Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter: December 2012 issue available
The Fahamu Refugee Programme is pleased to announce the December 2012 issue of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter. The issue can be found . Please feel free to share it widely.
In this issue:
Announcements
News on countries of origin and asylum
Deportation News
Dozens of organisations urge member states to accede to statelessness conventions
Joint Statement from Human Security Alliance, Asian Muslim Action Network and Odhikar: International support needed to protect Rohingyas from persecution
Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network statement on changes to Australian policy
Xenophobic attacks on the rise in Greece: asylum seekers and refugees at increasing risk
‘Non-clinicians’ judgments about asylum seekers’ mental health: how do legal representatives of asylum seekers decide when to request medico-legal reports?’
EASO country of origin information report Afghanistan: A critical review
Two years after the attack on the 2010 Rainbow Festival: Justice delayed for victims of racist violence and for KISA’s Executive Director
Human Rights Watch documents five serious cases challenging the principle of non-refoulement in 2012
Ghanaian detainees statement on the death of Prince Ofosu at Harmondsworth IRC
The top 10 neglected refugee crises
ECRE recounts important cases in Europe
Recent case commentary from Garden Court Chambers in London
Nuclear Family a ‘Social Group’
Hode & Abdi v. the United Kingdom
MN and others: Pakistan Pakistan v. the SSHD
HM Iraq 2: Country guidance
Solitary confinement of homosexual found to be discriminatory: The Case of X v Turkey
Rwanda: Why UNHCR is wrong about Cessation
Eight-Year Sentence for Opposition Leader, Victoire Ingabire Found Guilty of Two Charges in Flawed Trial
An introduction to Frontex: frequent criticism
Japan Announces that ‘0’ Refugees will be Resettled this Year
Regional cooperation: an impossible dream?
Open Letter to Australian Minister of Immigration and Citizenship from the Refugee Council of Australia, following doorstep interview
Publications
Resources
Requests
Call for papers and applications
Training
Conferences and workshops
Grants and awards
Vacancies