12 January 2016

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Opportunity:

CFP: Protection Gaps in the Geneva Convention and UNHCR Statute: Policy and Praxis, Proposed panel for the 16th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM), Poznan, Poland, 12-15 July 2016 [info]
- Abstract due date is 15 January 2016.

Publications:

"Asile et immigration = Asylum and Immigration," Journal européen des droits de l'homme = European Journal of Human Rights, no. 5 (2015) [full-text via SSRN]

"The Dublin Regulation between Strasbourg and Luxembourg: Reshaping Non-refoulement in the Name of Mutual Trust?," European Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (Winter 2015) [open access]

Expulsion of Refugees from Russia to Syria Would Violate International Obligations (RefLaw Blog, Jan. 2016) [text]

High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, Geneva, 16-17 Dec. 2015 [info]
- The theme of this meeting was "Understanding and Addressing Displacement"; follow the link to view some of the sessions including the Debate on Protection and Prevention.

"The Mediterranean Migration: A Clash of Titans' Obligations?," Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. XXII, no. I (Fall/Winter 2015) [full-text via SSRN]

"Prohibiting Collective Expulsion of Aliens at the European Court of Human Rights," ASIL Insights, vol. 20, no. 1 (Jan. 2016) [text]

Protecting Persons with Diverse Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities: A Global Report on UNHCR's Efforts to Protect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Asylum-Seekers and Refugees (UNHCR, Dec. 2015) [text]
- See also related UN news release.

"Should She be Granted Asylum? Examining the Justifiability of the Persecution Criterion and Nexus Clause in Asylum Law," Etikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, Early View, 21 Dec. 2015 [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (15 Dec. 2015)

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