24 August 2020

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

How the Pandemic Changed Migration Governance as We Knew It, 25 August 2020 [info]

Info Session on MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies, 25 August 2020 [info]

High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges, 2020 [info]
- This year's theme is “Protection Challenges during Pandemics.” The structure will be slightly different: "From October to December, UNHCR will host a series of four virtual sessions and one hybrid in-person/virtual session related to the theme of the Dialogue, drawing upon" the topics outlined in the concept note.

Blog posts:

Border Justice in the Age of Pandemic (Just Security, Aug. 2020) [text]

The Efficacy of Lockdowns for COVID-19: Humanising the Law of Derogation (OpenGlobalRights, July 2020) [text]

The Impact of the Global Compact on Refugees on the Legal Protection of Refugee Rights: What Now for the 1951 Refugee Convention? (Protect Project Blog, June 2020) [text]

Registration and Refugee Status Determination: A Missing Link (RLI Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

Multimedia:

From Investigating to Litigating Border Violence at Sea, 3 July 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video. See also related Communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.

Researching Migration & Law, 19 Aug. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for video. See also related Univ. of Bergen news story.

Related post:
Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (7 July 2020)



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