I was very stressed, nervous, scared, and unconfident to tell the UNHCR interviewer about what had happen to me in my home country. – A Sudanese Refugee in Cairo

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Reports and Documents

The following are a series of reports, some completed by persons who have worked in conjunction with AMERA in the past. They are published here with the intention of sharing knowledge and experience. However, none of the views expressed can be taken as statements from AMERA, and should be regarded as the views and experiences of the individual author.

HIV/AIDS
  •  Note on HIV/AIDS and the Protection of Refugees, IDPs and Other Persons of Concern, UNHCR

Legal Issues

  •  Claims for Protection Based on Religion or Belief, Karen Musalo, UNHCR
  •  UN 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol on the Status of Refugees
  •  1980 Guidelines for National Refugee Legislation, OAU/UNHCR
  •  The Scope and Content of the Principle of Non-Refuoulement, Sir Elihu Lauterpacht

Minors

  •  UNHCR Guidelines on Dealing With Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum, UNHCR
  •  Impacts on Children of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, Canadian Council for Refugees
  •  Changing a Harmful Social Convention: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, UNICEF
  •  Child Alert: Darfur, UNICEF
  •  Child First, Migrant Second: Ensuring That Every Child Matters, Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
  •  Child Protection in Emergencies, Save the Children
  •  Position on Refugee Children, The European Council on Refugees and Exiles
  •  Separated Refugee Children in Cairo, A Rights-Based Analysis, Laura Maxwell and Aya El-Hilaly
  •  Guide to Working With Young People Who are Refugees, Victorian Foundation for survivors of Torture
  •  Inter-agency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated Children, International Committee of the Red Cross
  •  Meeting the Rights and Protection Needs of Refugee Children, UNHCR
  •  Rights of the Child in Sudan, OMCT
  •  Refugee Children: Guidelines on Protection and Care, UNHCR
  •  UNHCR Guidelines on Formal Determination of the Best Interests of the Child, UNHCR
  •  Excluded and Invisible: The State of the World's Children, UNICEF
  •  Working with Children and Young People Subject to Immigration Control, Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
  •  Working With Refugee Children, Jill Rutter

Protection

  •  Alternatives to Detention of Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Ophelia Field

Refugees in Cairo

 2005 Demonstration

  •  A Tragedy of Failures and False Expectations, FMRS, American University in Cairo

Annex 1: List of Sudanese Protestor's Demands

Annex 2: FFA English and Arabic

Annex 3: Table Summarizing Sudanese Rights and Obligations

  •  Refugee Protest in the Global South: Recent Developments, Leigh Sylvan, World Refugee Survey 2006
  •  UNHCR RO-Cairo Response to the FMRS Report, UNHCR

Needs Assessment

  •  An Investigation of the Perceived Needs and Priorities Held by African Refugees in an Urban Setting in a First Country of Asylum, Natalie Briant and Andrew Kennedy

Mixed Nationality

Education

  •  Educational Needs and Priorities for South Sudanese Refugees in Cairo, Esther Dingemans
  •  The Right of Refugee Children to Education in Egypt, Tarek Badawy

Legal Status in Egypt

  •  Agreement Between the Egyptian Government and UNHCR

Refugee Status Determination

  •  Joint Open Letter to UNHCR, various refugee legal aid organizations

Sex and Gender Based Violence

  •  Ensuring Gender Sensitivity in the Context of Refugee Status Determination and Resettlement, UNHCR
  •  Lip Service or Implementation?, Sophia Ceneda and Clare Palmer, Asylum Aid
  •  Rape as Genocide: The Legal Response to Sexual Violence, Dr. Frances Pilch

Trafficking

  •  Study on Trafficking in Women in East Africa, Elaine Pearson
  •  Guidelines on International Protection: Victims of Trafficking, UNHCR

Worldwide

  •  Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Hong Kong: Overview, Raquel Amador and Melissa Neher
  •  Report on the Situation of Refugees in Zambia, Claire Darwin
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Journals

International Journal of Refugee Law www.ijrl.oxfordjournals.org 

Refugee Survey Quarterly www.rsq.oxfordjournals.org 

Journal of Refugee Studies www.jrs.oxfordjournals.org

The International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology www.refugeethesaurus.org 

The Refugee Law Reader www.refugeelawreader.org 

Books