08 August 2025

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items

Short pieces & opportunities:

The End of an (Unlawful) Era: On the Danish Supreme Court´s judgement concerning the non-penalization of refugees (Verfassungsblog, July 2025) [text]

Note: Visit this post for a listing of upcoming opportunities that includes law-related courses with application deadlines in August and September 2025.

Reports & book chapters: 

"Agency and frustration: overcoming obstacles at the UNHCR," Chapter in Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities (Bristol Univ. Press, July 2025) [open access]

International Agreements for the Transfer of Refugees and Asylum-seekers (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]
- Available in English and Spanish.

"The Role of History in International Law Scholarship: A Personal Reflection," Keynote speech at 32nd Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law Conference, Canberra, 2-4 July 2025 [text]

Route-Based Approach: Establishing Multi-Purpose Hubs - A Guide (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]
- See also related note.

Journal articles:

"Canadian and Australian Immigration Policy Trends: An Institutional Isomorphic Comparative Historical Analysis," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 28 July 2025 [open access]

"The International Law Commission and the Development of International Migration Law," Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, vol. 27, no. 1 (2025) [postprint]

"Interpretation, Translation and Confusion in Refugee Status Determination Procedures," International Journal for the Semiotics of Law = Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique, OnlineFirst, 24 July 2025 [open access]
- See also related response to this article.

"Refugees and conflicts: 74 years after Geneva, where do we stand?," Peace & Security = Paix et Sécurité Internationales, no. 13 (2025) [open access]

"Sketches of fairness in EU and international law: Focus on the asylum and migration pact," European Law Open, FirstView, 14 July 2025 [open access]

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