26 May 2026

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Conference: The Refugee Convention at 75: Perspectives Within and Beyond, Oslo, 22-23 June 2026 [info]
- Note: While registration details for the overall conference are not yet available, the plenary keynotes and roundtable have been opened up to the public to attend.

Short pieces:

75 years of lives changed (UNHCR, April 2026) [access]
- "Throughout 2026, a series of national, regional and global dialogues will ask a fundamental question: how can the international protection system respond more effectively to the realities of displacement today?" See also related announcement.

Blog Forum: Safe Third Country (Externalizing Asylum, April 2026) [access]
- The contributions can be accessed via the a/m link for via the editorial.

Complying with IHL in large-scale conflicts: movement, mass displacement and maintaining family links (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, April 2026) [text]

Enforced disappearances: universal responses to a worldwide phenomenon (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, May 2026) [text]
- Note: See also the blog authors' recent open access book on enforced disappearances.

Reports: 

Call for input for thematic report on international humanitarian law challenges for internally displaced persons (OHCHR, April 2026) [access]
- The call is now closed; the inputs received are available via the a/m link.

International Protection Considerations with Regard to Asylum-Seekers from the Syrian Arab Republic (UNHCR, May 2026) [text]

Rescue at Sea: A guide to principles and practice in the context of refugee and migrant movements (UNHCR, International Maritime Organization & International Chamber of Shipping, May 2026) [access]
- Updated version. Available in multiple languages. See also related press release.

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