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10 Mar 2015, 6:30 am
"Assessing the Experiences of Intra-uterine Device Users in a Long-term Conflict Setting: A Qualitative Study on the Thailand-Burma Border," Conflict and Health, 9:6 (Feb. 2015) [open access]"An Assessment of Antenatal Care among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon," Conflict and Health, 9:8 (Feb. 2015) [open access]"Caries Burden and Efficacy of a Referral Pathway in a Cohort of Preschool Refugee Children," Australian Dental Journal, vol. 60, no. 1 (March 2015)… [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 2:24 pm
Exciting opportunities are available in many countries, including but not limited to: Bulgaria: Law Burma: All Disciplines (Law among preferred disciplines) East Asia and the Pacific: Cross-Strait Studies Ghana: Law Jamaica: All Disciplines (Law among preferred disciplines) Jordan: Public Policy and International Relations Nepal: All Disciplines (Law among preferred disciplines) Norway: International Courts and Tribunals Sweden: Fulbright-Lund University Chair in Public International Law… [read post]
27 Apr 2018, 4:20 am
In its 2018 report, USCIRF recommends 16 countries for CPC designation: 10 that the State Department so designated in December 2017—Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—and six others—Central African Republic, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Syria, and Vietnam.The report also includes a second category, USCIRF’s Tier 2, for countries where the violations meet one or two, but not… [read post]
7 Dec 2022, 4:10 am
In a press statement, Secretary Blinken said in part:Today, I am announcing designations against Burma, the People’s Republic of China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, the DPRK, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 7:15 am
"Development-Induced Displacement and Sustainable Development: The Case Study of Slezská Harta Dam in the Czech Republic," Problemy ekorozwoju - Problems of Sustainable Development, vol. 8, no. 2 (2013) [text via SSRN]A Foreseeable Disaster in Burma: Forced Displacement in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (Physicians for Human Rights, Nov. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]The Geography of Post-Eviction Resettlement in Delhi, India (DRAN Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]Mapping the… [read post]
State Department Designates "Countries of Particular Concern" For Violating Religious Freedom Rights
23 Nov 2021, 4:00 am
In a statement, Secretary of State Blinken said:I am designating Burma, the People’s Republic of China, Eritrea, Iran, the DPRK, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom. [read post]
20 Jul 2020, 11:26 am
Lipton of Oregon State University, whose project is entitled, “Bacteriophages and Antibiotics: How the Soviets and Americans Dealt with a Public Health Crisis when Faced with New Tools”Chao Ren of the University of Michigan, whose project is entitled, “Oily Arguments: Institutional Disputes and Native Property Rights in Colonial Burma”Doris Morgan Rueda of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, whose project is entitled, “Saving The Bad Kids, Caging Los Chicos… [read post]
7 Nov 2013, 9:45 am
"Burma Just Around the Corner: When U.S. [read post]
27 Jan 2014, 7:30 am
Constructions of Belonging and Exclusion for the Stateless Rohingya of Burma, Working Paper, no. 107 (COMPAS, 2013) [text]Statelessness in Ukraine (ENS Blog, Jan. 2014) [text]Statelessness Matters 10 Years on from Al-Kateb: Statelessness in the Australian Context, Presentation at the Asian Conference on Politics, Economics and Law, Osaka, 21-24 November 2013 [info]- Follow this link for the virtual presentation. [read post]
15 Jan 2024, 7:59 pm
Secretary of State Blinken's announcement (full text) said in part:I have designated Burma, the People’s Republic of China, Cuba, the DPRK, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom. [read post]
21 Dec 2015, 4:15 am
—Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, after consultation with the heads of other United States Government agencies represented on the Atrocities Prevention Board (APB) and representatives of human rights organizations, as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an evaluation of the persecution of, including attacks against, Christians and people of other religions in the Middle East by violent Islamic extremists and the… [read post]
26 Apr 2022, 4:10 am
” These include 10 that the State Department designated as CPCs in November 2021: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan—as well as five others: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, Syria, and Vietnam. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 6:45 am
"Building Communities of Practice for Urban Refugees: Asia Regional Workshop Report (UNHCR, March 2015) [text]Forced Migration and the Myanmar Peace Process, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 274 (UNHCR, Feb. 2015) [text]"Japan’s Asylum Laws: No Entry," The Economist, 14 March 2015 [text]Meeting the Bare Minimum: Hong Kong's New Screening Process for Protection (Justice Centre Hong Kong, May 2014) [text]Persecution of the Rohingya in Burma/Myanmar and the… [read post]
20 Dec 2017, 7:00 am
"Cardiovascular Disease-related Health Beliefs and Lifestyle Issues among Karen Refugees Resettled in the United States from the Thai-Myanmar (Burma) Border," Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, 50(6) (Nov. 2017) [open access]"Feasibility and Acceptability of a Universal Screening and Referral Protocol for Gender-based Violence with Women Seeking Care in Health Clinics in Dadaab Refugee Camps in Kenya," Global Mental Health, 4:e21 (Oct. 2017) [open… [read post]
31 May 2020, 9:30 pm
Comparing British and French experiences across today’s Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam, Kim examines how the everyday work of local administrators delegitimized the taxing of opium, which in turn made major anti-opium reforms possible.Empires of Vice reveals the inner life of colonial bureaucracy, illuminating how European rulers reconfigured their opium-entangled foundations of governance and shaped Southeast Asia’s political economy of illicit drugs… [read post]
29 Jun 2022, 8:00 am
," Global Responsibility to Protect, vol. 14, no. 1 (Feb. 2022) [postprint]"Dead papers: migrant ‘illegality’, city brokers, and the dilemma of exit for unauthorised African migrants in Delhi," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 48, no. 9 (2022) [open access]Denied and Deprived: Local communities confronting the humanitarian crisis and protection challenges in Southeast Burma (Karen Human Rights Group, June 2022) [access via ReliefWeb]- Follow… [read post]
7 Sep 2017, 12:45 pm
," Forbes, 31 Aug. 2017 [text]As Rohingyas Flee Myanmar, India Needs to Drop Religious Criteria in Its Refugee Law (The Conversation, Sept. 2017) [text]Burma’s Rohingya Need the World’s Attention (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2017) [text]China: Redoubling Crackdowns on Fleeing North Koreans (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2017) [text]How Should the East Asian Countries Respond to a Potential Exodus of North Koreans in Case of a Korean Peninsula Crisis? [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
Summarizing it findings, the Report said in part:For 2021, based on religious freedom conditions in 2020, USCIRF recommends that the State Department:• Redesignate as CPCs [Countries of Particular Concern] the following ten countries: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan;• Designate as additional CPCs the following four countries: India, Russia, Syria, and Vietnam; • Maintain on the SWL [Special Watch… [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 4:30 pm
[text via ReliefWeb]"Experiences from the Field: Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health Data Collection in Humanitarian and Emergency Situations," International Health, Advance Access, 18 July 2015 [open access]"Immigrants from Conflict-zone Countries: An Observational Comparison Study of Obstetric Outcomes in a Low-risk Maternity Ward in Norway," BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 15:163 (Aug. 2015) [open access]"'In rape cases we can use this pill': A Multimethods… [read post]
2 Nov 2015, 10:30 am
, The New Humanitarians in International Practice: Emerging Actors and Contested Principles, Routledge, Nov. 2015Ahlam Lee, North Korean Defectors in a New and Competitive Society: Issues and Challenges in Resettlement, Adjustment, and the Learning Process, Rowman & Littlefield, Nov. 2015 Anne Decobert, The Politics of Aid to Burma: A Humanitarian Struggle on the Thai-Burmese Border, Routledge, Nov. 2015David A.B. [read post]
