Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

News:

My Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web has been updated!

Opportunity:

CFP: Laws [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "Refugees and International Law: The Challenge of Protection." Deadline for submissions is 31 August 2019.

Meetings:

75th Meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 18-20 June 2019 [info]
- Follow link for documents. International protection items include the Note on International Protection, conference room papers on IDPs and solutions, and various presentations. Volker Turk, made his final statement in his capacity as Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees (Protection). (See also this related UNHCR news story on his career.)

The Law (and Politics) of Displacement: Migratory & Refugee Crises under International Law, Panel at the 2019 ASIL Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 27-30 March 2019 [info]
- Video of the session is available here; see also one of the papers presented, entitled "The Law (and Politics) of Forced Displacement: Towards a History of the Present."

Protection Elsewhere: The Scope for Safe Return, Bergen, 15 March 2019 [access]
- Follow link for video.

Rethinking the “Regional” in Refugee Law and Policy, 4th Annual Refugee Law Initiative Conference, University of London, 3-5 June 2019 [access]
- Follow link for podcasts of the keynote presentations.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (29 May 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (29 May 2019)

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