Blog post by Ryan Corbett who is a Legal Advisor for Asylum Access Malaysia, and can be reached at Ryan.L.Corbett@gmail.com. Ryan has work experience in the field of refugee and migration issues in the US, Egypt, Israel and Malaysia. She holds a Bachelors from Dickinson College, a Masters in Conflict Resolution from Tel Aviv University, and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law. (more…)
Blog post written by Professor James C. Simeon (York University, Canada). A more detailed paper and argument was recently presented on the subject of persistent protracted armed conflict and the criminalization of ‘mass forced displacement’, as a serious international crime and an atrocity crime, at the Refugee Law Initiative’s Third Annual Conference held in London on 18-19 July 2018. (more…)
Blog post written by Susan Reardon-Smith (RLI) reflecting on the theme and purpose of the upcoming RLI Third Annual Conference. The conference programme is online and registration for the event is now open. This post was originally published on the Talking Humanities blog. (more…)
Blog post by Matthew Zagor (ANU) who will present on the ‘Resettlement: Legal and Political Visions’ panel at the upcoming RLI 3rd Annual Conference. The draft conference programme is online and registration for the event is now open. (more…)
Blog post written by Dr Cosmin Corendea, Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL). Cosmin will chair the ‘Environmental Refugees? Climate, Disasters and Protection’ panel at the upcoming RLI 3rd Annual Conference. The draft conference programme is online and registration for the event is now open. (more…)
Blog post by Naoko Hashimoto, a Research Affiliate of the RLI. Naoko has a number of years’ practical experience in refugees and forced migration issues, as a staff member of UNHCR, IOM, and the Government of Japan. She is currently undertaking PhD research focusing on refugee resettlement at the School of Law, Politics and Sociology of the University of Sussex, as an International Fellow of Nippon Foundation.* (more…)
Blog post written by Nick Perre, Myrthe De Vries, Hannah Richards and RLI Research Affiliate Mariana Gkliati (Leiden University). (more…)
Blog post written by Dr James C. Simeon (York University) who will convene the upcoming Complicity and Exclusion from Asylum Workshop that will be held at the Lauterpacht Centre from International Law (LCIL) and sponsored by the Refugee Law Initiative, to be held on Friday 29 June 2018. (more…)
Blog post written by Joakim Daun, Field/Legal Researcher at the Refugee Law Initiative working on the RECAP (Research capacity building and knowledge generation to support preparedness and response to humanitarian crises and epidemics) project. (more…)
Blog post written by Suzanna Nelson-Pollard. Suzanna is an alumna of the Refugee Law Initiative’s MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies and was recently employed at the Norwegian Refugee Council in their humanitarian policy team in Geneva, working on the Global Compact. She is currently in Puerto Rico and can be found writing here. (more…)