relating to Statelessness] (UNHCR, Aug. 2013) [text]

Ensuring the Right of all Children to Acquire a Nationality: Connecting the Dots between the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (UNHCR, Aug. 2013) [text]
- See also related information package on children and statelessness.

Legal Aspects of Return and Legalization in Ukraine of Formerly Deported Persons (FDPs) (SSRN, Aug. 2013) [text]

Romani Minorities on the Margins of Post-Yugoslav Citizenship Regimes, Working Paper, no. 2013/31 (CITSEE, Aug. 2013) [text]

*Survey on Rules on Loss of Nationality in International Treaties and Case Law, Liberty and Security in Europe Paper, no. 57 (CEPS, Aug. 2013) [text]

UNHCR Holds Seminar on Statelessness for Parliamentarians (UNHCR, Aug. 2013) [text]

*updated

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Issues

Opportunity:

CFP: Undocumented Migrants, Ethnic Enclaves and Networks: Opportunities, Traps or Class-based Constructs, London, 6 December 2013 [info]
- Deadline for abstracts is 23 September 2013.

Publications:

Assessing the Economic Contribution of Refugees in Australia: A Review of Literature (Multicultural Development Association, June 2013) [text]

Children and Economic Strengthening Programs: Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Harm (Women's Refugee Commission, Aug. 2013) [access]

"From 'Chopping up Chicken' to 'Cap and Gown': A University Initiative to Increase Pathways to Employment for Skilled Migrants and Refugees," Advances in Social Work & Welfare Education, vol. 15, no. 1 (2013) [text via Academia.edu]

"Legal and Social Norms for Development: Why Legal Reform of the Informal Economy Failed to Influence Vulnerable Groups in Developing Countries," Chapter in Social and Legal Norms: Towards a Socio-legal Understanding of Normativity (Ashgate, Forthcoming Nov. 2013) [text via Academia.edu]

"The Refugee/Asylum Seeker," Chapter in Handbook on the Economics of International Immigration (Elsevier, Forthcoming) [text]

"Refugee Routes," Makeshift Magazine, no. 6 (Summer 2013) [text via RSC]

Stepping Up and Over: Interim Evaluation of Stepping Stones a Micro-enterprise Program for Refugee and Migrant Women (Brotherhood of St. Laurence, May 2013) [text]

Web site:

Refugee Work Rights Coalition [access]
- New Facebook page launched to support the aims of the Coalition.

Tagged Events & Opportunities, Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Events & Opportunities: October 2013

Arthur C. Helton Fellowship, ASIL, Washington, DC [info]
- The 2014 application period will begin in October 2013.

CFP: "Immigration and Global Migration: Politics, Policy, and Human Rights Immigration Reform and the Politics of Immigration," Special issue of Laws [info]
 - Submission deadline is 1 October 2013.

International Refugee Law Course, Sanremo, Italy, 19-23 November 2013 [info]
- Apply by 19 October 2013.

Gender, Violence and Asylum: A Troubling Trilogy?, London, 28 October 2013 [info]
- Participation free but registration required.

CFP: "Out of Place, Into Extremis: Critical Geographic Perspectives on the State of Forced Migration in Africa," Special issue of African Geographical Review [info]
- Submit abstracts by 30 October 2013.

CFP: RSC International Conference 2014: Refugee Voices, Oxford, 24-25 March 2014 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 31 October 2013.

Tagged Events & Opportunities.  

Regional Focus: Africa

Central African Republic: Abandoned to its Fate? (Médecins Sans Frontières, July 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Children in Need: Humanitarian Crisis in the Central African Republic (Think Africa Press, Sept. 2013) [text]

Humanitarian Information Service - Dadaab: Bridging the Information Gap (Internews Network, Aug. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Moved and the Shaken: How Forced Relocation Affects the Lives of Urban Refugee Women and Girls (Heshima Kenya, 2013) [text]

NCHS Seminar on Mali: Humanitarian Challenges and Fragile Security, What Role for the UN? (Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies, Aug. 2013) [text]

Rape and Sexual Violence in Somalia: An Ongoing Epidemic (Amnesty International, Aug. 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Middle East

Analysis: Readying for Escalation in Syria (IRIN, Sept. 2013) [text]

Iraq: Impartial Investigation of Camp Ashraf Deaths Crucial (Amnesty International, Sept. 2013) [text]

Israel: Bedouin Facing Mass Evictions from their Land (Human Rights Watch, Aug. 2013) [text]

Israel, Refugees, and Collective Identity (e-International Relations, July 2013) [text]

Number of Syrian Refugees Tops 2 Million Mark with More on the Way (UNHCR, Sept. 2013) [text]

Shifting Sands: Changing Gender Roles among Refugees in Lebanon (Oxfam, Sept. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Europe

Upcoming event:

Launch of AIDA Annual Report, Brussels, 6 Sept. 2013 [info]
- Register by 4 Sept. 2013.

Publications:

Asylum Applicants and First Instance Decisions on Asylum Applications: First Quarter 2013, Data in Focus, no. 9/2013 (Eurostat, Aug. 2013) [text via EMN Belgium]

The Dublin Regulation: A Critical Examination of a Troubled System (International Refugee Law Blog, Aug. 2013) [text]

Expert Country Evidence in Asylum and Immigration Cases in the United Kingdom: Best Practice Guide (University of Edinburgh, July 2013) [text]

"Hungary’s Asylum System under Pressure," Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter, no. 40 (Sept. 2013) [full-text]

Joint Submission on EU Draft Regulation on Surveillance of External Sea Borders (Amnesty International, ECRE & ICJ, Sept. 2013) [text]

Observing Differences: Asylum Appeals in the UK (COMPAS Blog, Aug. 2013) [text]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

New Book Titles

For info., I've just uploaded information about several new book titles due to be published in September to my Pinterest page. A few new references have also been added to the August 2013 and New Legal Texts boards.

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Syria

Food Security Situation and Livelihood Intervention Opportunities for Syrians Refugees and Host Communities in North Jordan: Assessment Report (ACTED, Aug. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Hezbollah’s Refugee Problem (NYR Blog, Aug. 2013) [text]

Hospitality in Crisis: Reflections on Jordan’s Role in Responding to Syrian Displacement (UpFront Blog, Aug. 2013) [text]

NCHS Seminar: Humanitarian Challenges in Syria (Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies, Aug. 2013) [access]
- Follow link to access video.

*Responding to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon: Lessons Learned (Governance and Social Development Resource, Aug. 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

Syrians in Beirut Left Destitute as Tensions Rise (Refugees International, Aug. 2013) [text]

Urban Syria: Urban Snapshots Series (UN Habitat, June 2013) [no. 1] [no. 2]

*updated

Tagged Publications.

New Issue of RSQ

The latest issue of the Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) is available.  Contents for vol. 32, no. 3, Sept. 2013 include:

• The Dynamics of Bosnian Refugee Migrations in the 1990s, Current Migration Trends and Future Prospects [abstract]
• Refugee Resettlement in Australia: What We Know and Need to Know [abstract] [ResearchGate]
• The Logistics of Climate-Induced Resettlement: Lessons from the Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea [abstract]
• Readmission Agreements and Refugee Rights: From a Critique to a Proposal [abstract]
• Hidden Men: Bearing Witness to Mandatory Detention in Australia [abstract]

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

 A Gentle Reminder to UNHCR: Deciding Refugee Cases Is Not Just about Efficiency (RSD Watch, Aug. 2013) [text]

"Pulling the Trigger: An Analysis of Circuit Court Review of the 'Persecutor Bar'," Columbia Law Review, vol. 113, no. 5 (June 2013) [full-text]

Reforming the Immigration Courts of the United States (Birdsong's Law Blog, Aug. 2013) [text]

Why Edward Snowden Never Had a Right to Asylum (OUP Blog, July 2013) [text]

LGBT-related:

"Developing a Jurisprudence of Transgender Particular Social Group," Chapter in Fleeing Homophobia: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Asylum (Routledge, May 2013) [preprint via SSRN]

"Identity and the Sexual Minority Refugee: A Discussion of Conceptions and Preconceptions in the United Kingdom and Ireland," Human Rights Brief, vol. 20, no. 3 (Spring 2013) [full-text]

"LGBT Identity in Immigration," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 45 (Forthcoming, 2013) [full-text via SSRN]

Tagged Publications.

Opportunities/New Issues of EASO News, HR Brief, Humanit. Exch., Networker

Opportunities:

Journal on Education in Emergencie​s [info]
- Editor-in-chief and Editorial Board members are needed for new journal that is soon to be launched.  Application deadlines are 1 and 16 September 2013, respectively.

CFP: International Journal of Migration and Border Studies [info]
- Articles sought for inaugural issue of new journal.  Deadline is 1 November 2013.

New issues:

EASO Newsletter (July/August 2013) [full-text via EASO Monitor]
 - News from the European Asylum Support Office.

Human Rights Brief, vol. 20, no. 3 (Spring 2013) [full-text]
- Mix of articles including "Defining Myanmar's 'Rohingya Problem'" and "Identity and the Sexual Minority Refugee: A Discussion of Conceptions and Preconceptions in the United Kingdom and Ireland."

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 58 (July 2013) [full-text]
- Theme is "Humanitarian Negotiations."  Issue will be officially launched at event on 5 Sept. 2013.

The Networker, no. 105 (July-Sept. 2013) [full-text]
- Mix of articles including "Violence towards Aid Workers Increasing."

Related post:
- Opportunities/New Issues of EJML, Intervention, JID, JIRS, WAN


Tagged Periodicals and Events & Opportunities. 

Events & Opportunities: September 2013

CFP: "UNHCR and the Struggle for Accountability: An Examination of Parallel Regimes," Panel at World Conference on Humanitarian Studies, Istanbul, 24-27 October 2013 [info]
- Submission deadline for papers in 1 September 2013.

 *PDES Internships, UNHCR, Geneva [info]
- Apply by 11 September 2013.

Report from 2013 Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR): What Can We Learn?, Webinar, 4 September 2013 [info]
- Registration required.

CCR Fall Consultation, Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada, 28-30 November 2013 [info]
 - Online registration opens in mid-September 2013.

Migration and Asylum, HREA E-learning Course, 18 September-29 October 2013 [info]
- Registration required.

Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: Aug. & Sept. 2013

*updated

Tagged Events & Opportunities.