Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Events:

Meeting: 2018 High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges, Geneva, 18-19 December 2018 [info]
- This year's theme is "Protection and Solutions in Urban Settings: Engaging with Cities." Follow link for concept note, programme and background materials.

Lecture series: Current Thinking in Refugee Law, London
- Two lectures will be held in January 2019: "State Protection and Internal Relocation," 10 January 2019 and "Is it Time to Stop Putting Status Determination at the Heart of the Refugee Response?," 23 January 2019.

Publications:

"Can the Rule of Law Apply at the Border?: A Commentary on Paul Gowder’s The Rule of Law in the Real World," Saint Louis University Law Journal, vol. 62, no. 2 (2018) [SSRN]

Political Participation of Refugees in Their Country of Nationality, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Punishment and Protection, Two Sides of the Same Sword: The Problem of International Criminal Law under the Refugee Convention," Harvard International Law Journal, vol. 59, no. 2 (Summer 2018) [full-text]

*Refugee Diplomacy: Negotiating Protection in a Changing World, Sydney, 23 Nov. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for conference report, video, and podcasts of all sessions.

"Responsibility Sharing: From Principle to Policy," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 9 Dec. 2018 [free full-text]

The Role of Parliamentarians in Implementing International Humanitarian Law (IFRC, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Temporary Protection Regimes and Refugees: What Works? Comparing the Kuwaiti, Bosnian, and Syrian Refugee Protection Regimes," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 34, no. 2 (2018) [open access]

Multimedia:

Addressing Contemporary Protection Challenges in Complex Crises, New York, 2 Nov. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for video.

Persecution and Convention Reason, Current Thinking in Refugee Law Lecture Series, London, 4 Dec. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for podcast. See also related slides.

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Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (5 Nov. 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (5 Nov. 2018)

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