Blog post by Dr James C. Simeon, Associate Professor, York University On 15 November 2023, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UK) rendered its judgement on R (on the application of AAA (Syria) and others) (Respondents/Cross Appellants) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant/Cross Respondent), [2023] UKSC 42, regarding the UK Government’s […] The post The Judgements of the Supreme Courts in Canada and the United Kingdom on their Safe Third Country Agreements appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Monica Namanya, Doctoral Researcher, Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway; RLI Research Affiliate The African continent continues to grapple with some of the most severe impacts of climate change, leading to widespread displacement in the region. As of the end of 2022, over 3.7 million people were internally displaced due […] The post Towards the recognition climate migrants: Reflections on the African Guiding Principles on the Rights of All Migrants appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Hannah Katz, a PhD candidate at the Bloom Graduate School, University of Haifa The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) operates within a framework of exceptionalism, as demonstrated by its infrequent adjudication of cases: of the 1,014 judgments delivered in 2023, it adjudicated only 13. This exclusivity arises […] The post “Pass Go” Directly to the Grand Chamber: The Relinquishment of Jurisdiction in the Case Mansouri v. Italy appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Amala Karri, a postgraduate student in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies at the University of Oxford Texas and the Biden Administration are in a legal battle: in December of 2023, Texas passed a law authorising state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross the border illegally. The Biden Administration sued on […] The post Texas’ SB4 & The Rights of Asylum Seekers appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Alice Gomes, part of the Amsterdam European Law Clinic Team 2022/2023 As proclaimed by the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, children require, by reason of their physical and mental immaturity, special safeguards and care. Logically, if this holds true in an environment where a healthy and harmonious development is possible, […] The post Vastria CCAC: Provision of adequate education – a distant dream for minor asylum seekers (3/3) appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Aimilina (Georgia Aimilia) Sarafi & Helena Salinas Lopez The right to life and asylum-seekers: how the risks of forest fires and other environmental harm might trigger positive obligations of States towards asylum-seekers within their jurisdiction. Introduction Due to the interrelation between climate change and human rights it is necessary to adopt a […] The post Vastria CCAC: A rights-based study of the environmental conditions of European reception centers (2/3) appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Maureen Krösschell and Alexandra Kempf, part of the Amsterdam European Law Clinic Team 2022/2023 Since 2015, the European Commission has adopted a new approach to refugee policy: the hotspot approach. Building on the hotspot approach, the European Commission and Greece signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a Joint Project for the […] The post Vastria CCAC: Isolation – an overlooked indicator of detention in the context of refugee camps? (1/3) appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Rohit Dalai, National Law School of India University, Bangalore Introduction On 26 May 2023, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 (AHA), which criminalizes same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults and includes the potential death penalty for those convicted of ‘aggravated homosexuality’. This is in addition to the existing Penal […] The post Revisiting CEDAW Committee’s decision in A.S. v Denmark: Legalization of Homophobia in Uganda and the Need for a Rights-Based Assessment of Asylum Application appeared first on Refugee Law ..read more

Blog by Carolina Montenegro “A State-sovereignty-oriented approach has been gradually supplanted by a human-being-oriented approach… international law, while of course duly safeguarding the legitimate interests of States, must gradually turn to the protection of human beings.” Appeal Chamber in the Tadić case at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Last year the United […] The post From “time and again” to “never again”: Refugee Law and International Criminal Law contributions to preventing genocide appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog by Cynthia Orchard, Policy and Advocacy Advisor at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice Refugees in Hong Kong are considered “illegal immigrants”. None are granted protection in Hong Kong – not even the few who are recognised by Hong Kong authorities as being at risk of torture or persecution in their country […] The post Advocating for protection of refugees in Hong Kong through the UN’s Universal Periodic Review appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more