Publications & Reports

PCHR Publishes Annual Report 2007. PCHR has published its Annual Report for 2007, which covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007. This report is the 12^th Annual Report published by PCHR since 1996. To download the report, in PDF format - http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/Reports/English/pdf_annual/annual_reports07.html

Schools can do more to help refugee children integrate - a new report by the Refugee Council (Refugee Council) - [text online]. For a copy of the report go to: www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/inclusiveschools
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Code of practice
Refugee Council response to the UK Border Agency Code of Practice for Keeping Children Safe from Harm [April 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2008/Codeofpractice.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Following new rules introduced on 1 April 2008 on voluntary returns, we have updated the information on these two pages:
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/directly/voluntary_returns/afghanistan.htm
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/directly/voluntary_returns/iraq.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

RC highlights independent support for right to work (Refugee Council) - [text online]. You can access the report here - http://www.vulnerableworkers.org.uk/files/CoVE_short_report.pdf
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www/refugeecouncil.org.uk).

Note on the Structure and Operation of the KhAD/WAD in Afghanistan
1978-1992. April 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=482947db2
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/research/3ebf8ef14.html).

New Publication - MRS N°33 Climate Change and Migration: Improving Methodologies to Estimate Flows. Now available from the IOM website at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674;jsessionid=9FDF4DA2BC0F0ADE4659D3E973037CE8.worker02?entryId=17120
(Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/).

Assessing the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policy: An International Comparison. Now available from the IOM website at: http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674;jsessionid=9FDF4DA2BC0F0ADE4659D3E973037CE8.worker02?entryId=17121).
(Source: International Organization for Migration – http://www.iom.int/).

DARFUR: ‘SCORCHED EARTH’ TACTICS WARRANT UN SANCTIONS
Government Attacks Show Civilians Need Greater International Protection
(New York, May 19, 2008) – The United Nations Security Council should impose targeted sanctions on Sudanese officials responsible for attacks against civilians in West Darfur in February 2008, said Human Rights Watch in a new report released today. Following an attack by Darfur rebels on Khartoum on May 10, 2008, Human Rights Watch also expressed concern about possible government reprisals against civilians in West Darfur.
Read more at: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/05/19/sudan18857.htm
Read the report: http://hrw.org/reports/2008/darfur0508/
(Source: Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/)

Assessment on Returns to Iraq Amongst the Iraqi Refugee Population in Syria (UNHCR Syria, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Beyond the School Gates: Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Secondary School (Refugee Council, May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Hidden Cork: Perspectives of Asylum Seekers on Direct Provision and the Asylum Legal System (NASC - Irish Immigrant Support Centre, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

"Living and Health Conditions of Palestinian Refugees in an Unofficial Camp in the Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Survey," Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 62 (2008): 91-97 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

UNHCR Field Review: Presentation of Main Findings (May 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Unwelcome Guests: The Detention of Refugees in Turkey's Foreigners Guesthouses (Helsinki Citizens Assembly, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/)

Project:London at Médecins du Monde has published a new report on: 'Improving Access to Healthcare for the Community's Most Vulnerable'.
Download the report at:
http://www.medecinsdumonde.org.uk/doclib/104524-report2007light.pdf (pdf file, 1mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

Positive Action in Housing (PAIH) has published its first edition of the quarterly: 'Destitution Service Bulletin'.
Download the bulletin at:
http://www.paih.org/quickmail-latest_files/destitutionnewsletterissue1.pdf (pdf file, 936kb)

The Independent Asylum Commission has published its first report of conclusions and recommendations: 'Saving Sanctuary'.
Download the report at:
http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/files/Saving%20Sanctuary.pdf (pdf file, 1.9mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

The Fawcett Society has published: 'Ethnic Minority Women - Routes to Power'.
Download the summary at:
http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/Routes%20to%20Power%20Summary.pdf (pdf file, 314kb). Or download the full report at:
http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/Routes%20to%20Power.pdf (pdf file, 754kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

The Independent Monitoring Board at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre has published its: 'Annual Report 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://www.imb.gov.uk/annual-reports/07-annual-reports/Campfield_House_IRC_2007.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 352kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published: 'Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Tenth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/108/108.pdf (pdf file, 408kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations: http://www.irr.org.uk/).

NGOs & UN Agencies Assisting Persons with Disabilities; A
non-exhaustive reference list of organizations working with and for
persons with disabilities world-wide
April 2008
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=48297a4e2
(Source: UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/research/3ebf8ef14.html).

Assessing the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policy: An International Comparison. The book by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Eurasylum on 'Assessing the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policy: an International Comparison' has just been published. The book explores some of the key issues, at a policy and practical level, relating to the design, implementation and outcomes of public evaluation systems in the field of migration policy. It reviews the ways migration
policies are evaluated in several EU member states, the USA, Canada, the European Commission, IOM and UNHCR, and provides a range of recommendations for improving the design and implementation of evidence-based and accountable policies in the field of migration and asylum. The book can be downloaded or ordered from here:
http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/1674;jsessionid=9FDF4DA2BC
0F0ADE4659D3E973037CE8.worker02?entryId=17121
(Source: FMO Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

Title - Catching the Wind - Human Rights
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7EMJ5M?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www/reliefweb.int/)

Posted in: Publications.

Reports and Publications

Hillingdon fails to support asylum seeking children. A new report from the Children's Commissioner for England has criticised the London Borough of Hillingdon for its treatment of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC). Available via the Children’s Commissioners’ website – click on the title here to download - [The Children's Commissioner's findings and recommendations regarding the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the London Borough of Hillingdon]
(Source: Institute for Race Relations News Release - http://www.irr.org.uk/2008/may/ha000006.html).

HM Inspectorate of Prisons has published: 'Report on an unannounced short follow up inspection of Haslar Immigration Removal Centre 5 - 7 November 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/irc-inspections.html/544627/Haslar.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 240kb)

The Independent Monitoring Board at Lindholme Removal Centre has published its Annual Report.
Download the report at:
http://www.imb.gov.uk/annual-reports/08-annual-reports/Lindholme_IRC_2007-2008.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 152kb)

Iraq after the Surge, a set of two companion reports from the International Crisis Group, examines the security and political aspects of the surge. The New Sunni Landscape, uniquely based on extensive interviews with insurgents, describes the sweeping changes affecting Sunni tribes, al-Qaeda in Iraq and the insurgency. The Need for a New Political Strategy analyses reasons for the current deadlock and suggests a way forward. Both point to the importance of devising a different approach that focuses on pressuring the Iraqi government to agree to political compromise, engaging in negotiations with a fuller range of Iraqi actors, including still-active insurgents, and altering the regional climate.
(Source: International Crisis Group - http://www.crisisgroup.org/)

Guidance Note on Extradition and International Refugee Protection. A new report published by the UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees – now available online via the UNHCR Refworld web site at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=481ec7d92).
(Source: UNHCR RefWorld - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain)

Publications (courtesy of ReliefWeb)

Title - Reinforcing Data Reporting from Refugee Settings: Project Report
Source - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
Date - Dec 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DZD6R?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Is Cash a Feasible Alternative to Food Aid for Post-drought Relief
in Lesotho
Source - ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group
Date - Sep 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DZDYG?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Armed Conflict and Public Health: A Report on Knowledge and
Knowledge Gaps
Source - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
Date - Dec 2002
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DZDUZ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Civil Conflicts in Four African Countries: A Five-Year Review of
Trends in Nutrition and Mortality
Source - Johns Hopkins University
Date - Feb 2005
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DZHGV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Using Quantitative and Qualitative Models to Forecast Instability
Source - US Institute of Peace
Date - Mar 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7E5DB9?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Gendering Demilitarization as a Peacebuilding Tool
Source - Bonn International Center for Conversion
Date - Jun 2002
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7E5DSG?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Women and Negotiations with Armed Groups
Source - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Date - Feb 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7E6HJV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Influencing State Behavior for Refugee Protection: UNHCR and the
Design of the Refugee protection Regime
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7E6HRY?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - ALNAP 7th Review of Humanitarian Action
Source - ALNAP
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7E7FWQ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Strengthening humanitarian networks: Applying the network functions
approach
Source - Overseas Development Institute
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7E8EHE?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Beyond the Nexus: UNHCR's Evolving Perspective on Refugee
Protection and International Migration
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7E9HS7?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Human Rights and Service Learning
Source - Human Rights Education Associates
Date - May 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7EAE2E?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Global Symposium +5 on Information for Humanitarian Action - Final
Report
Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date - May 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7ECBLP?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Becoming an Ex-military Man: Demobilization and Reintegration of
Military Professionals in Eastern Europe
Source - Bonn International Center for Conversion
Date - Oct 2002
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7ECH4H?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Title - Human Rights and Natural Disasters: Operational Guidelines and
Field Manual on Human Rights Protection in Situations of Natural Disaster
Source - Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
Date - Mar 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/KHII-7EE9KM?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.relief.int/)

Posted in: Publications.

OHCHR Commitee Meeting Publications

Committee on Migrant Workers: Concluding Observations (8th session)

We are pleased to provide you herewith the sixth 2008 distribution of treaty body recommendations through the listserve administered by the Human RightsTreaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Please, do not reply to this message.

For your information, we attach the concluding observations adopted by the Committee on Migrant Workers at its 8th session, held from 14 to 25 April 2008. The documents are provided in their unedited version and in the original language of adoption. The final versions, in all six official languages of the United Nations, will be available on the Treaty Body Database of the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org).

Under the Convention on Migrant Workers, the Committee adopted concluding observations in respect of the following State parties:

Bolivia http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/mwc/Bolivia.pdf

Syrian Arab Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/mwc/Syria.pdf


Full information relating to the session can be found at the following webpage:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/cmws08.htm

At its 9th session from 24-28 November 2008, the Committee will consider the report of El Salvador. Full information relating to the 9th session can be found at the following webpage:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/cmws09.htm

Human Rights Treaties Branch
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Decisions of the Human Rights Committee (Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights)

Dear Subscribers,

We are pleased to provide you herewith the seventh 2008 distribution of treaty body recommendations through the listserve administered by the Human RightsTreaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Please, do not reply to this message.

For your information, we attach the final decisions of the Human Rights Committee, adopted at its 92nd session, held in New York from 17 March to 4 April 2008, in respect of individual complaints presented under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The decisions are provided 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).

In the following six cases, the Committee found, in its decision on the merits of the case, one or more violations of the Covenant.

Susser_v_Czech Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Susser_v_Czech_Republic.pdf
Rakhmatov_et_al_v_Tajikistan http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Rakhmatov_et_al_v_Tajikistan.pdf
Lumanog_v_Philippines http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Lumanog_v_Philippines.pdf
Lnenicka_v_Czech_Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Lnenicka_v_Czech_Republic.pdf
Hens_Corujo_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Hens_Corujo_v_Spain.pdf
Babkin_v_Russian_Federation http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Babkin_v_Russian_Federation.pdf

In the following three cases, the Committee found, in its decision on the merits of the cases, no violation of the Covenant.

Asensi_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Asensi_v_Spain.pdf
Bauetdinov_v_Uzbekistan http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Bauetdinov_v_Uzbekistan.pdf
Oubina_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Oubina_v_Spain.pdf

In the following eleven cases, the Committee found the complaint to be inadmissible.

Ahmad_ Abdol-Hamid_v_Denmark http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Ahmad_Abdol_Hamid_v_Denmark.pdf
Conde_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Conde_v_Spain.pdf
Fernandez_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Fernandez_v_Spain.pdf
Gougnin Karimov_v_Uzbequistan http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Gougnin_Karimov_v_Uzbequistan.pdf
Kool_v_Netherlands http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Kool_v_Netherlands.pdf
Korneenko_v_Belarus http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Korneenko_v_Belarus.pdf
Londono Soto_et_al_v_Australia http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Londono_Soto_et_al_v_Australia.pdf
Mazon Costa _v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Mazon_Costa_v_Spain.pdf
Schmidl_v_Czech_Republic http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Schmidl_v_Czech_Republic.pdf
Stow_Gai_v_Portugal http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Stow_Gai_v_Portugal.pdf
Subero_v_Spain http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/ccpr/Subero_v_Spain.pdf


Further attached is the revised global Reporting Schedule setting out the State reports, received in the Secretariat and tentatively scheduled for consideration in 2008 and 2009, by treaty and session. The schedule, correct as of 5 May, is subject to change without notice.

http://www2.ohchr.org/tbru/Reporting_Schedule.pdf

Human Rights Treaties Branch
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights


Posted in: Publications.

Publications and Reports

Migration Myths: Employment, Wages and Labour Market Performance. A new report just releases by The Work Foundation and written by David Coates. The report can be downloade din PDF format from their website by clicking on the title here:-
Migration Myths: Employment, Wages and Labour Market Performance. There is also the opportunity to: Read the press release.

Title - OHCHR 2007 Report: Activities and Results
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHES-7DYQNG?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Future Floods of Refugees: A Comment on Climate Change, Conflict
and Forced Migration
Source - Norwegian Refugee Council
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SKAI-7DXLTE?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Humanitarian Agenda 2015: Final Report - The State of the
Humanitarian Enterprise
Source - Tufts University
Date - Mar 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7DXJ7L?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Refugee Protection and Durable Solutions in the Context of
International Migration - Report on the High Commissioner's Dialogue on
Protection Challenges, December 2007
Source - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date - Dec 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7DTDWH?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Humanitarian Principles
Source - World Food Programme
Date - May 2004
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DSFQV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Turning the Tables: Aid and accountability under the Paris
framework
Source - Eurodad
Date - Mar 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7DSEPN?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Uprooted and Unstable: Meeting Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Iraq. A new report by Refugees International. [Download a full copy of the report.]
(Source: Refugees International - http://www.refintl.org/).

Uganda: Uncertain future for IDPs while peace remains elusive.
With the peace process plagued by delays and confusion, and with conditions in return areas often worse than in the IDP camps, the future for IDPs in northern Uganda remains uncertain.
In August 2006 the government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) signed a Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CHA), which led to significant improvements in the security situation in northern Uganda. After many delays, progress in the peace negotiations between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army in early 2008 gave rise to cautious optimism that an end to the conflict in northern Uganda might finally be on the horizon after 22 years of war.
Full Overview (html/pdf)
Full Internal Displacement Profile
Uganda country page
(Source: International Displacement Monitoring Centre, (IDMC) - http://www.internal-displacement.org/).

"Our Broken Dreams: Child Migration in Southern Africa". A new report released by SC UK, and SC Norway in Mozambique, the children highlight the dangers they face when crossing borders alone. The full report is available to download here - http://www.crin.org/docs/Save_the_children_sa_migration.pdf - or by clicking on the title above. The report is also available on the Child Rights Information Network website at: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=17148&flag=report
(Source: IRIN News Release - SOUTHERN AFRICA: Child migrants tell all -
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=77977)

Floodgates or turnstiles? : Post-EU enlargement migration flows to (and from) the UK. By Naomi Pollard, Maria Latorre and Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah. A new report from the Institute for Public Policy research, (IPPR). This report is available online via the IPPR web site at: http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=603
(Source: IPPR Press Release - Half of migrants from new EU countries have now left UK - http://www.ippr.org/pressreleases/?id=3123).

Posted in: Publications.

Reports and Publications

The latest update of recent reports and publications recently are list below. The relevent links to the actual publications are also included:

No Safety No Escape: Children and the Escalating Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka. A new report produced by the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict. This is now available to download via the Watchlist web site (http://www.watchlist.org/):The full report is available here: [PDF] [HTML]
(Source: HURIDOCS - http://www.huridocs.org/)

Chechnya: Summary of the ACCORD-UNHCR Country of Origin Information Seminar, (Vienna, 18 October 2007). April 2008. Produced by UNHCR and available via Refworld at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=480dfb652
(Source UNHCR Refworld - http://www.unhcr.org/research/3ebf8ef14.html)

Immigration, faith and cohesion: Evidence from local areas with significant Muslim populations. By Hiranthi Jayaweera and Tufyal Choudhury. A New report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and available to download via their website at: http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/details.asp?pubID=947
(Source: WTYL Digest - http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/)

Memorandum to the JHA Council - Ending the asylum lottery: Guaranteeing refugee protection in Europe (ECRE, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Rethinking Disasters: Why Death and Destruction is not Nature's Fault but Human Failure (Oxfam, April 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

UNHCR Position on the Return of Asylum-Seekers to Greece under the "Dublin Regulation" (UNHCR, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2007 (April 2008). Publication Date: April 2008. Yearly report on major global and regional developments in the field of internal displacement.
Press release: Global internal displacement crisis grew in 2007 - survey
Download publication (3.5 Mb)

Title - Forcible Displacement in Peace Agreements
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - Mar 2005
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DPFSQ?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - The Chad/Sudan Proxy War and the 'Darfurization' of Chad: Myths and
Reality
Source - Small Arms Survey
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DPGH7?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Gender Issues in the Challenge of Access to Human Rights
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - Jan 2003
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DPFVH?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Humanitarian Action in an Age of Terrorism
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - May 2002
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DPG4C?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

Title - Negotiating Justice? Human Rights and Peace Agreements
Source - International Council on Human Rights Policy
Date - Dec 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DPE99?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int).

The National Aids Trust has published: 'HIV and the UK Asylum Pathway: An overview by the National AIDS Trust of the pathway an asylum seeker takes in the UK from application to either integration or removal'.
Download the report at:
http://www.nat.org.uk/document/421 (pdf file, 528kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail Digest - http://www.irr.org.uk/).

Doughty Street Chambers has published its 'Human Rights Bulletin' on significant human rights cases and developments at the UK, European and international levels.
Subscribe to the Bulletin at:
http://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/members/join/
(Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail Digest - http://www.irr.org.uk/).

The Independent Monitoring Board at Heathrow has published its: 'Report of the Independent Monitoring Board on the short term holding facilities at Heathrow airport for the period April 2007/January 2008'.
Download the report at:
http://www.imb.gov.uk/annual-reports/08-annual-reports/Heathrow_2007-2008.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 200kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail Digest - http://www.irr.org.uk/).

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a: 'Report on an announced inspection of HMP Lindholme 29 October - 2 November 2007'.
Download the report at:
http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspect_reports/hmp-yoi-inspections.html/549050/Lindholme.pdf?view=Binary (pdf file, 504kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail Digest - http://www.irr.org.uk/).

The Ministry of Justice has published a response to a consultation on Asylum and Immigration Tribunal procedure rules and fast track procedure rules: 'The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008 and the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008'.
Download the response at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/ait_consultation_051107.pdf (pdf file, 664kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail Digest - http://www.irr.org.uk/).

Posted in: Publications.

Publications and Reports (Part Two)

The House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs has published: 'The Economic Impact of Immigration 1st Report of Session 2007-08'.
Download the report at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeconaf/82/82.pdf (pdf file 1.2mb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

Bail for Immigration Detainees has published a: 'Briefing paper on the detained fast track - March 2008'.
Download the briefing paper at:
http://www.biduk.org/pdf/Fast%20track/BID%20briefing%20paper%20on%20DFT.pdf (pdf file, 104kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

Bail for Immigration Detainees has published a bulletin for: 'Immigration detainees held in prisons - March 2008'.
Download the bulletin at:
http://www.biduk.org/pdf/bulletins/bulletin_25_%20immigration_detainees_in_%20prisons_25_03_08.pdf (pdf file, 96kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

Fit For Purpose Yet? The Independent Asylum Commission’s Interim Findings.
http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/files/Fit%20for%20Purpose%20Yet.pdf

Report of the Independent Commission was published on 27 March. The report has concluded that Britain's treatment of asylum-seekers "falls seriously below the standards to be expected of a humane and civilised society".

The full report is available at the above web-link; there is a summary at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/asylum-review-executive-summary-801031.html; and follow-on stories (particularly the letter from a group of peers) is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/asylum-the-peers-revolt-801745.html
(Source: Welcome to Your Library - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk).

One London? Change and cohesion in three London boroughs
http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=596

Paper by Rick Muir commissioned by the Government Office for London and published by ippr, which explores the nature of the contemporary challenges to community cohesion in London and sets out how local actors have responded to them. Covers experiences of Barking & Dagenham, Hounslow and Southwark.
(Source: Welcome to Your Library - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk).

Local experiences of migration: consulting Coventry
http://www.icar.org.uk/

The Welcome Project, a partnership between Coventry City Council and Coventry Refugee Centre, commissioned ICAR (Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees) to conduct a consultation with local residents on community relations and integration issues, published in February 2008. The research explored attitudes and relations amongst and between the host population, asylum-seekers and refugees and other new migrants.
(Source: Welcome to Your Library - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk).

A Warm Welcome? Public Services and Managing Migration in London: Scoping Research and Introductory Report, Michael Bell Associates, March 2008
http://tinyurl.com/2mxwrc

The report was commissioned by the London Asylum Seekers Consortium as a scoping exercise to explore the management of public services and migrants in London. It seeks to identify key issues and provide initial recommendations as to the way forward in managing public services in high-migrant areas.
(Source: Researching Asylum in London - http://www.researchasylum.org.uk/)

Internally Displaced Persons in Iraq - Update (IDP Working Group, March 2008) [text via Refworld] [text via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

The Rise and Fall of Asylum: What Happened and Why?, Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper, no. 577 (Australian National University, March 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Sharing Responsibility for Refugee Protection in Europe: Dublin Reconsidered (ECRE, March 2008) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Stay Safe: The International Federation's Guide for Security Managers (IFRC, March 2008) [text via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Timor-Leste's Displacement Crisis, Asia Report, no. 148 (International Crisis Group, March 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Undocumented Migrants and Refugees in Malaysia: Raids, Detention and Discrimination (FIDH, March 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Returning Home - Children's perspectives on reintegration - A case study of
children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Teso, eastern Uganda -
February 2008 http://www.child-soldiers.org/document/get?id=1299
(Source: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers - www.child-soldiers.org).

The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees has published issue no.4 its paper 'Federation'.
Download the paper at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/IFIR_Federation_four.pdf (pdf file, 972kb)
(Source: Institute for Race Relations News – http://www.irr.org.uk).

ESOL
Refugee Council response to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills consultation: Focusing English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) on Community Cohesion [April 2008]
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/responses/2008/esol.htm
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk)

Conference report
The report on our joint conference with Age Concern, 'From Isolation to Integration,’ is now available online. The conference, held in January 2008, was the culmination of a two-year joint programme focussing on older refugees by Age Concern, the Refugee Council and the Association of Greater London Older Women (AGLOW).
This partnership programme heard directly from older refugees and asylum-seekers about their experiences, and looked at how to engage with policy-makers and service providers to identify practical solutions.
As well as the conference report, the presentations from the conference are also available to download.
http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/AgeConcern/older-refugee-conference.asp
(Source: Refugee Council – http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk)

Uprooted and Unstable: Meeting Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Iraq. A new report from Refugees International which is available online via their web site at: http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/10570
(Source: Refugees International world:bridge blog - http://www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/2008/04/uprooted-in-iraq-on-nbc_15.html).

Posted in: Publications.

Publications and Reports (Part One)

Title - Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Monitoring legal
systems
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Mar 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/HMYT-6QLJLM?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Frequently Asked Questions on a Human Rights-Based Approach to
Development Cooperation
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Jan 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-6RNCJV?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Working with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights: A Handbook for NGOs
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Jun 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-6Y6JZW?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - The Core International Human Rights Treaties
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - May 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DBHYF?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Truth commissions
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Dec 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DCJ3R?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - What is International Humanitarian Law?
Source - ICRC
Date - Jul 2004
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DDDUK?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - International Humanitarian Law and Gender
Source - Government of Sweden
Date - Oct 2007
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DDDXH?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Mapping the Justice
Sector
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Dec 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DDE68?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Prosecution Initiatives
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Dec 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DDG39?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Reparations Programmes
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DDHAY?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States - Vetting: an
Operational Framework
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Dec 2006
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DDH97?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Rule-of-Law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Maximizing the Legacy
of Hybrid Courts
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Apr 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DDHD4?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

Title - Project on a Mechanism to Address Laws that Discriminate Against
Women
Source - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date - Mar 2008
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7DHGQM?OpenDocument
(Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/).

A Gamble with the Right to Asylum in Europe: Greek Asylum Policy and the Dublin II Regulation (NOAS, Norwegian Helsinki Committee & Greek Helsinki Monitor, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

"Malnutrition and Micronutrient Deficiencies Among Bhutanese Refugee Children - Nepal 2007," MMWR Weekly, vol. 57, no. 14 (April 11, 2008), pp. 370-73 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Refugee Protection and Durable Solutions in the Context of International Migration: Report on the High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, December 2007 (UNHCR PDES, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Unwelcome Guests: The Detention of Refugees in Turkey’s "Foreigners' Guesthouses" (Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, April 2008) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Posted in: Publications.