Seventh Annual Research and Orientation Workshop and Conference
on
Global Protection of Refugees and Migrants

Kolkata, 16-22 November 2022

Reading Lists

 

Module A /  Module B /  Module C /  Module D /  Module E1 / Module E2

Module A

Module A: Shock Migration in the Wake of Crises Like War, Famine, Flood, other Natural Disasters, and Pandemic
(visibility, scale, migrant networks, adaptability, policy response, and migrant’s autonomy)


Coordinator: Nasreen Chowdhory, Delhi University, Delhi & CRG and Manish K. Jha, TISS Mumbai, & CRG

 

References

1. Tamboukou, Maria (2020). Mobility assemblages and lines of flight in women’s narratives of forced displacement. European Journal of Women's Studies, (), 135050682093294–doi:10.1177/1350506820932946.pp 1-15

2. Castles S (2006) Global perspectives on forced migration. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 15: 7–28.

3. Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Global Report on Internal Displacement 2022 (Geneva: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2022), 8.

4. Samaddar, Ranabir, The Post Colonial Age of Migration Routledge

5. Sascha O. Becker et al. Forced migration and human capital: evidence from post-WWII population transfers Am. Econ. Rev. (2020)

6. Mitra, A. (2010) Migration, livelihood and well-being: Evidence from indian city slums, Urban Studies, 47, 1371–1390

 

 

 

Module B

 

Module B: Law and Jurisprudence on Protection of Refugees and Migrants

(international human rights law, international humanitarian law; global compact, refugee protection regime, and the limits of the Convention, and Global Compacts, regional conventions, national jurisprudence, etc.)


Coordinator: Sahana Basavapatna, High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore

 

 

Recommended Reading

1.The Foreigners Act, 1946

2.Citizenship Act, 1955.

 

Essential Reading: Case Laws

1. Bogyi v Union of India, Civil Rule No. 1847/89, Guahati High Court, order dated 17/11/1989.

2. Louis De Raedt v Union of India, 1991 (3) SCC 554.

3. Ktaer Abbas Habib Al Qutaifi and ors v Union of India and others, 1999 Crl LJ 919 .

4. Johura Begum v Union of India and ors, 2013 SCC OnLine Cal 21801.

5. Lal Tlan Lawm v Union of India and anr, W.P.(CRL) 1327/2015, order dated 06/08/2015.

6. Mohammad Saleemuddin and another v Union of India and others, WP(C) No. 793/2017, order dated 8th April, 2022, pending, Supreme Court of India.

7. Nandita Haksar v State of Manipur, 2021 SCC OnLine Mani 176.

 

Suggested Readings

1. B.S.Chimni, The Geopolitics of Refugee Studies, A View From the South, Journal of Refugee Studies 11, no. 4 (1998): 350-374.
2. K.M. Parivelan, 2007, Need for Fresh Look at 1951 Convention and Relevance of Post Colonial Experiences.
3. Bhairav Acharya, The Law, Policy and Practice of Refugee Protection in India, available at https://notacoda.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/acharya-the-law-policy-and-practice-of-refugee-protection-in-india.pdf
4. Rajeev Dhavan, Re: Refugee Protection by Executive Action.
5. Ranabir Samaddar, Power and Responsibility at the Margins: The Case of India in the Global Refugee Regime, Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees 33, no.1 (2017): 42-51.
6. Anupama Roy, Citizenship regimes, law and belonging, India Seminar, available at https://www.india-seminar.com/2020/729/729_anupama_roy.htm
7. Farhana Ibrahim (2022): CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL BELONGING ACROSS THE THAR: GENDER, FAMILY AND CASTE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 1971 WAR, Asian Affairs, DOI: 10.1080/03068374.2022.2078082
8. Salah Punathil (2022) Precarious citizenship: detection, detention and ‘deportability’ in India, Citizenship Studies, 26:1, 55-72, DOI: 10.1080/13621025.2021.2013444.
9. Dhoop, Prerna, “Citizenship (Amendment) Act: Enforcement Is Fraught with Legal Hurdles,” Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 55, Iss. 4, January 25, 2020.
10. Roy, Anupama, “The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the Aporia of Citizenship,” Economic and Political Weekly, December 14, 2019.

 

Government of India Documents

1. Circular No. 24013/29/Misc./2017-CSR.III (I) dated 8th August, 2017, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India titled, “Identification of illegal migrants and monitoring thereof - regarding.”

2. Circular No. 25022/63/2017-F.IV dated 28th February, 2018, Ministry of Home Affairs, Foreigners Division, Government of India titled, “Identification of illegal migrants and monitoring thereof - Reg.”

3. Circular No. 25022/32/2014-F.I (Vol. II) dated 9th January, 2019, Ministry of Home Affairs, Foreigners Division, Government of India titled, “Model Detention Centre/Holding Centre/Camp Manual”.

4. January 2022, Minutes of the Open-House Discussion on Protection of the Basic Human Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in India, available at https://nhrc.nic.in/sites/default/files/Minutes%20of%20the%20Meeting%20on%20Protection%20of%20the%20Basic%20Human%20Rights%20of%20Refugees%20and%20Asylum%20Seekers%20in%20India_20thJan2022.pdf

 

 

 

Module C

 

Module C: Statelessness

Coordinator – K. M. Parivelan, TISS Mumbai, & CRG

 

1. According to UNHCR Status report, 2022

2. According to Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

3. According to Statelessness Convention, 1954

4. According to Convention on Status of Refugees, 1951

5. Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons, UNHCR, Geneva, 2014

6. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966

7. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966

8. Sustainable Development Goals, 2015-30

9. Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons, UNHCR, Geneva, 2014

10. Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons, UNHCR, Geneva, 2014

11. Indira Goris, Julia Harrington and Sebastian Köhn, Statelessness: what it is and why it matters? Forced Migration Review, Vol.32, April 2009

12. Asha Bangar, Statelessness in India, Statelessness Working Paper Series No. 2017/02, Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, June 2017

13. The Global Alliance is initiative of UNHCR and Civil Society Organisations to follow up Statelessness issues beyond 2024 targeted period. This consultation was held at Istanbul, Turkiye, during 28-30 November, 2022. 

 

 

 

 

Module D

 

Module D: Gender, Race, Religion, and other Fault Lines in Protection Architecture

Coordinator – Paula Banerjee, IDRC Chair at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and Calcutta Research Group, India

 

 

1. According to UNHCR Status report, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Module E1

 

Module E1: Pandemic, Migrants, Refugees and Public Health

Coordinator: Samir Kumar Das, University of Calcutta & CRG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Module E2

 

Module E2: Ethics of Care and Protection

Coordinators: Manish K. Jha, TISS Mumbai, & CRG, and Mouleshri Vyas, TISS Mumbai, & CRG