#refworld

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‘In 42 of the 50 randomly selected cases we analysed... the Immigration Judge indicated that the primary reason for an initial decision being overturned was that the UKBA case owner had wrongly made a negative assessment of the applicant’s credibility’ – A question of credibility: Why so many initial asylum decisions are overturned on appeal in the UK. Amnesty International and Still Human Still Here. April 2013.

‘Refugees continued to be those that fled political persecution leaving a large number of people who fled due to other factors outside the legal definition and thus protection regime’ – A Report: The 14th Conference of The International Association for the Study of Forced Migration. International Association for the Study of Forced Migration. 2013.

‘State agents had been responsible for numerous and serious human rights violations, including the systematic use of torture and ill-treatment in detention’ – Bahrain: Fundamental reform or torture without end?. Redress and International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims. April 2013.

‘Government efforts to tackle the problem, including new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse, will also fail unless protection mechanisms are properly implemented and the justice system reformed to ensure that abuse is reported and fully prosecuted’ – Breaking the Silence: Child Sexual Abuse in India. Human Rights Watch. February 2013.

‘Its seven thematic panels went beyond traditional approaches to international humanitarian law and refugee law by assessing the prospects for substantive legal interaction between the two fields’ – Conference report: Refuge from inhumanity: enriching refugee protection standards through recourse to international humanitarian law. Refugee Studies Centre and Refugee Law Initiative. April 2013.

‘The publication of this annual report, now in its 36th year, reflects America’s interest in, and support for, the advancement of human rights around the world’ – Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. 2013.

‘Lithuanian experts are rather cautious in evaluating the Swedish experience, but would view positively the implementation of certain features’ – Decision making in asylum cases and appeal process: Situation, relevant issues and recommendations for Lithuania. International Organization of Migration. 2013.

‘By comparing systems of temporary protection in other countries with that of collective non-removal in Israel, the report shows that Israel’s policy falls below standards of temporary and humanitarian protection applied in other countries and constitutes a breach of customary refugee and human rights’ – ‘Do Not Send Us So We Can Become Refugees Again’: From ‘nationals of a hostile state’ to deportees: South Sudanese in Israel. African Refugee Development Center and Hotline for Migrant Workers. February 2013.

‘In Sinai they are subjected to brutal violence and inhuman treatment during attempts to extract ransom payments from their families’ – Egypt/Sudan: Refugees and asylum seekers face brutal treatment, kidnapping for ransom, and human trafficking. Amnesty International. 2013.

‘It analyses the practical obligations border management authorities have to safeguard core fundamental rights, such as the right to life, the principle of non-refoulement as well as the need to treat persons rescued or intercepted at sea in a dignified manner’ – Fundamental rights at Europe’s southern sea borders. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. 2013.

‘The Home Office recognises, however, that efficiencies and further improvements in quality of decision-making can be made in the system’ – Home Affairs Committee: Written evidence, Asylum. Home Office.23 April 2013.

‘Key successes included increased action in the Human Rights Council on Syria, multilateral action on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Iran and Burma and action on thematic areas such as business and human rights and the prevention of sexual violence’ – Human Rights and Democracy: The 2012 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report. United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. April 2013.

‘The human rights situation in areas such as North and South Kivu deteriorated throughout the year’ – Human Rights and Democracy: The 2012 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report - Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 15 April 2013.

‘Some minority groups described systematic repression of their communities and targeted intimidation of those speaking out against human rights violations’ – Human Rights and Democracy: The 2012 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report - Iran. United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 15 April 2013.

‘Major events this year included an increase in hostilities between Gaza and Israel in November, an unprecedented surge in Israeli settlement plans... local elections in the West Bank, mass hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and the withholding of Palestinian tax revenues collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) by Israel’ – Human Rights and Democracy: The 2012 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report - Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 15 April 2013.

‘There continued to be reports of further abductions and disappearances, although the number reduced from spring 2012 onwards compared to 2011 levels’ – Human Rights and Democracy: The 2012 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report - Sri Lanka. United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 15 April 2013.

‘The ongoing conflict in Darfur and the border areas with South Sudan led to a worsening humanitarian situation, with continued reports of indiscriminate military tactics employed by the Sudanese Armed Forces leading to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people within Sudan and into South Sudan’ – Human Rights and Democracy: The 2012 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report - Sudan. United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 15 April 2013.

‘States should be fully aware of these developments in order to enable accurate victim identification and effective investigation of the trafficking crime’ – Policy and legislative recommendations towards the effective implementation of the non-punishment provision with regard to victims of trafficking. In consultation with the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Expert Co-ordination Team. 22 April 2013.

‘It is a human right to obtain all the guarantees which make it possible to arrive at fair decisions, and the administration is not exempt from its duty to comply with this obligation’ – Refugee Status Determination in Latin America: Regional Challenges and Opportunities. Asylum Access Ecuador, Asociación de Consultores y Asesores Internacionales (ACAI), Sin Fronteras I.A.P, Instituto Migrações e Direitos Humanos (IMDH), and Facultad de Derecho y el Consultorio Jurídico de la Universidad de los Andes. January 2013.

‘A number of communities are expressing concern about the local impact of resettlement, and there have been statewide legislative and executive efforts to restrict and deter refugee resettlement’ – Resettlement at Risk: Meeting emerging challenges to refugee resettlement in local communities. Melanie Nezer. HIAS. January 2013.

‘Practitioners considered foster care to be the best placement option for many separated children’ – Separated Children in Foster Care in Ireland. Barnardos. April 2013.

‘HKSAR lacks a clear asylum policy and that the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951 and the Protocol thereto of 1967, to which China is a party, are not extended to HKSAR’ – Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR): complementing the Third Report of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China. Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre. April 2013.

‘Even the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee, a government-appointed panel, criticised aspects of Sri Lanka’s detention policies and made recommendations. Yet the government has not implemented a single recommendation’ – Tamil Political Prisoners in Sri Lanka. N. Sivathasan. Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice. March 2013.

‘Notwithstanding a prevailing traditional and cultural disapproval of homosexuality, the evidence does not establish that in general there is persecution of homosexuality in Uganda’ – UKBA Operational Guidance Note: Uganda. UK Border Agency. March 2013.

‘In the end, the migrants’ fate in store by immigration policies is synonymous with exclusion, death, detention and denial of fundamental human rights’ – World Social Forum - Tunis 2013: Al Karama. World Assembly of Migrants. 29 March 2013.

Introducing the University of Ottawa Refugee Assistance Project (CCR)

UORAP is launching the Hearing Preparation Form (HPF) and Hearing Preparation Kit. These resources will help community workers to assist unrepresented refugee claimants to obtain and deliver evidence for their refugee hearing, after the Basis of Claim (BOC) form is complete.

UNHCR presents the new and enhanced version of Refworld 2013