Open Access Week 2012

Open Access Week 2012 runs from 22-28 October!  In the past, I have used this week to:

- introduce Open Access (OA) and its benefits to the forced migration research community;
- provide forced migration-specific examples of journals and scholarly research that are OA;
- spotlight forced migration authors who deposit their articles in OA archives; and
- provide strategies to forced migration authors to encourage them to make their work OA.

There are many encouraging signs that OA is becoming a more familiar concept in our field, and so this week, I plan to look at the inroads that OA has made in the forced migration context.

If you need a brief refresher on what Open Access is and the main mechanisms for delivering it, check out this "Very Brief Introduction to Open Access."  Or for a slightly longer overview, read my article in FMR on "Open Access to Scholarly Research."

You can also browse through all my previous posts from past Open Access weeks.

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.

New Issues of EASO News, EMN Bull., ISIL Yrbk., JIRS, J. Pop. & Soc. St., Pop. Sp. & Pl., Torture

EASO Newsletter (Oct. 2012) [full-text via EASO Monitor]
- News and information from the European Asylum Support Office.

EMN Bulletin (June-Sept. 2012) [full-text]
- News and information from the European Migration Network.

ISIL Year Book of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law, vol. 10 (2010) [contents via IL Reporter]
- Mix of articles including "UNHCR After Six Decades and Beyond" and "Prevailing Relevance of the 1951 Convention on its 60th Anniversary."

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, vol. 10, no. 3 (2012) [contents]
- Special issue that "reviews the use of models for international comparisons of citizenship and immigrant integration."

Journal of Population and Social Studies, vol. 21, no. 1 (July 2012) [full-text]
- Special issue on "Migrants, Minorities and Refugees: Integration and Well-being."

Population, Space and Place, vol. 18, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2012) [contents]
- Special issue on immigration detention.

Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 22, no. 1 (2012) [full-text]
- Mix of articles including three on refugees.

Tagged Periodicals.  

Focus: Asia Pacific

Australian Government Assistance to Refugees: Fact versus Fiction (Parliamentary Library of Australia, Sept. 2012) [text]

Burma's Rohingya: Beyond the Communal Violence (Refugees International, Oct. 2012) [text]

Disaster Needs Analysis: Afghanistan Conflict and Displacement (ACAPS, Oct. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Humanitarian Space in India: Why Humanitarian Agencies do not Respond Adequately to Needs Generated by Internal Armed Conflict," Humanitarian Exchange, no. 55 (Sept. 2012) [full-text]

"IDP Vulnerability Assessment and Profiling (IVAP) in Pakistan: A Report and Appraisal," Humanitarian Exchange, no. 55 (Sept. 2012) [full-text]

Pakistan: No End to Humanitarian Crises, Asia Report, no. 237 (International Crisis Group, Oct. 2012) [text]

Papua New Guinea: No Relief for Flood-affected Refugees (IRIN, Oct. 2012) [text]

"Redefining Humanitarian Space: The Kachin IDP Crisis in Myanmar," Humanitarian Exchange, no. 55 (Sept. 2012) [full-text]

UNHCR Advice on Papua New Guinea (UNHCR Canberra, Oct. 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications. 

Events & Opportunities: November 2012

Job Vacancy: Legal Officer, Actors of Protection and the Internal Protection Alternative, ECRE [info]
- Apply for 16-month part-time position by 5 November 2012.

Online Programme: Certificate in Refugee and Forced Migration Issues [info]
- Apply by 5 November 2012.

"A fair and honourable future for refugee and immigrant families," CCR Fall Consultation 2012, Toronto, 29 November-1 December 2012 [info]
- Register before 9 November 2012 for reduced rates.

Wanted: New Paradigms? Forced Migration, Mobilities and Humanitarianism in Australia and Beyond, Melbourne, 12-13 November 2012 [info]
- A programme is now available.

CFP: Spaces of Refuge: Exploring Practices, Perceptions and Policies in Forced Migration and (Re)Settlement, CARFMS 2013, Halifax, 7-10 March 2013 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 15 November 2012.

CFP: St Antony’s International Review (STAIR) [info]
- Theme is the "Gendered Refugee Experience." Abstracts and book review proposals due by 16 November 2012.

CFP: 28th ALNAP Meeting on Evidence and Knowledge in Humanitarian Action, Washington, DC, March 2013 [info]
- Deadline is 16 November 2012.

Call for Large Grant Applications: Humanitarian Innovation Fund [info]
- Deadline for applications is 18 November 2012.


Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Focus: Europe

Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, First Half 2012: Statistical Overview of Asylum Applications Lodged in Europe and Selected Non-European Countries (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [access]

EU, as Peacemaker, Should Welcome Those Fleeing War (European Voice, Oct. 2012) [text]
- "Human Rights Watch gives its view of the award of the Nobel peace prize to the European Union."

Fear and Loathing on the Streets of Athens (IRIN, Oct. 2012) [text]

Greece Failing Asylum Seekers (IRIN, Oct. 2012) [text]

Migration and Disaster-Induced Displacement: European Policy, Practice, and Perspective, Working Paper, no. 308 (Center for Global Development, Oct. 2012) [text]

Syria Crisis: UNHCR Urges European Union States to Honour their Asylum System Principles (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications. 

Identification Issues

"Anonymous Aliens? Questions of Identification in the Detention and Deportation of Failed Asylum Seekers," Population, Space and Place, vol. 18, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2012) [abstract]
- See also info. on author's research interests.

Establishing Identity for International Protection: Challenges and Practices (European Migration Network, 2012) [access]
- Read a brief overview of the study's objectives; follow the link above for background info. and texts of national contributions.

Failed Asylum Seeker Stuck in Samoa (The Asylumist, Oct. 2012) [text]
- Notes that World Passport was used as travel document.

Guide for Issuing Machine Readable Convention Travel Documents for Refugees and Stateless Persons (ICAO & UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications. 

Focus: Climate Change/Environmental Displacement

Publications:

"11 Islands That Will Vanish When Sea Levels Rise," Business Insider, 12 Oct. 2012 [access]
- Photo essay including image on the left.

*Climate Change & Migration: What is the Role for Migration Policies? Policy Brief (ICMPD, May 2012) [text via Oppenheimer Chair]

ClimMig Conference on Human Rights, Environmental Change, Migration and Displacement, Vienna, 20-21 September [access]
- Some of the presentations at this conference are beginning to be made available, including "Forced Migration Norms in the Context of Climate Change: A Case Study of Somalia" and "Constitutionalism of Climate Justice: Towards An International Legal Framework for Responding to Climate Induced Migration and Displacement."

DS Hosts International Workshop on Land Solutions to Climate Displacement (Displacement Solutions, Oct. 2012) [info]
- Note reference to forthcoming edited volume of papers from this workshop.

"'Environmental Refugees': Aspects of the Law of State Responsibility," Chapter in Migration and Climate Change (Cambridge Univ. Press, June 2011; posted Aug. 2012) [postprint]

"Sinking Islands? Formulating a Realistic Solution to Climate Change Displacement," New York University Law Review, vol. 87, no. 4 (Oct. 2012) [full-text]

"Thematic Section: Climate Change and Migration," Part III in Human Rights of Migrants: Note by the Secretary-General, UN Doc. No. A/67/299 (UN General Assembly, Aug. 2012) [text via Oppenheimer Chair]

What Research on Climate Change and Human Mobility Can/Should Provide for Practitioners and Policy Makers, Informal Lunch Roundtable on Climate Change and Human Mobility, Washington, DC, 26 September 2012 [meeting report]

Upcoming event:

Tracing Social Inequalities in Environmentally-Induced Migration, Bielefeld, Germany, 9-13 December 2012 [info]
- Concept note and list of speakers/accepted participants now available.

*updated

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Oxford Events

Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture: The Architecture of Refugee Protection, Oxford, 7 November 2012 [info]

Seminar Series: Forced Migration and Citizenship, Oxford, Oct.-Nov. 2012 [info]
- Podcasts for past seminars in this series are posted on FMO.

"Work in Progress" Seminar Series, Oxford, Oct.-Nov. 2012 [info]

Refugee Studies Centre 30th Anniversary Conference: Understanding Global Refugee Policy, Oxford, 6-7 December 2012 [info]
- A draft programme is now available and registration is open.

Refuge from Inhumanity: Enriching Refugee Protection Standards through Recourse to International Humanitarian Law, Oxford, 11-12 February 2013 [info]
- The final programme is now available and registration is open: "A limited number of places are available and will be allocated in order of registration. Please book early to avoid disappointment."

International Conference on Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement, Oxford, 22-23 March 2013 [info]
- Reminder: Abstracts must be submitted by 31 Oct. 2012.  Conference registration is now open and will continue up to 15 Feb. 2013.

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

EU Anti-Trafficking Day

Today is the sixth EU Anti-Trafficking Day.  A conference organized to mark the day will focus on "Working Together towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings: The Way Forward."  The text of the speech given by EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmström, is available through her web site.

Links to more information about European efforts undertaken to address human trafficking can be found via this press release.

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Events & Opportunities: Last Minute Oct. 2012

Stabilization in Situations Other than War: The Rio Experience, Copenhagen, 23 October 2012 [info]
- Register by 22 October 2012.

Treatment of African Asylum-Seekers in Israel, Oxford, 23 October 2012 [info]

ELENA Advanced Course on "The Rights of Refugees," Madrid, 30 November-2 December 2012 [info]
- The closing date for registration is 26 October 2012.

Rescuing Migrants in Libya: The Political Economy of State Responses to Migration Crisis – The Case of Ghana, Copenhagen, 30 October 2012 [info]
- Register by 29 October 2012.

Community Conversation: Responding to Young Asylum Seekers' Trauma, Footscray, Australia, 1 November 2012 [info]
- Register by 29 October 2012.

Supporting Teachers in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States, Washington, DC, 30 October 2012 [info]
- Register to attend.

Photo Contest: "Envisioning Safe Livelihoods" [info]
- Submit photo(s) by 30 October 2012.

Voices of Courage Awards 2013: "Refugees and Displaced Persons with Disabilities" [info]
- Submit nomination for honoree by 31 October 2012.

Tagged Events & Opportunities. 

Focus: Children

Upcoming opportunity:

Research Assistant, RSC [info]
- Will "work on a project exploring transitions to adulthood of former unaccompanied children in Europe." Apply by 12 November 2012.

Publications:

Education Cannot Wait: Protecting Children and Youth’s Right to a Quality Education in Humanitarian Emergencies and Conflict Situations (Global Partnership for Education, Sept. 2012) [access]

Forced From Home: The Lost Boys and Girls of Central America (Women's Refugee Commission, Oct. 2012) [access]

Protecting Children on the Move: Addressing Protection Needs through Reception, Counselling and Referral and Enhancing Cooperation in Greece, Italy and France (UNHCR et al., July 2012) [text]

Syria's Children: A Damaged Generation (Refugees International Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]

Event after the fact:

International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2012 [access]
- First observance of this day; theme was "Ending Child Marriage."  See also related Huffington Post story.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Focus: Statelessness

Publications:

Denationalisation and the Politics of Citizenship in Zimbabwe (ENS Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]

Finally an Important Step towards the Solution for the Legally Invisible and Persons at Risk of Statelessness in Serbia (ENS Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]

Recommendations Relevant to Statelessness Made during the First Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (2008-2011) (UNHCR, Sept. 2012) [text]

Stateless in Burma: Rohingya Word Wars (openDemocracy, Oct. 2012) [text]

Stateless in the United States: Current Reality and a Future Prediction (SSRN, Sept. 2012) [text]

"Statelessness in Japan: Management and Challenges," Journal of Population and Social Studies, vol. 21, no. 1 (July 2012) [full-text]

State action:

Latest accessions:  As this news story reports, "Ecuador became a party to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, Honduras to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and Portugal became party to both conventions."

Pledges: Maps showing accessions to the statelessness conventions and pledges for various actions relating to statelessness have been updated.  Scroll to the bottom of the State Action page to view them.

Tagged Publications. 

Focus: Development-induced Displacement

Publications:

Americas: Governments Must Stop Imposing Development Projects on Indigenous Peoples’ Territories (Amnesty International, Aug. 2012) [text]

"Broadening the Concept of Forcible Displacement to Include Development-Induced Displacement," Chapter in Forcible Displacement Throughout the Ages: Towards an International Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Forcible Displacement (Martinus Nijhoff, Aug. 2012) [info]

Community Action Guide to the Asian Development Bank: Making Safeguard Policies Work for Justice, Draft (International Accountability Project, 2011/2012) [access]

"Development and Displacement: Hidden Loser from a Forgotten Agenda," Chapter in World Disasters Report 2012 (IFRC, Oct. 2012) [text]

Development's Collateral Damage: The World Bank, Involuntary Resettlement and Human Rights, Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Law (University of Oslo, Dec. 2011) [text]

Mining-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Social Problem and Human Rights Issue (A Global Perspective) (SSRN, Aug. 2012) [text]

On the Edge: Roma, Forced Evictions and Segregation in Italy (Amnesty International, Sept. 2012) [text]

The Rights of Project-Affected Persons (Advocates for International Development, Sept. 2012) [text]

Upcoming opportunity:

Call for Papers: Goettingen Journal of International Law [info via EJIL: Talk!]
- The focus is on the "law and politics of indigenous peoples in international law." Deadline for submissions is 1 March 2013.

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

World Disasters Report 2012

Today, the IFRC launched the 2012 edition of its World Disasters Report.  This year's theme is "forced migration and displacement."  It was edited by Roger Zetter, former director of the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC).  Here is part of the description:

The report analyses the complex causes of forced migration and its consequences and impacts on displaced populations, their hosts and humanitarian actors. It looks at the significant gaps in humanitarian protection for ever-increasing numbers of forced migrants who do not fit into conventional categories of protection, and the public health challenges caused by forced displacement, particularly for women, children and those with mental ill-health problems. It examines the ‘urbanization’ of forced migration, the role of climate change and environmental factors in forced displacement and how new communications, information and social networking technologies are reshaping the links between aid providers and migrants. It also tracks humanitarian funding for forcibly displaced populations, as well as the positive and negative economic impacts they have on host communities and countries.

The report is provided as a complete PDF in English; alternatively, readers can access individual chapters via the special microsite established for WDR2012.  Also available is a "data dashboard," with statistical figures for specific disasters and their consequences, and a video section.

Summaries of the report can be retrieved in Arabic, French, and Spanish.

The Overseas Development Institute is hosting a launch event on 18 October 2012, in London and online.  Coverage can be followed via #DisasterReport on Twitter.

Tagged Publications.

Employment, Property Rights

Events after the fact:

Joint Colloquium on the Right to Work for Refugees in Europe, Strasbourg, 27 September 2012 [info]
- See also related UNHCR news story and interview with the UNHCR Representative to the European Institutions in Strasbourg.

Labour Mobility for Refugees, Geneva, 11-12 September 2012 [info]

Publications:

Beyond Restitution: New Book Explores Property Rights and Durable Solutions for the Displaced (Terra Nullius, Sept. 2012) [text]

The Right to Work in Ecuador: A Positive Development within a Restrictive New Law (Refugee Work Rights, Sept. 2012) [text]

"Socio-structural Influences on the Work Participation of Refugees: An Exploratory Systematic Mixed Studies Review," Vulnerable Groups & Inclusion, vol. 3 (Sept. 2012) [open access text]

Understanding the Informal Economic Activity of Refugees in London (Community Links & Refugee Council, April 2011) [text]
- HT to the Right to Work for Asylum Seekers and Refugees blog!

Upcoming opportunity:

2013 Mid-Year Meeting Workshop on Poverty, Immigration and Property, San Diego, 10-12 June 2013 [info via IntLawGrrls]
- Proposals sought from Association of American Law Schools faculty members on variety of themes including "International: Land Distribution, Land Reform, Forced Migration" and "Climate Refugees: Property, Poverty, Immigration."  Deadline for submissions is 26 October 2012.


Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. 

Focus: Middle East, esp. Syrians

*(updated)

BADIL's Preliminary Position Paper on Arab-Jewish Refugees (Badil, Oct. 2012) [text]

Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2012 (The Lancet, Oct. 2012) [access]
- Presents series of abstracts of papers presented at a conference in March 2012 reporting "findings about the health status of a people dispersed across refugee camps, occupied territory, and land under violent siege."  See also related IRIN news story.

*Lebanon, Yesterday's and Today's Refugees (Reset DOC, Oct. 2012) [text]

Palestinians Escaping Syria Find Little Relief in Lebanon (openDemocracy, Oct. 2012) [text]

Trapped between the Fences (Israel Democracy Institute, Sept. 2012) [text]

Syrians:

And the Displacement in Syria Goes On (UpFront Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]

Armed Conflict in Syria: U.S. and International Response (U.S. Congressional Research Service, Aug. 2012) [text via Refworld]

"The Human Cost of Sanctuary," The World Today, vol. 68, nos. 8/9 (Oct. 2012) [full-text]
- "The impact of Syrian refugees on Turkey and Jordan."

Syrian Refugees: Containing the Crisis (Refugees International, Oct. 2012) [text]

"We must help shelter Syria's refugees," Financial Times, 11 Oct. 2012 [text via PDES FB page]
-  Article by Angelina Jolie and António Guterres.

Tagged Publications.

New Publications on Causes of Displacement, Human Rights Education, Human Security, Migration Control, Refugee Camps

A Critical Introduction to Immigration and Asylum (International State Crime Initiative, Sept. 2012) [text]

Human Security Report 2012: Sexual Violence, Education, and War - Beyond the Mainstream Narrative (Human Security Report Project, Oct. 2012) [access]
- See also related IRIN news article and IntLawGrrls blog post.

Important but Neglected: A Proposal for Human Rights Education in Refugee and Displacement Camps (SSRN, Oct. 2012) [text]

"Refugee Camps not Designed for Refugees," DW, 9 Oct. 2012 [text]

Warfare, Political Identities, and Displacement in Spain and Colombia, HiCN Working Paper 124 (Households in Conflict Network, Oct. 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications.

Urban Issues

"Addressing Endemic Urban Violence," Part 4 in Modern Warfare: Armed Groups, Private Militaries, Humanitarian Organizations, and the Law (University of British Columbia Press, May 2012) [contents]

Dangerous Cities: Urban Violence and the Militarization of Law Enforcement, Online Seminar, 2 October 2012 [info]
- Follow the link to access a recording of the event. Includes discussion of the role of humanitarian actors in urban conflicts.

"Refugees and the City: An Urban Discussion," Geography Compass, Forthcoming (2012) [abstract]

Researching the Urban Dilemma: Urbanization, Poverty and Violence (IDRC & DFID, 2012) [text]
- Baseline study for "Safe and Inclusive Cities research initiative."

Select Bibliography on Urban Refugees (UNHCR, Sept. 2012) [text]

Urban Humanitarian Response Portal (ALNAP & UN Habitat) [access]
- Established to "share knowledge on urban humanitarian crises."  Locate information by topic, resource type, agency, region or date.

Tagged Publications and Web Sites/Tools.  

Research & Writing Opportunities

Research:

Policy and Research Development Manager, Refugee Action [info]
- Apply by 16 October 2012.

Researcher, Refugee and Migrants' Rights (Europe), Amnesty International [info]
- Apply by 31 October 2012.

Research Posts, University of Exeter [info]
- Focus is on disparities in UK asylum appeals success rates.  Deadlines are 26 October 2012 and 22 November 2012, respectively.

Writing:

ASIL Reports on International Organizations [info]
- The last report on UNHCR was Aug. 2009.  Other possibilities: EXCOM, ICRC, OCHA... .

Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter [info]
- Contributions sought for the newsletter; submissions due by the 15th of each month.

Refugee Law Initiative Working Paper Series [info]
- Submissions are considered on a rolling basis.

Tagged Events & Opportunities.