NEW RESOURCES
The 2010 Commonwealth Games: Whose Wealth? Whose Commons? Housing and Land Right Network (HLRN)
The HLRN study questions the rationale for spending thousands of crores of rupees on a one-time sporting event, which instead of delivering any benefits to the masses is resulting in multiple violations of human rights, especially of the most marginalized sections of society. The full text of the report is available at:
http://www.hic-sarp.org/documents/Whose%20Wealth_Whose%20Commons.pdf
Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Agents of Change edited by Fatima Sadiqi, Moha Ennaji
This book examines the position of women in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa region. The book is an edited volume with articles by writers both from within the region and from outside that provide theoretical debates and case studies on the historical, socio-cultural, political, economic, and legal issues in the region based on their fieldwork from Egypt, Oman, Palestine, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Spain.
See http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415573214 for details
Irregular Migration, Migrant Smuggling, Human Rights by International Council on Human Rights Policy
The report examines the factors influencing migration policies and the human rights protection available to migrants. The report is available at:
http://www.ichrp.org/files/reports/56/122_report_en.pdf
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