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11 Apr 2020, 6:10 pm
These intertwined itineraries of law, that take place against the Japanese occupation of Burma and the Dutch East Indies and the postwar reconstruction efforts in Rangoon, Madras and Batavia, show how jurisdictional claims made by ordinary litigants form an underappreciated archive for histories of international law. [read post]
1 May 2014, 6:59 am
Here is CUP's description:This book explores the legal culture of the Parsis, or Zoroastrians, an ethnoreligious community unusually invested in the colonial legal system of British India and Burma. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 12:49 pm
In early March, Yangon—the former capital of Myanmar (Burma)—played host to a conference held by the East-West Center, called "Challenges of a Free Press. [read post]
27 May 2015, 8:00 am
, Working Paper, no. 13 (Refugee Law Initiative, May 2015) [text]In Focus: Montagnard Asylum Seekers in Cambodia (Kaldor Centre, May 2015) [access]IOM Appeal: Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea Crisis (IOM, May 2015) [text]Joint NGO Statement Ahead of the Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the Indian Ocean, Bangkok, 29 May 2015 [text]- Note: More information about the upcoming meeting is available from the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Overview of Natural Disasters and Their Impacts in Asia and… [read post]
27 Apr 2017, 4:10 am
Those countries are: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan-- all already designated by the State Department-- as well as Central African Republic, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Syria, and Vietnam. [read post]
6 Dec 2016, 4:05 am
-China Dialogue, including among many other items an assessment the treatment of political dissidents, media representatives, and ethnic and religious minorities;Section 106 calling for a report which "(1) describes in detail all known widespread or systematic civil or political rights violations, including violations that may constitute crimes against humanity against ethnic, racial, or religious minorities in Burma, including the Rohingya people; and (2) provides recommendations for… [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 6:45 am
Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 26, no. 2 (June 2013) [contents] 'We Are Not Here to Claim Better Services Than Any Other': Social Exclusion among Men from Refugee Backgrounds in Urban and Regional Australia [abstract] The Housing Resettlement Experience of Refugee Immigrants to Australia [abstract] Unpacking the Micro-Macro Nexus: Narratives of Suffering and Hope among Refugees from Burma Recently Settled in Australia [abstract] ‘It Was the Most Beautiful Country I Have… [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 9:15 am
Addressing the Human Rights Impact of Statelessness in the EU’s External Action (European Parliament, Nov. 2014) [text]Advancing Research on "Stateless Children": Family Decision Making and Birth Registration among Transnational Migrants in the Asia-Pacific Region, Migration & Mobility Working Paper, no. 2 (Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, Dec. 2014) [text]"Comparative Perspectives on Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality and Refugee Status," International and… [read post]
14 Jul 2013, 1:00 pm
"Clinical Care for Sexual Assault Survivors Multimedia Training: A Mixed-methods Study of Effect on Healthcare Providers’ Attitudes, Knowledge, Confidence, and Practice in Humanitarian Settings," Conflict and Health 7:14 (July 2013) [open access text] "GP and Registrar Involvement in Refugee Health: A Needs Assessment," Australian Family Physician, vol. 42, no. 6 (June 2013) [full-text] "Health Behaviors Associated with Chronic Disease Development and Management among Iraqi… [read post]
2 Feb 2020, 9:57 am
For four countries – Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, and Nigeria – the President has imposed travel restrictions on immigrant visas.The reason is straightforward – individuals who have entered the U.S. on immigrant visas are challenging to remove even if, after admission into the U.S., the individual is linked to disqualifying information such as terrorist connections, criminal ties, or misrepresented information. [read post]
16 Dec 2016, 2:52 am
Contents include: Kerstin Lingen & Robert Cribb, Justice in Time of Turmoil: War Crimes Trials in Asia in the Context of Decolonization and Cold War Neil Boister, Colonialism, Anti-Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism in China: The Opium Question at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal Beatrice Trefalt, The French Prosecution at the IMTFE: Robert Oneto, Indochina and the Rehabilitation of French Prestige Milinda Banerjee, Decolonization and Subaltern Sovereignty: India and the Tokyo Trial Anja Bihler, … [read post]
13 Nov 2013, 8:15 am
(ENS Blog, Nov. 2013) [text]Image credit: Nowhere People on FB Holocaust Museum Bears Witness to Plight of Burma's Rohingya (Open Society Foundations, Nov. 2013) [text] - See also Washington Post news story. [read post]
27 Jan 2022, 6:19 am
Kean discussed her early career as a journalist, her travels in Burma, and her interest in Buddhism. [read post]
20 Aug 2013, 6:29 pm
Your next Federal Judge: Here is what the honor of being nominated to the federal bench entails: 1) You fill out more forms than the entire contents of the national library of Burma;2) The FBI crawls through your life with a microscope. [read post]
22 Aug 2023, 9:30 pm
This all changed with the war and as India, Burma, Ceylon, and Malaya wrested independence from the British empire. [read post]
1 May 2014, 4:35 am
USCIRF also recommended that the following eight countries be re-designated as “countries of particular concern,” or CPCs: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan. [read post]
2 May 2016, 6:51 am
The Report recommends that the Secretary of State re-designate 9 countries as "countries of particular concern," i.e. countries that engage in or tolerate systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. [read post]
13 May 2021, 4:10 am
In his remarks, Secretary Blinken said in part:To name just a few examples from this year’s report, Iran continues to intimidate, harass, and arrest members of minority faith groups, including Baha’i, Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Sunni and Sufi Muslims.In Burma, the military coup leaders are among those responsible for ethnic cleansing and other atrocities against Rohingya, most of whom are Muslim, and other religious and ethnic minorities around the world.In Russia,… [read post]
23 Aug 2013, 4:10 am
Without new designations, sanctions attached in 2011 to Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea and Sudan will expire this month. [read post]
22 Nov 2017, 10:30 am
" The deadline is 31 December 2017.Publications:"Afghanistan: Displacement Challenges in a Country on the Move," Migration Information Source, 16 Nov. 2017 [text]Asylum and Nehru’s Changing Non-alignment: Tibetan Refugees in India, Oxford, 10 Nov. 2017 [info]- Follow link for podcast.Bangladesh Refugee Crisis: Assessment Lessons Learned with a Protection Focus, version 1 (UNHCR, Nov. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]"Caged without a Roof": Apartheid in Myanmar's Rakhine… [read post]
