Covid-19, Climate Migrants, and Complementary Protection: Why socio-economic rights matter more than ever
Blog post by Gursimran Bakshi, a penultimate student at the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi.
(more…)Liberty, Equality, Fraternity…really? Why France’s forsaken “children of ISIS” may grow up to think differently about the French Republic’s values.
Blogpost by Philomène Franssen, candidate in the MA Refugee Protection & Forced Migration Studies at the University of London, where she studies Statelessness, Nationality and the Protection of Stateless Persons. Philomène also holds a Diploma in Human Rights and Forced Displacement from the University for Peace. Interested in the intersection of issues relating to forced displacement and statelessness, she is an individual member of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) and of the European Network on Statelessness (ENS).[1][2]
(more…)Push backs at land borders: Asady and Others v. Slovakia and N.D and N.T v. Spain. Is the principle of non-refoulement at risk?
Blog post by Nensi Sinanaj, a current student undertaking a Master of Laws at the University of Milan, and an intern for the legal firm Oralex with a focus on Human Rights Protection.
(more…)Seeking protection in Australia: challenges for asylum seekers during the COVID-19 crisis
Blog post by Jazmine Elmolla, a commercial lawyer in Melbourne, Australia. Outside of commercial law, Jazmine has a keen interest in human rights law and has undertaken research at Monash University on the right to birth registration and the right to nationality for refugees and Indigenous Australians. In addition, she volunteers as a migration agent at Refugee Legal in Melbourne, a community legal centre that assists asylum seekers in making applications for refugee status, and in appealing decisions not to grant refugee status and associated protection visas.
(more…)Facing Covid-19 in a State of Rightlessness: Rohingyas at Sea in South Asia
Blog post by Sreetapa Chakrabarty, an Assistant Professor in Political Science at the Directorate of Distance Education, Rabindra Bharati University, West Bengal, India. She is also a Ph.D research scholar at the Department of Political Science, Rabindra Bharati University, focusing on Rohingya refugee children in South Asia.
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