Blog post written by Matt Oliver Kinsella, an RLI Research Affiliate currently undertaking a PhD with the Human Rights Consortium at the University of London, in collaboration with the International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI), Uganda. This piece was originally published on the International Refugee Rights Initiative blog.
(more…)Blog post by Mahardhika Sjamsoe’oed Sadjad (PhD Candidate at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Max Walden (Research Assistant and PhD student under the Australian Research Council Discovery Project ‘Indonesia’s refugee policies: responsibility, security and regionalism’).
(more…)This blog post summarises points from a workshop entitled “How can the Global Compact for Migration be owned and used?” Hosted by the Refugee Law Initiative, the workshop brought together academic researchers and non-governmental actors to unpack ownership and implementation of the GCM. The summary was written by Kathryn Allinson and Katharine T. Weatherhead, Queen Mary University of London, in order to share knowledge and views on issues which will impact the GCM’s future.
(more…)Blog post by Emilia Larrachea Formas (UIC Barcelona), a Chilean lawyer who started her doctoral research “Women, Peace and Security in refugees” in 2016. Emilia is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Refugee Law Initiative.
(more…)Blog post written by Mohammad Qasim, lecturer at faculty of law and political science, Gharjistan University, Kabul, Afghanistan
(more…)Blog post written by Juliana Guerrero, a political science and law student at the Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia. Juliana is a research assistant at the Center for Global Studies at Universidad de Los Andes, focusing on international development and is doing an internship with the Refugee Law Initiative. She holds a certificate from the Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from American University as well as a certificate in International Criminal Law from Leiden University.
(more…)Blog post written by Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Francesca Romana Partipilo (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) and forms part of a series of blog posts examining the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
(more…)Blog post written by Ayuk Nyakpo Orock, a PhD Sociology researcher at the University of Buea, Cameroon, focusing on refugee women in Cameroon’s labour markets. She has worked as a part time Lecturer on Gender, Migration and Refugee Studies at the Pan African Institute of Development West Africa, (PAID-WA) Buea Cameroon and also has substantial professional experience working with the WHO in Cameroon as Field Monitor, Finnish Red Cross and the Finnish Refugee Council as Migrant/refugee Integration Counsellor in Finland.
(more…)Blog post written by Prof. Elisa Fornalé and Ms Aylin Yildiz (World Trade Institute, University of Bern). This post forms part of a series of blog posts examining the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
(more…)Blog post written by Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Francesca Romana Partipilo (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) and forms part of a series of blog posts examining the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
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