RefWorld 2005

Reviewed by: Ronda Bresnick Hauss, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and founder of the Quiet Waters Center for Trauma, Stress and Resilience, PLLC; Washington, D.C., USA
Review posted 26 July 2006
Review No. 83

CD-ROM Information

Content: This CD-ROM collection of over 90,000 UNHCR documents is a useful source of information for organizations and people working in the refugee, political asylum, and human rights fields. The CD-ROMs are especially useful for organizations, groups, and individuals that do not have access to the internet.
Publication Date: 1 September 2005
Audience: This collection is a useful library for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), legal clinics, human rights activists, and any organizations that may be interested in or work with refugees, asylum seekers or students.
Producer: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Size: 3.5GB
Price: US$150 government institution rate / US$75 NGOs working with refugees.
Manual needed: No, but the provided brochure helps in using the search facility more effectively.
How to order:

Order by mail:
Status Determination and Protection Information
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland

Order by fax:
Fax: +41 (0) 22 739 7396

Download order form .*

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Review Summary

This CD-ROM collection contains over 90,000 documents from UNHCR including legal information regarding refugees and political asylum seekers, human rights and country reports, and United Nations documents, treaties, maps, and statistics. It has been referred to as the "refugee encyclopedia" and is intended to facilitate the work of decision-makers, analysts, human rights activists, and academics. The information has been collected from UNHCR's field offices, as well as from governments, international and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and judicial bodies.

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