Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Events & opportunities:

"A Well-founded Fear of Being Persecuted… But When? A Talk by Jane McAdam, Cambridge, MA, 1 October 2019 [info]

Panel discussion: Future Challenges in Refugee Protection - Movement and Responses, London, 17 October 2019 [info]

Public lecture: The Global Compacts: A Missed Opportunity or a Promising Tool?, Melbourne, 17 October 2019 [info]

CFP: International Workshop on Responsibility-Sharing or Responsibility-Shedding? Reflections from Europe and Australia, Melbourne, 18-19 February 2020 [info]
- Submit proposals by 31 October 2019.

CFP: Yearbook of International Disaster Law, vol. 2 [info]
- Submission deadline is 31 October 2019.

Blog posts & media: 

Gillian Triggs Takes Up Role as New UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for International Protection (UNHCR, Sept. 2019) [text]

The Global Compact for Migration is More Than Just Its Objectives (RLI Blog, Sept. 2019) [text]

International Protection of Refugees Research Project Awarded £300,000 Grant (Univ. of Surrey, Sept. 2019) [text]
- Note: The project will examine "The Right to International Protection: A Pendulum between Globalization and Nativization?"

“Is Trump’s America Tougher on Asylum Than Other Western Countries?,” New York Times, 14 Sept. 2019 [text]

"It’s Not Just Trump: There's a Worldwide War on Asylum Seekers," Vice News, 26 Sept. 2019 [text]

New book:

Research Handbook on International Refugee Law (Edward Elgar, Sept. 2019) [info]
- "Bringing together experts in the field, the innovative and groundbreaking chapters provide a critical perspective on the legal landscape for refugees at a time when the politics and legitimacy of transnational regulatory governance are in question as never before. In an age of growing ethnic nationalism and anti-immigrant rhetoric, the contributing authors examine key issues surrounding refugees and migration, and build a new outlook on social justice, as the post-war international order ends." Note that the Preface and Chapter 1, "At the Crossroads: The 1951 Geneva Convention Today," are freely available.

Resource:

Criminalization of Illegal Entry Around the World (Library of Congress, Aug. 2019) [access]
- "[T]his report identifies 162 countries that have laws criminalizing or otherwise punishing illegal entry.  The chart shows countries that impose criminal sanctions for illegal entry as well as countries that impose only civil or administrative penalties (typically fines and deportation)."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (10 Sept. 2019)

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