Short pieces:
At 75, the Refugee Convention is under attack, Ghezelbash warns (UNSW, June 2026) [text]
From territorial to transnational asylum: new directions in the quest for refugee protection (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]
Shifting the Epistemological Compass: The Decolonial Mandate for Refugee Law (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]
Symposium on the 1951 Refugee Convention at 75: Introduction (OpinioJuris, June 2026) [access]
- Provides background on the refugee convention and introduces/links to the nine contributions to the symposium.
New open access book:
Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access]
- "The first part focuses on the visa as an instrument for migration control, contextualizing the rationale behind its invention and the legal challenges it raises. The second part focuses on the visa as a tool for asylum, examining its use for humanitarian purposes, including resettlement schemes and emergency-related evacuation initiatives put in place in different legal systems." Part 1 focuses on the EU, while Part 2 examines visa regimes in other countries.
Reports:
Criminalisation and Constraint of Humanitarian Action at Sea, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 48 (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]
Non-State Actors of Protection and Refugee Status: Interpreting Articles 1A(2) and 1C of the 1951 Refugee Convention, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, no. 47 (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]
[Note: The complete set of papers in the a/m series can be accessed on both UNHCR's and Refworld's websites.]
Refugee Definitions in National Laws: A global compilation based on UNHCR’s Refugee Treaty and Legislation Dashboard and Refworld (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]
- "This compilation of refugee definitions in national laws is published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to bring together the definition of a refugee as reflected in national legislation across 130 countries and territories, as well as the European Union. It is intended to provide a practical and authoritative reference point for understanding how international and regional standards have been incorporated, adapted and applied in domestic legal systems."
What If Refugees Mattered? The Challenge to International Law, Keynote speech at ACMRL Conference on Migration Law, 18 June 2026 [text]
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