Events & Opportunities: Even More January 2015/New February 2015

(Note: I am re-circulating this post because of an additional Feb. opportunity; please see below for more info.)

January:

Scholarship: Asylum Seeker Scholarship 2015, University of Strathclyde [info]
- Application forms available this month.

CFP: "Bridging the Collaborative Gap," Second Conference in Disasters, Displacement and Human Rights (DDHR), Knoxville, TN, September 2015 [info]
- Official CFP will be posted this month.

Call for applications: CMRS Winter Short Courses, Cairo, 1-19 February 2015 [info]
- *Note the extended application deadlines.*

CFP: "Migration and Human Security: The Migrants’ Perspective," Panel at EISA 9th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Giardini Naxos, Italy, 23-26 September 2015 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 9 January 2015.

CFP: "Environmental Migration in West Africa," Panel at 12th IMISCOE Annual Conference, 25-27 June 2015 [info]
- Abstract deadline is 9 January 2015.

CFP: "Towards a 'Mobile' Solution to Forced Migration?," Panel at 12th IMISCOE Annual Conference, 25-27 June 2015 [info]
- Deadline is 11 January 2015.

Seminar: Island Detentions and the Erosion of Asylum in the Enforcement Archipelago, Oxford, 20 January 2015 [info]

Seminar series: "The History of Refuge," Oxford, January-March 2015 [info]
- The first seminar is scheduled for 21 January 2015.

Vacancies: Five Junior Professional Officer (JPO) positions available in various countries [info]
- Application deadline is 27 January 2015.

Course: "Researching Country of Origin Information," Blended Learning Course with Face-to-face Meeting in Vienna, February-March 2015 [info]
- Submit registration form by 31 January 2015.

February:

*Course: MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies, University of London [info]
- Distance study course; application deadline is 1 February 2015.

CFP: "Facilitating Innovation," Humanitarian Innovation Conference, Oxford, 17-18 July 2015 [info]
- Submission deadline is 20 February 2015.


Related post:
- Events & Opportunities: A Few More January 2015

*UPDATED

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

New ETDs, pt. 2

(ETD = Electronic Theses & Dissertations)

Exit to Exist? The Situation of LGBT Asylum Seekers in Turkey, Thesis (University of Uppsala, Aug. 2014) [text]

Forced Migration Processes and Global Refugees at the Borders of Europe in Ukraine, Dissertation (University of Minnesota, Aug. 2014) [text]

A Fragile Home in the Waiting Room: The Ambivalent Postwar Relationship between Americans and Jewish Displaced Persons in U.S.- Occupied Bavaria, Bachelor's Thesis (Wesleyan University, April 2014) [text]

'I have something to tell the world': A Comparative Discourse Analysis of Representations of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Print Media and Texts Written by Refugees and Asylum Seekers Themselves, within the Frames of Creative Writing Workshops, One year Master's thesis (Malmö Univ., 2014) [text]

Leaving an Antisemitic Regime for a Fascist Country: The Hungarian Numerus Clausus Refugees in Italy, Thesis (Central European University, 2014) [text]

The Multilevel Asylum System Policies: The Analysis of the North Africa Emergency Management in Padua and Venice, Thesis (Università degli Studi di Padova, 2014) [text]

Relations between Asylum Seekers/Refugees’ Belonging & Identity Formations and Perceptions of the Importance of UK Press, Dissertation (University of Edinburgh, 2014) [text]

Tagged Publications.

New ETDs, pt. 1

(ETD = Electronic Theses & Dissertations)

Addressing Health Disparities in Refugees, Master's Projects, Paper no. 58 (University of San Francisco, 2014) [text]

Citoyenneté, Mondialisation et Migration Internationale: Les Réfugiés et Demandeurs d’Asile Mexicains à Montréal, Thesis (University of Montreal, March 2014) [text]

Cycles of Denial: US Reception of Drug-war Refugees from Mexico through the Asylum System, Thesis (University of Texas at Austin, May 2014) [text]

Factors Influencing Integration of Refugees into the Local Community in Dadaab, Garissa County, Kenya, Thesis (University of Nairobi, 2014) [text]

Governing Refugees through Gender Equality: Care, Control, Emancipation, Dissertation (Umeå University, 2014) [text]

Myanmar's Rohingya Refugees The Search for Human Security, Thesis (Georgetown University, 2014) [text]

To Deter, Distance and Dehumanise: Mandatory Immigration Detention and Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers under Australian Law, Dissertation (Monash University, 2014) [text]

Towards an Understanding of Conflict between Refugees and Host Communities: A Case Study of Dadaab District of Garissa County, Kenya 1991-2011 (University of Nairobi, Oct. 2014) [text]

Tagged Publications.

Free Content/New Issues of Disasters, IMR, IJMHSC, Intervention, Kanere, OxMo, Prev. & Mgmt., REMHU, Rts. in Exile, Sexualities, WAN

Free content:

Each year, Wiley makes the first journal issues within a new volume available for free for a limited time. So, for example, Disasters, vol. 39, no. 1 (Jan. 2015) is freely available.

To discover other recently published articles in Wiley journals that are available at no cost, conduct a search of all content and then sort the results by date. Note the "free" icon next to certain titles.  Keep in mind that many of the first issues have not yet been published, so it might be worth checking back!

New issues:

Disasters, vol. 39, suppl. 1 (Jan. 2015) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

International Migration Review, vol. 48, no. 4 (Winter 2014) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 10, no. 4 (2014) [contents]
- Mix of articles including "Understanding the experiences of asylum seekers" (the postprint of which is also available here).

Intervention, vol. 12, suppl. 1 (Dec. 2014) [free full-text]
- Mix of articles, with two on refugee mental health.

Kanere: Kakuma News Reflector (Dec. 2014) [full-text]
- News and views from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya.

Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 4, no. 2 (Dec. 2014) [full-text]
- Includes articles on Kakuma refugee camp, Syrians, Sahrawis, immigration detention in Australia, and Partition.

Prevention and Management: An International Journal, vol. 24, no. 1 (2015) [contents]
- Mix of articles.

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 22, no. 43 (July-Dec. 2014) [full-text]
- Includes special feature on "Forced Migration."

Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 55 (Jan. 2015) [full-text]
- News and information for refugee legal aid providers.

Sexualities, vol. 17, no. 8 (Dec. 2014) [contents]
- Special issue on "Queer Migration, Asylum, and Displacement."

Women's Asylum News, no. 128 (Nov./Dec. 2014) [full-text]
- Lead article is "UN Committee issues new guidance on refugee, stateless and migrant women."

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Issues

Cash and Vouchers Manual, 2nd ed. (WFP, Dec. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Cash Transfers: Good for People, Bad for the Community? (IRIN, Dec. 2014) [text]

Did the 2004 Tsunami Change Emergency Aid Forever? (Development Progress Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

*The Impact of Temporary Protected Status on Immigrants' Labor Market Outcomes, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 8744 (Institute for the Study of Labor, Dec. 2014) [text via SSRN]

The Labour Market Impacts of Forced Migration, Paper presented at the Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 3-5 Jan. 2015 [text]

New Policy Memo on Protracted Refugee Situations (Global Views Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]
- Provides access to memo by the Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.

*Rapid Assessment for Markets: Guidelines for an Initial Emergency Market Assessment (ICRC, Dec. 2014) [text]

Rwanda: Market Assessment: Towards a Market-Based Food Assistance to Refugees (WFP, Oct. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Study to Uncover Secrets of Success for Refugee Entrepreneurs (University of Technology, Sydney, Nov. 2014) [text]

Supporting Dignified Choices: NRC Cash-based NFI Distribution in Refugee Camps in Jordan (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Which Side Are You On? Discussion Paper on UNHCR’s Policy and Practice of Incentive Payments to Refugees, PDES/2014/04 (UNHCR, Dec. 2014) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Issues (18 Nov. 2014)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items, pt. 2

"Recent Jurisprudence of the United Nations Committee against Torture and the International Protection of Refugees," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1 (March 2015) [open access] [free full-text] [abstract]
- Clarification (5 Feb. 2015): Apparently, an initial version of this advance access article was erroneously published with an "open access" license. A second version, which is also freely available but *not* open access, was subsequently posted.  However, in the interest of transparency, the publisher is continuing to make the first version available, at least (I imagine) until the journal issue in which this article appears is officially published.
- Update (25 Feb. 2015): This article continued to be designated as open access when the published RSQ issue became available. The link above now goes to the final version rather than the advance access version.
- Update (16 April 2015): In the end, the article was *not* designated open access, although the initial version is still labeled as such and is still available online as is the second version!  The links above and the article reference have been changed accordingly.

- Update (25 Jan. 2025): The article was eventually returned to subscription access only.

"Reconfiguring the Law of Non-Refoulement: Procedural and Substantive Barriers for Those Seeking to Access Surrogate International Human Rights Protection," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 2, no. 4 (2014) [open access]

Refugeeship and Natural Law: The European Court of Human Rights (SSRN, Dec. 2014) [text]

Reports of the Breakout Sessions, High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection at Sea, 10-11 Dec. 2014 [text]

Resettlement: A New Start in Life? (RI Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

"The Responsibility to Solve: The International Community and Protracted Refugee Situations," Virginia Journal of International Law, vol. 54, no. 2 (April 2014) [full-text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items, pt. 1 (7 Jan. 2015)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items, pt. 1

Child Soldiers and the Exclusion from Refugee Status, Working Paper, no. 3 (UCT Refugee Rights Unit, 2014) [text]

The Continuing Relevance of International Refugee Law in a Globalised World, London, 24 Nov. 2014 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Excluding Terrorists under the United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees, Working Paper, no. 3 (UCT Refugee Rights Unit, 2014) [text]

"The Expulsion of Aliens (Revisited) and Other Topics: The Sixty-Sixth Session of the International Law Commission," American Journal of International Law, vol. 109 (Forthcoming 2015) [eprint via SSRN]

"Male Asylum Applicants Who Fear Becoming the Victims of Honor Killings: The Case for Gender Equality," CUNY Law Review, vol. 17, no. 1 (2014) [full-text]

National Case Law as a Generator of International Refugee Law: Rectifying an Imbalance within the UNHCR Guidelines on International Protection, Paper presented at the 10th Anniversary Conference of the European Society of International Law, Vienna, 4-6 Sept. 2014 [text via SSRN]

New Year’s Question: Is Human Rights Law Useful? (RSDWatch, Dec. 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (18 Dec. 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Americas

American Exile: Rapid Deportations that Bypass the Courtroom (ACLU, Dec. 2014) [text]

Asylum and Gang Violence: Legal Overview (Congressional Research Service, Sept. 2014) [text via TRAC]

It’s Time to End the Cuban Adjustment Act (The Asylumist Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

"Problems Faced by Mexican Asylum Seekers in the United States," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 2, no. 4 (2014) [open access]

"Refugee Community Organizations in Canada: From the Margins to the Mainstream? A Challenge and Opportunity for Social Workers," International Journal of Social Welfare, vol. 24, no. 1 (Jan. 2015) [free full-text]

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 22, no. 43 (July-Dec. 2014) [full-text]
- Includes special feature on "Forced Migration," with articles on the Cartagena+30 process, Colombian refugees, and refugees in Brazil.

Statement by Walter Kaelin, Envoy of the Chairmanship of the Nansen Initiative, on the Occasion of the Adoption of the Brazil Declaration to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration on Refugees of 1984, Brasilia, 2-3 Dec. 2014 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas, incl. Cartagena+30 (4 Dec. 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Europe

An Assessment of the Voluntary Returns Process in Kosovo (OSCE, Oct. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Could EU Law Save Paddington Bear? The CJEU Develops a New Type of Protection (EU Law Analysis Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Destitution, Intimidation . . . How Britain Shirks its Obligations to Asylum-seekers (openDemocracy, Nov. 2014) [text]

EU Free Movement, Immigration and Asylum Law: 2014 in Review (EU Law Analysis Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Greek Migration Policy and the Response to Irregular Migrants and Asylum Seekers, EU Migration Policy Working Paper, no. 15 (Bridging Europe, 2014) [text]

"Q&A: Migrants and Asylum in the EU," BBC, 2 Jan. 2015 [text]

Removal Orders and the Right to be Heard: The CJEU Fails to Understand the Dysfunctional French Asylum System (EU Law Analysis Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

"Understanding the Experiences of Asylum Seekers," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 10, no. 4 (2014) [postprint] [abstract]

"We Need to Talk about Dublin": Responsibility under the Dublin System as a Blockage to Asylum Burden-sharing in the European Union, Working Paper, no. 105 (RSC, Dec. 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe, General (5 Dec. 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Africa, esp. Kenya

Event:

Another Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia? Learning from the 2011 Famine, London, 29 January 2015 [info]
- Launch of new report.

Publications:

African Migration: Exploring the Role of Development and States, Working Paper, no. 105 (IMI, Nov. 2014) [text]

"Boundaries of Civility Transgressed? Studying Practices of Humanitarian Government, Difference, and Power in Kakuma Refugee Camp," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 4, no. 2 (Dec. 2014) [full-text]

Dadaab: A City within a Camp (RI Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Does the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa Article III Provision Prohibiting "Subversive Activities" Unjustifiably Limit the Freedom of Expression of a Refugee?: A South African Answer, Working Paper, no. 1 (UCT Refugee Rights Unit, 2014) [text]

For Refugees in Kenya, 'tis the Season for Extortion and Abuse (RI Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Kenya’s Harsh New Security Laws Put Hundreds of Thousands of Refugees at Risk (The Conversation, Dec. 2014) [text]

Kenya’s Security Act: Refugees (The New Inquiry, Dec. 2014) [text]

Kenya's Security Act Threatens Refugees (IRIN, Jan. 2015) [text]

A New Deal for the Displaced in Somalia? Exploring Opportunities of Engagement for Durable Solutions with the Somalia New Deal Compact (Samuel Hall Consulting, Dec. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

South Africa's Controversial New Asylum Form (IRIN, Dec. 2014) [text]

South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan: January-December 2015 (UNHCR, Dec. 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (10 Dec. 2014)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

New Book Titles

Please check out my Pinterest page for new books due out in January 2015. I've also added information about a few additional titles to the Dec. 2014 and the Reference book boards.

If you are not a member of Pinterest, the titles are listed below for your reference.

Jan. 2015:

David van der Linden, Experiencing Exile: Huguenot Refugees in the Dutch Republic, 1680–1700, Ashgate, Jan. 2015

Barry Chiswick & Paul W. Miller, eds., Handbook of the Economics of International Migration, vol. 1A&B (set), North Holland, Jan. 2015

Gerry Reddy, Eddie Smyth & Michael Steyn, Land Access and Resettlement: A Guide to Best Practice, Greenleaf Publishing, Jan. 2015

Ayten Gündogdu, Rightlessness in an Age of Rights: Hannah Arendt and the Contemporary Struggles of Migrants, Oxford University Press, Jan. 2015

Jutta Lindert & Itzhak Levav, eds., Violence and Mental Health: Its Manifold Faces, Springer, Jan. 2015; see esp. Chapter 16, "The New H5 Model of Refugee Trauma and Recovery"

Dec. 2014:

Jean P. Palutikof, Sarah L. Boulter, Jon Barnett & David Rissik, eds., Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation, Wiley, Dec. 2014; see esp. Chapter 28, “Experiences of Resettled Refugees during the 2011 Queensland Floods”

Umut Özsu, Formalizing Displacement: International Law and Population Transfers, Oxford University Press, Dec. 2014

Reference Books:

Tim Allen, A Dictionary of Humanitarianism, Routledge, Jan. 2015

Tagged Books.

Admin: Holiday Break

This blog will be quiet for a while.  Please check in again just after the New Year.

Happy Holidays!

Events & Opportunities: A Few More January 2015

Call for applications: CMRS Winter Short Courses, Cairo, 1-19 February 2015 [info]
1. Refugees Hosted During Political Transitions: Understanding the Protection Needs of Vulnerable Migrants and Refugees, 1-5 February 2015
2. Training Skills for Trainers of Psychosocial and Mental Health Workers in Countries Affected by Emergencies, 8-12 February 2015
3. International Refugee Law, 15-19 February 2015
- The deadline for applications is 1, 4, 8 January 2015, respectively.

Humanitarian Exchange Launch: Putting People First: Lessons on Accountability to Affected Populations from Typhoon Haiyan, London, 20 January 2015 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed.

Seminar: Uprooted, Unprotected: Libya’s Post-Gaddafi Displacement Crisis, Montreal, 27 January 2015 [info]

Related post:
- Legal Events & Opportunities: January 2015

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Publications:

Asia-Pacific Ministers Agree on Civil Registration for all by 2024 (UNHCR, Nov. 2014) [text]

Citizenship Revocation and the Privilege to Have Rights, Oxford, 3 Dec. 2014 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Concluding Statement of the Fifth High-Level Steering Meeting on the Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek City, 27 Nov. 2014 [text]

Get Up, Stand Up: How Serious is the UN’s New Human Rights Initiative? (RI Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Involuntary Loss of European Citizenship (ILEC) Project (EUDO Observatory on Citizenship) [access]
- See also related database indicated below.

Is Citizenship a Solution to the Palestinian Refugee Problem? (PRRN Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

A Welcome First Step towards Tackling Statelessness in Poland (ENS Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Web resource:

Statistics on Loss of Citizenship [access]
- "The database offers aggregate data from 1985 onwards on the total numbers of loss of citizenship in a country, as well as on modes of loss of citizenship, in the 28 Member States of the European Union. These data are summarised in charts on each country statistics page and can be downloaded in spreadsheet format for further analysis."  For more information, read this related CEPS working paper.

Related posts:
- News: Inaugural World's Stateless Report (15 Dec. 2014)
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness (4 Dec. 2014)

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

Regional Focus: Oceania

Australia: Stop Forced Returns without Proper Screening (HRW, Dec. 2014) [text]

Australia's Refugee Population: A Statistical Snapshot of 2013-14 (FlagPost Blog, Nov. 2014) [text]

Comment on Australia: Protection of Refugees who do not "Live Discreetly" (UK Constitutional Law Assoc. Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Incident at the Manus Island Detention Centre from 16 February to 18 February 2014 (Australian Senate, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Dec. 2014) [text via Kaldor Centre]
- See also related Thomson Reuters news story.

Minister Reports to Parliament on Processing Arrangements in Nauru and PNG for 2013-14 (FlagPost Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

A Nation all at Sea: Seeking Leadership on Asylum Seekers (Per Capita, Dec. 2014) [text via APO]

Papua New Guinea: Invisible and Neglected Protracted Displacement (IDMC, Dec. 2014) [text]
- See also related IDMC blog post.

The Refugee Debate in Australia: Alternative Perspectives, Sydney, 19 Aug. 2014 [access]
- Follow link for video.

Why is the Australian Government Sending Refugees to Cambodia? (East Asia Forum, Nov. 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (21 Nov. 2014)

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunity:

Diploma in Human Rights and Forced Displacement, University for Peace, March-December 2015 [info]
- Diploma is awarded when five online classes are completed; each course is also available on a stand-alone basis. The diploma is limited to 25 participants.

Publications:

"Gimme Shelter: International Political Asylum in the Information Age," Vanderbilit Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 47, no. 4 (2014) [full-text]

The Obligations of the State of Origin of Refugees: An Appraisal of a Traditionally Neglected Issue (ExpressO, 2014) [eprint]

Prosecuting a Refugee for 'Smuggling' Himself, University of Michigan Public Law Research Paper, no. 429 (SSRN, Dec. 2014) [text]

"Unlocking Protracted Refugee Situations: Lessons from Four Asian Case Studies," Chapter 6 in Still Waiting for Tomorrow: The Law and Politics of Unresolved Refugee Crisis (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014) [text]

Why is UNHCR Doing RSD Anyway? A UNHCR Report Identifies the Hard Questions (RSDWatch, Dec. 2014) [text]

When UNHCR Does the State’s Job: Coping with the Reality of Mandate Status Determination (Global Views Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items, incl. Expert Testimony (11 Dec. 2014)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Thematic Focus: Health

*Care in Captivity? An Analysis of the Provision of Care for Detained Asylum Seekers Experiencing Mental Health Problems (JRS Malta, Dec. 2014) [text]

Displaced by Disease: 5 Displacement Patterns Emerging from the Ebola Epidemic (IDMC Blog, Nov. 2014) [text]

"Health Status of and Health-care Provision to Asylum Seekers in Germany: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Evidence Mapping of Empirical Studies," Systematic Reviews, 3:139 (Nov. 2014) [open access]

Identifying Barriers: Interpreting the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale for Refugees (National Medical Fellowships, 2014) [text]

"Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Problems among Refugees in Primary Health Care: Analysis of the Health Information System in 90 Refugee Camps," BMC Medicine, 12:228 (Nov. 2014) [open access]

Mental Health Trauma among Cambodians and Cambodian Refugees after the Pol Pot Regime Conflict: A Literature Review (George Washington University, Oct. 2014) [text]

"Psycho-trauma, Psychosocial Adjustment and Symptomatic Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among Internally Displaced Persons in Kaduna, Northwestern Nigeria," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 5:127 (Sept. 2014) [open access]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Health (19 Nov. 2014)
- Thematic Focus: Health, pt. 2 - Ebola (7 Nov. 2014)

*updated

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Publications:

Asylum Manual (Immigration Equality, updated Oct. 2014) [text]

"El Derecho de Asilo por Motivos de Orientación Sexual e Identidad de Género = The Right to Asylum on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity," Revista de Derecho Político, no. 89 (2014) [open access]

The Nebulous Nexus between Sexual Orientation and Membership in a Particular Social Group, Human Rights Nexus Working Group, 10th World IARLJ Conference, Tunis, 22-24 Oct. 2014 [text]

Queer, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Refugee Experiences of 'Passing' into 'Membership of a Particular Social Group', Working Paper, no. 2014/3 (UCL Migration Research Unit, 2014) [text]

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Administration of Refugee Protection, Vulnerable Persons Working Party, 10th World IARLJ Conference, Tunis, 22-24 Oct. 2014 [text]

*"Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and the Refugee Determination Process in Canada," Journal of Research in Gender Studies, vol. 4, no. 2 (2014) [full-text via SSRN]

Very Private Lives: "Acceptable Questioning" in Sexual Orientation Asylum Cases (Eutopia Law Blog, Nov. 2014) [text]

Commentary re. EU Court of Justice case, A, B and C v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie (Cases C‑148/13 to C‑150/13):
- Case Watch: EU Court Ruling Backs Refugees from Anti-Gay Persecution (Open Society Foundations, Dec. 2014) [text]
- EU Court Bans Credibility 'Tests' for Gay Refugees (Free Movement Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]
- LGBTI Asylum-seekers: The CJEU Sends Mixed Messages (EU Law Analysis Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (8 Oct. 2014)

*UPDATED

Tagged Publications.

Thematic Focus: General

Event:

International Migrants' Day, 18 December 2014 [info]
- See also updated data for IOM's Missing Migrants Project and related Amnesty International statement.

Publications:

International Migrant Population by Country of Origin and Destination (MPI, Dec. 2014) [access]
- Follow link for map.

Love of Women and a Place in the World: Romantic Love and Political Commitment in the Life of a Forced Migrant, Oxford, 12 Nov. 2014 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Managing Disasters and Conflicts in OIC Countries (Islamic Development Bank, 2014) [text via PreventionWeb]

Persecuted by Structural Violence: Problematizing the Field of Forced Migration, Bachelor Thesis (Malmö University, Nov. 2014) [text]

Population Displacement: Displacement in the Aftermath of Nuclear Weapon Detonation Events, ILPI-UNIDIR Vienna Conference Series, Paper no. 4 (ILPI-UNIDIR, 2014) [text]

Sans Papiers: The Social and Economic Lives of Young Undocumented Migrants, Oxford, 21 Nov. 2014 [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Top 10 Migration Issues of the Year (Migration Information Source, Dec. 2014) [access]
- As of this writing, issues 4-10 have been posted; view the rest tomorrow.

Web site:

Asylum Network Research Matchmaker [access]
- "[A]llows organisations that work with migrants and researchers (that is students and academics) to connect with each other to ensure that the research that students and academics carry out about migration is useful and interesting to both these organisations and to migrants themselves." For more info., read this blog post.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (2 Dec. 2014)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Regional Focus: Asia

Opportunity:

CFP: Workshop on Forced Migration Studies, Kolkata, 16-21 March 2015 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 26 December 2014.

*Putting People First: Lessons on Accountability to Affected Populations from Typhoon Haiyan, London, 20 January 2015 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed.

Publications:

"Fragmentation of the International Humanitarian Order? Understanding 'Cultures of Humanitarianism' in East Asia," Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 28, no. 4 (Winter 2014) [free full-text]

Learning from Crisis: Strengthening Humanitarian Response since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (CARE, Dec. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

MSF and North Korea 1995-1998 (MSF, Nov. 2014) [text]
- Part of the "Speaking Out" series.

Not Taking Chances: The Philippines Weathers Typhoon Hagupit (UpFront Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]

Philippines: Displaced and Forgotten in Zamboanga (Refugees International, Dec. 2014) [text]

Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Humanitarian Needs in Afghanistan, Paper prepared for the London Conference on Afghanistan, 4 Dec. 2014 [text]

A Report on the Local Integration of Indo-Chinese Refugees and Displaced Persons in Japan (UNHCR, Dec. 2014) [text]

Strengthening Displaced Women's Housing, Land and Property Rights in Afghanistan (NRC, Nov. 2014) [text via Refworld]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Asia (5 Dec. 2014)

*updated

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.