Committee on the Rights of the Child: Concluding Observations (47th session)

For your information, we attach the Concluding Observations adopted in
respect of reports submitted by States parties to the Committee on the Rights
of the Child, which held its 47th session from 14 January to 1 February 2008.
The documents are provided in advance unedited version and in the original
language of adoption, with translations into additional languages to be found
in due course on the Treaty Body Database of the website of the Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org).

I) Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Committee
adopted Concluding Observations in respect of the following 2 States parties:

Dominican Republic
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Dominican_Republic.pdf

Timor Leste
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Timor_Leste.pdf


II) Under the Optional Protocol to the Convention, on the Sale of
Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, the Committee adopted
Concluding Observations in respect of the following States parties:

Chile
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Chile_OPSC.pdf

Kuwait
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Kuwait_OPSC.pdf


Timor Leste
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Timor_Leste_OPSC.pdf


III) Under the Optional Protocol to the Convention, on the
Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, the Committee adopted Concluding
Observations in respect of the following States parties:

Chile
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Chile_OPAC.pdf

Germany
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Germany_OPAC.pdf

Ireland
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Ireland_OPAC.pdf

Kuwait
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Kuwait_OPAC.pdf

Timor Leste
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/crc/Timor_Leste_OPAC.pdf

Posted in: Publications.

Publications and Reports

Applying the Lessons of Bosnia in Iraq: Whatever the Solution, Property Rights Should be Secured (Jan. 2008, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) [text online].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states (Dec. 2007, European Parliament) [text online via Statewatch].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Kazakhstan: Neglecting Refugees, Engendering Statelessness (Dec. 2007, Refugees International) [text online].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Kyrgyz Republic: Powerful Neighbors Imperil Protection and Create Statelessness (Dec. 2007, Refugees International) [text online].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Making Sense of Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Displacement: A Work in Progress (Dec. 2007, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement) [text online].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Focusing English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) on community cohesion.
Published by the UK Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) and available online at: [full text]. http://www.dius.gov.uk/publications/esol_consultation.pdf
In addition, further information on DIUS available at: http://www.dius.gov.uk/
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest – http:/www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk).

Country Information in Asylum Procedures - Quality as a Legal Requirement in the EU
December 2007 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=479074032
This report, published by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, aims to draw a complex picture of how substantive quality standards of researching and assessing COI appear in the form of legal requirements in the EU, either as binding legal provisions or guiding judicial practice. The report identifies "good legislative practices" concerning COI in the 27 member states and presents what the EU asylum directives require in this respect.
(Source: UNHCR RefWorld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain).

The Refugee Law Reader: Cases, Documents, and Materials
January 2008 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=478f22f12
This document is the syllabus for "The Refugee Law Reader", an on-line 'living' casebook (www.refugeelawreader.org). It is the fourth edition of the Reader, which is published by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee. The Refugee Law Reader is a collaborative project among experts in the field that offers a fully developed course curriculum and access to over 10,000 pages of legal instruments, documents and specialist commentary.

The Refugee Law Reader has been designed to easily adapt to the wide range of teaching and research needs of professionals. This booklet aims to facilitate navigation within the web site and to assist in seeing the structure of the curriculum as a whole. It also seeks to assist users with the selective adaptation of the course structure and access to the extensive legal material available in The Reader.
(Source: UNHCR RefWorld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain)

UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2006. This report has just been published by the UNHCR in Geneva and the report is now available online via the UNHCR Statistics site (http://www.unhcr.org/statistics.html). Full text of the report is available at: [text online - http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/478cda572.html].
(Source: UNHCR – http://www.unhcr.org).

Mexico: Evictions of indigenous communities fuel displacement in Chiapas
In the Mexican state of Chiapas, 5,500 people are still internally displaced, in addition to an unknown number who have sought anonymity or remain dispersed, more than a decade after the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) led an uprising of indigenous communities against socio-economic exclusion and lack of access to land. (...)
Full Overview (html/pdf) ; Full Internal Displacement Profile ; Mexico country page
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - http://www.internal-displacement.org/)

Children and armed conflict - Report of the Secretary-General (A/62/609–S/2007/757). General Assembly Sixty-second session. Agenda item 66 (a)
Promotion and protection of the rights of children. Security Council. Sixty-second year. Available online via ReliefWeb at: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7BBTF3?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int ; and the United Nations General Assembly - http://www.un.org/ga/)

More effective strategies needed to prevent global conflicts – UN report. Available online via ReliefWeb at: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SHES-7BEV4Z?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int).

Burma/Myanmar: After the crackdown - new ICG report
Published By : International Crisis Group
Date : 31 Jan 2008
URL :
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7BDHPD?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int).

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Somalia
January 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=47a353642

UNHCR's Status Determination and Protection Information Section (SDPIS) has
started to produce Country Briefing Folders on the top countries of origin
(as highlighted and regularly updated on the homepage of www.refworld.org).
The tables of contents of all Country Briefing Folders will be made available
through Refworld and provide (directly clickable) access to information from
UNHCR and external sources.
The Country Briefing Folders contain general background information,
information relating to the legal context of the country, human rights,
international protection considerations regarding particular groups, and
additional information.
(Source: UNHCR Refword - www.refworld.org).

Help the Prisoners has published a report on: 'Abuse of Muslims in Frankland Prison'.
Download the report at:
http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=673 (pdf file, 368kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees has published issue no.10 of its Echoes Newsletter.
Download the newsletter at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/echoes_newsletter_ten.pdf (pdf file, 668kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

HM Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales has published its: 'Annual Report 2006-7'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/docs/prisons_ann_rep_1_.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 1mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

HM Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales has published its: 'Annual Report 2006-7: Survey Summaries'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/docs/Ann_Rprt_Surv_Sum.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 1mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a new report: 'Legislative Scrutiny: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/37/37.pdf (pdf file, 576kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published a summary of responses to a recent consultation on unaccompanied asylum seeking children: 'Better outcomes: the way forward improving the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children'.
Download the report at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/uasc/betteroutcomes.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 280kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published details of a consultation which ends on 24 April 2008: 'The Border and Immigration Agency code of practice for keeping children safe from harm consultation'.
Download details of the consultation at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/keepingchildrensafe/uasc_codeofpractice.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 624kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations (IRR) News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

New Reports and Publications.

The Ministry of Justice has published a report on the: 'Human Rights Insight Project'.
Download the report at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/human-rights-insight-full.pdf (pdf file, 968kb)
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk/)

The Scottish Government has published a new report by Pam Orchard, Andrzej Szymanski and Nad'a Vlahova on: 'A Community Profile of EU8 Migrants in Edinburgh and An Evaluation of their Access to Key Services'.
Download the report at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/207638/0055078.pdf (pdf file, 552kb)
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk/)

"Refugee Roulette: Disparities in Asylum Adjudication," Stanford Law Review, vol. 60, no. 2 (2007) [text] - See also the related web site.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Afghan Asylum-Seekers (Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Welfare, refugees and rescue: Denmark and the 'Jewish Question' from 1933 to 1945, DIIS Working Paper no. 2007/31 (DIIS, Dec. 2007) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Like any other child? Children and families in the asylum process. A report by Barnado’s and located in full text on their website at: http://www.barnardos.org.uk/asylum
Like any other child? is a report about one of the UK’s most marginalised groups - asylum seeking and refugee children and families. Since 2002, we estimate that there have been more than 40,000 children arriving in the UK in asylum seeking families, but there could be over 100,000 in total caught up in a backlogged asylum system. We welcome the government’s New Asylum Model which should now deal with asylum cases quickly and fairly.
(Source: Refugee Council News - http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2008/January/20080107_b.htm)

Report on an announced race relations audit of the Border and Immigration Agency detention estate

The audit was commissioned following an inquiry by Stephen Shaw, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, into the 2005 BBC programme 'Detention Undercover' that made allegations of racism by staff towards detainees at Oakington immigration reception centre and on escort.Visits to the immigration removals centres were conducted by Focus Consultancy between 30 January 2007 and 9 March 2007.
(Source: Border & Immigration Agency (UK Home Office) Press Release - http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/racerelationsaudit)

Violence-Related Mortality in Iraq from 2002 to 2006.

A new article/report written by the Iraq Family Health Survey Study Group and published in the New England Journal of Medicine on the 09 January 2008.
From the abstract, “Background Estimates of the death toll in Iraq from the time of the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 until June 2006 have ranged from 47,668 (from the Iraq Body Count) to 601,027 (from a national survey). Results from the Iraq Family Health Survey (IFHS), which was conducted in 2006 and 2007, provide new evidence on mortality in Iraq.”

(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/LRON-7APCUQ?OpenDocument)

“You Can Detain Anyone for Anything” : Iran’s Broadening Clampdown on Independent Activism. A new report by Human Rights Watch which can be viewed online by following this link [report online]
“The Iranian government is relying on its broadly worded “security laws” to suppress virtually any public expression of dissent, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. It uses these laws to subject those arrested to prolonged incommunicado detention without charge, solitary confinement, and denial of access to counsel.”
(Source: Human Rights Watch - http://hrw.org/)

Title - Making Sense of Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and
Displacement: A Work in Progress
Source - Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7AHDLV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Protective Action: Incorporating Civilian Protection into
Humanitarian Response
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7AHEC3?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7AJE6H?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - International Protection for Trafficked Persons and Those Who Fear
Being Trafficked
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7AJH9E?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - UNHCR's Role in Support of an Enhanced Humanitarian Response to
Situations of Internal Displacement. Policy Framework and Implementation
Strategy
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Jun 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7AJJBV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - United Nations Consolidated Report 2006
Source - United Nations
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-7AJSUQ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Resilience in Humanitarian Aid Workers: Understanding Processes of
Development
Source - London South Bank University
Date - Jan 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7ANJ77?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Monitoring and Evaluation of Department of Defense Humanitarian
Assistance Programs
Source - Government of the United States of America
Date - Jan 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7APJWL?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - The State of Food and Agriculture 2007
Source - Food and Agriculture Organization
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-7APS59?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Side by Side or Together? Working for Security, Development and
Peace in Liberia and Afghanistan. Workshop Report, October 2007
Source - Peacebuilding Development and Security Program, University of
Calgary
Date - Oct 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-78JKYR?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Title - Civil-Military Cooperation in Multinational and Interagency
Operations: Discussion Paper on Operational Terminologies and Assessment
for Multinational Experiment 5 [MNE5]
Source - Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Date - May 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-79SJ2P?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int)

Posted in: Publications.

New Puiblications and Periodicals

Population and Development Review Volume 33 Number 4, (December 2007). The abstracts and Table of Contents for this journal are now available online via the Blackwell Synergy web site at [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/padr/33/4].

Torture Journal Volume 17 Number 3 (2007). The full text of this journal is npow available online via the IRCT website at: http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3602
(Source: International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims – http://www.irct.org)

Disasters Volume 31 Number 4, (December 2007). The Abstracts and table of Contents for this journal are now available online via the Blackwell Synergy web site at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/disa/31/4

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has just released the 2007 edition of the World Disasters Report, which will be the first edition to be made available full text online. Further details can be found at the links below:

Press Release - http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/News/pr07/8407.asp

World Disasters Report 2007 – [English] ; [French] ; [Spanish] ; [Summary in Arabic]

“Chronic Indifference: HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States" A Human Rights Watch report available online at: http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us1207/
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http://www/hrw.org)

Crackdown: Repression of the 2007 Popular Protests in Burma. A Human Rights Watch report available online at: http://hrw.org/reports/2007/burma1207/
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http://www/hrw.org)

Angola: Former IDPs share the common challenge of recovery and reconstruction. A new report produced by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and available online via their website at: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/558CED34EBBB7089802570C00056B6DB?OpenDocument&count=10000
(Source: IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement.org)

Immigration and America's Black Population (Docuticker) - [text online]. The full text of the actual report is available from the following link – [Full Document (PDF; 819 KB)].
(Source: Docuticker - http://www.docuticker.com)

Race & Ethnicity in America: Turning a Blind Eye to Injustice (Docuticker) – [text online].
The full text of the actual report is available from the following link – [Full Report (PDF; 5 MB)].
(Source: Docuticker - http://www.docuticker.com)

"Refugee Voices" is a quarterly newsletter, prepared within hCa's Refugee Advocacy and Support Program. The winter edition of the newsletter, published in December 2007 includes articles about a wedding story of a young Somalian couple from Istanbul, organisation efforts of Congolese people in Istanbul and suspicious death of Festus Okey from Nigeria. The newsletter, published in Turkish and English, sometimes includes articles written in Arabic and French. You can download the 4th issue of Refugee Voices from the link here: http://www.hyd.org.tr/?pid=568

Veysel Essiz, Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (Turkey)
Refugee Advocacy and Support Program http://www.hyd.org.tr/default.aspx?sid=17
(Source: Forced Migration Email List: List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Refugees Into Teaching Newsletter
The latest newsletter of the Refugees into Teaching project, dated December 2007, is now available on the RiT website:
http://www.refugeesintoteaching.org.uk/news
(Source: Refugee Council Email Newsletter – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk)

RCO News and RCO Women’s News
The latest issues of RCO News and RCO Women's News (Nov/Dec) are now available. RCO News features articles about new research on refugee integration, an introduction to Emily Kippax, the project manager of The Basis Project, and an update about this exciting new project for RCOs, funding information from Big Lottery Fund’s Advice Plus, and much more. RCO Women's News includes an article about women in detention and the fast track system, amongst other things.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/support/communities/community/newsletters.htm
(Source: Refugee Council Email Newsletter – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk)

Inter Agency Partnership Newsletter
The December edition is now available, featuring: Case updates relating to Zimbabwe and Sudan, BIA assistance to Iraqi staff, details of the number of Asylum Seekers in BIA dispersal accommodation and subsistence only support at the end of September and the holiday opening hours of BIA and the IAP’s One Stop Services.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/partners/partnership/iapnewsletter.htm
(Source: Refugee Council Email Newsletter – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk)

Voluntary Returns
Our information briefing on the government's Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP) has been updated to reflect some minor changes.
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/directly/voluntary_returns/programmes.htm
(Source: Refugee Council Email Newsletter – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk)

Top 10 Migration Issues of 2007. A new report produced by the Migration Policy Institute and made available in PDF format via their Migration Information Source web site at: http://www.migrationinformation.org/pdf/MIS-Top-10-Migration-Issues-2007.pdf
(Source: Migration Policy Institute – http://www.migrationinformation.org)

Nepal: Peace Postponed, the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines the faltering but still viable process. A year after a Comprehensive Peace Agreement promised a definitive end to its civil war, the country remains in political deadlock. Two election postponements reflect weak implementation of that deal, as well as the difficulty of addressing its shortcomings. Leaders have vowed to forge a new consensus and hold the elections by mid-April 2008 but have yet to address the problems that led to past delays or tackle crucial remaining issues such as security sector reform. Available online from the International Crisis Group web site at: [http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5230&l=1]
(Source: International Crisis Group – http://www.crisisgroup.org)

Updated profile on internal displacement in Cyprus. A new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, (IDMC), has just been published entitled “Cyprus: Lack of political settlement prevents the displaced from fully enjoying their property rights.” This report is available from the IDMC web site in both [HTML - http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/7D0D770D77A297E4C12573A80050B962?OpenDocument&count=10000] and [PDF - http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/6D98B39ED49125C4C12573B50039BDDD/$file/Cyprus_IDP_Overview_Dec07.pdf] formats.
(Source: IDMC – http://www.internal-displacement-org)

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has just published six new working papers as part of their New Issue in Refugee Research working paper series. Details of these are available as follows:

Promoting integration through mobility: free movement and the ECOWAS
Protocol, by Aderanti Adepoju, Alistair Boulton and Mariah Levin
Research Paper No. 150
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

International protection for trafficked persons and those who fear being
trafficked, by Kari Saito Research Paper No. 149
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

Secondary movement in Romania: the asylum-migration nexus,
by Alison Munteanu
Research Paper No. 148
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

Refugee camps in Chad: planning strategies and the architect's involvement in
the humanitarian dilemma, by Manuel Herz Research Paper No. 147
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

The protection of forced migrants in Islamic law,
by Kirsten Zaat
Research Paper No. 146
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

The removal of failed asylum seekers: international norms and procedures,
by John Gibson
Research Paper No. 145
Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/doclist/research/3bbc18ed5.html

(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List - Archives held at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html

The Department for Children, Schools and Families has published new guidance on: 'Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked'.
Download the guidance at:
http://publications.everychildmatters.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/DCSF-Child%20Traffic-Complete.pdf (pdf file, 672kb)
(Source: Institute of Race Relations Email Bulletin. To subscribe, visit http://www.irr.org.uk/subscribe).

Ending Sexual Violence in Darfur: An Advocacy Agenda (Refugees International,
Dec. 2007) -
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/10331(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Education and Schooling for Asylum-Seeking Refugee Students in Scotland: AnExploratory Study (Scottish Government Social Research, Nov. 2007) -http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/198224/0052995.pdf
(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Learning to Read a New Culture: How Immigrant and Asylum Seeking Children
Experience Scottish Identity through Classroom Books (Scottish Government
Social Research, Nov. 2007) -
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/201854/0053801.pdf

(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

"New Europeans on the move: a preliminary review of the onward migration of
refugees within the European Union," Compas Working Paper No. 57 (2007) -
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publications/Working%20papers/wp-07-57.shtml

(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

"Humanitarian Imperatives are Transforming Sovereignty," Northwestern Journal
of International Affairs (Winter 2008) -
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/winter_humanitarian_cohen.aspx

(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Syria/Jordan: Iraqi Refugees: Seeking Stability in Syria and Jordan
(Institute
for the Study of International Migration & Center for International and
Regional Studies, Nov. 2007) -
http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/isim/Publications/PatPubs/Iraqi%20Refugees.pd
f

(Source: Forced Migration Email List - List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Posted in: Publications and Periodicals.

Publications

Risk of new displacement heightens as deadline for resolving Kosovo’s final status expires, says report (IDMC) - [full text online].
(Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre – http://www/internal-displacement.org)

The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children has produced a new
field-friendly publication, Your Right to Education: A Handbook for Refugees and Displaced Communities. Available online at:
(http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/right_to_ed_handbook.pdf)

A brief "user-guide" that includes examples of activities and questions for discussion is also available (Arabic and French forthcoming). Available online at:
http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/right_to_ed_user.pdf.

This handbook builds on a previous version that the Women's Commission and Pearson Foundation developed for organizations working with displaced communities (available online at
http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/right_to_ed.pdf).
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List – Archives held at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

The Statistics Commission has just published a report entitled “Foreign Workers in the UK – A Briefing Note.” (December 2007).
This report investigates the statistics concerning the number of foreign workers currently resident in the UK and is available via the Statistics Commission website at: http://www.statscom.org.uk/
(Source: Guardian Online Article entitled “Higher figures for foreign workers undermine ministers' claims” available online at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,2225600,00.html

The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) today released a major new report on displacement issues in Burma. Entitled "Displacement and Dispossession: Forced Migration and Land Rights in Burma", the report is available free for download from COHRE's website:
http://www.cohre.org/view_page.php?page_id=276
(Sourced: Forced Migration Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html)

Rot Here or Die There: Bleak Choices for Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon. Report online at: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/lebanon1207/
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http:/www.hrw.org)

Entrenching Impunity: Government Responsibility for International Crimes in Darfur. Report Online at: http://hrw.org/reports/2005/darfur1205/
(Source: Human Rights Watch – http:/www.hrw.org)

Refugees’ experiences of integration: policy related findings on employment, ESOL and vocational training. New report from the Refugee Council and the University of Birmingham which “presents findings concerning employment, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and vocational training from a two-year qualitative study of Refugees’ Experiences of Integration, carried out in partnership by the Refugee Council and the University of Birmingham.”
Available online from the Refugee Council website at: http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2007/Integration_work.htm
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Crossing Borders magazine – new writing from Africa
http://www.crossingborders-africanwriting.org/magazine/

Crossing Borders was a collaboration between the British Council, Lancaster University and a range of partners in Africa, using information technology to link young writers in Africa with experienced mentors in the UK. The initiative produced 12 online magazines and the writing (in English) is available to download from a range of countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe from link above.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

National Insurance Number Allocations to Overseas Nationals entering the UK (previously Migrant Workers Statistics).
Useful summary of information about numbers and countries of origin of migrant workers allocated NI numbers in the UK. Available online from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) website at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/niall/nino_allocation.asp
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Mentoring for New Migrants.
Produced by TimeBank as part of Lord Goldsmith’s Citizenship Review, this pamphlet argues that new migrants to the UK could benefit from a mentoring scheme. Available online at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/images/mentoring-new-migrants.pdf
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Committee Against Torture: Concluding Observations and individual communications (39th session). Now available are the observations adopted in respect of reports submitted by States parties to the Committee Against Torture, which held its 39th session from 5 to 23 November 2007. The documents are provided in advance unedited version and in the original
language of adoption, with translations into additional languages to be found in due course on the Treaty Body Database of the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org).

Benin
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Benin.pdf

Estonia
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Estonia.pdf

Latvia
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Latvia.pdf

Norway http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Norway.pdf

Portugal
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Portugal.pdf

Uzbekistan
http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/cat/Uzbekistan.pdf

Liberty has published a report on: 'Terrorism pre-charge detention: comparative law study'.
Download the report at:
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/issues/pdfs/pre-charge-detention-comparative-law-study.pdf (pdf file, 312kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism of the Home Office has published details on the 'Government's Pre Charge Detention Proposal'.
Download the paper on the: 'Pre-charge detention of terrorist suspects' at:
http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/general/pre-charge-detention/pre-charge-detention-proposal?view=Binary (pdf file, 80kb)
Download the: 'Pre Charge Detention Diagram' at:
http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/general/pre-charge-detention/pre-charge-detention-diagram?view=Binary (pdf file, 24kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism of the Home Office has published a report by Lord Carlile of Berriew Q.C.: 'Report on Proposed Measures for Inclusion in a Counter Terrorism Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/general/lord-carlile-report?view=Binary (pdf file, 1mb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism of the Home Office has published : 'Summary of Responses to the Consultation on the Counter Terrorism Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/general/summary-of-responses?view=Binary (pdf file, 592kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published responses to its consultation to simplify immigration law: 'Simplifying immigration law: responses to the initial consultation paper'.
Download the response at:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/17715/simplificationprojectconsul1.pdf (pdf file, 960kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office has published 'plans to manage migration and protect British values'.
Download the: 'Highly skilled migrants under the points based system: statement of intent' at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/tier1statementofintent.pdf (pdf file, 344kb)
Download the consultation paper on: 'Marriage to partners from overseas' at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/17715/forcedmarriageconsultation.pdf (pdf file, 616kb)
Download the consultation paper on: 'Marriage visas: pre-entry english requirement for spouses' at:
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/17715/englishforspouseconsultation.pdf (pdf file, 352kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The House of Lords Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee has published its: '4th Report of Session 2007-08: Drawing special attention to: Draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2007 '.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldmerit/19/19.pdf (pdf file, 624kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Communities and Local Government Department has published new guidance on translation for local councils: 'Guidance for Local Authorities on Translation of Publications'.
Download the guidance at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/580274 (pdf file, 864kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

Posted in: Publications.

New Periodicals and Publications

Development - Table of Contents alert Volume 50 Issue 4, (December 2007) – Special Issue on Migration and Development – [table of contents - http://www.palgrave-journals.com/development/journal/v50/n4/index.html}. UEL has both printed and electronic access to this journal and a copy will be made available in the Archive.

Disaster Prevention and Management, vol. 16, no. 5 (2007) [contents]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 30, no. 6 (2007) [contents]
- Theme of this issue is "New Directions in the Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism."
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 3, no. 2 (Oct. 2007) [contents, sample article]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Jordan: Study of Iraqis in Jordan (Fafo, Nov. 2007) [online access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Lebanon: Rot Here or Die There: Bleak Choices for Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2007) [online access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Southern and Eastern Region TUC has published an anti-racism booklet: 'Defeating
racism: unions working together for a racism-free London, South East and East of England'.
Download the booklet at:
http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/equal1se.pdf 9pdf file, 784kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published a new report: 'The housing pathways of new immigrants'.
Download the findings at:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/pdf/2151.pdf (pdf file, 88kb)
Download the full report at:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2103-housing-immigration-asylum.pdf (pdf file, 3.3mb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an unannounced full follow-up inspection of Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre (18-22 June 2007)'.
Download the report at;
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/Colnbrook_IRC.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 488kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an unannounced short follow- up inspection of: Lindholme Immigration Removal Centre (16-18 July 2007)'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/Lindholme.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 216kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

Under the Freedom of Information Act the Ministry of Justice has released information on: 'Reasons for adjournments of Asylum and Immigration Tribunal hearings'.
Download the information at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/foi-asylum-immigration.htm (pdf file, 48kb)
(Source: IRR News – http://www.irr.org.uk)

Title - Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic 2007
Source - UNAIDS
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-79CLRQ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Consolidating the Peace? Views from Sierra Leone and Burundi on the
United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
Source - CARE
Date - Jun 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-79EJ2J?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Resolution 1325: From Rhetoric to Practice: A Report on Women's
Role in Reconcilliation Processes in the Great Lakes in Africa
Source - CARE
Date - Oct 2005
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-79EJF5?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Peacebuilding in Eastern DRC: Improving EU support for Economic
Recovery
Source - International Alert
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-79JGH3?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - Negociating Peace in Liberia: Preserving the Possibility for
Justice
Source - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LRON-79JJ5E?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Title - ProVention Consortium Newsletter - No. 8
Source - ProVention Consortium
Date - Nov 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SSHN-79KJZA?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/)

Posted in: Periodicals and Publications.

New Periodicals and Publications

Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 20 Number 4, (December 2007) - [table of contents].
UEL has both a hard copy and electronic subscription to this journal which will be available for consultation in due course.

Contemporary European History, Volume 16 Number 4, (2007) - Selected articles relating to refugees and population displacement during and after the Second World War - [table of contents]

Migration Journal produced by the International Organization for Migration, (IOM), the December 2007 issue is now available online - [full text]

Ending Gender-Based Violence in Darfur: An Advocacy Agenda. A report by Refugees International. Available online - [full text].

UNHCR Country Report Afghanistan. 11th European Country of Origin Information
Seminar (Vienna, 21-22 June 2007) - [full text]

UNHCR Country Report Iraq. 11th European Country of Origin Information Seminar
(Vienna, 21-22 June 2007) - [full text]

Forced Migration Online Podcast 3: Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2007 - [podcast online]

Asylum Deaths: What to do Next (Institute of Race Relations, Nov. 2007) - [full text].
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog (Link).

Asylum is not gender neutral: Protecting women seeking asylum (European Women's Lobby & Refugee Women's Resource Project, Nov. 2007) - [full text].
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog (Link).

Transposition of the Asylum Procedures Directive (European Commission, Dec. 2007) - [full text]
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog (Link).

Public health, conflict and human rights: toward a collaborative research agenda, Conflict and Health 2007, 1:11 (Nov. 2007) [full text]
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog (Link).

Posted in: Periodicals and Publications.