Refugee Law Initiative

#NewBlog "State exploitation of regime fragmentation: A case study of Sudan’s weaponisation of an institutional gap in the international protection legal framework" by Oriola O. Oyewole.

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#InternationalHumanitarianLaw #RefugeeProtection #IDPRights #SudanCrisis

Thank you to the excellent group of global participants who joined us last week on our Research Methods short course!

We're already looking forward to the next iteration in March 2027 - applications will open in late 2026 so watch this space!

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Landmark Cases in International Refugee Protection This volume examines judicial decisions that have shaped the law of asylum and refugee protection.Each chapter analyses a single judicial decision and locates i…

We're pleased to announce the publication of the edited collection 'Landmark Cases in International #RefugeeProtection: International Jurisprudence on the Rights of Refugees', edited by Prof Sarah Singer and Prof Kirsten McConnachie.

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#HumanRights #RefugeeLaw

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#RefugeeLaw #Events #News #Research #Training

New on the #RLI blog: 'Rights in danger? How the EU’s new regulation on crisis situations undermines the principle of non-refoulement' by Sofia Mashchenko.

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#NonRefoulement #RefugeeProtection #EUAsylumLaw

Join us on 18 March 2026 for this IN-PERSON seminar:
Is AI a future panacea or problem for refugee law?, 18 March 2026, 6pm-7pm, Room 349, Senate House, University of London

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#AI #RefugeeLaw #AsylumClaims #Refugees

New #WorkingPaper on 'Living Under Restriction: Structural Exclusion, Distress, and Security Perceptions among Rohingya Refugees' authored by Emadul Islam and Mohammad Zainuddin.

Available here: sas-space.sas.ac.uk/10325/

#RefugeeProtection #RohingyaRefugees #RefugeeCamps

New on the #RLI blog: 'Why Migration Definitions Still Matter for Refugee Protection' by Ethan Holden.

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#MigrationDefinitions #RefugeeProtection

New on the #RLI podcast 👉 Non-refoulement: legal issues around the return of refugees

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#RightOfReturn #Refugees #Rwanda #ClimateChange #NonRefoulement

New on the #RLI podcast from the 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: The Future of Refugee Law.

▶️ The Refugee Convention in a hostile world
Recorded on 29 January 2026

Listen here: rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#RefugeeConvention #RefugeeLaw #Podcast #Spotify #SoundCloud

The #RLI is delighted to welcome Dr Maria Lorena Suarez Ostos as our newest Research Fellow.

Dr Suárez Ostos is a senior specialist in refugee and human rights law with two decades of UNHCR experience.

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#RefugeeLaw #HumanRightsLaw #AsylumSystems #VisitingFellow

The #RLI is delighted to welcome Rebecca Thompson as a Research Fellow. She is a researcher and policy advisor specialising in humanitarian reform, #stabilisation, conflict governance, and political economy.

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#HumanitarianReform #ConflictGovernance #PoliticalEconomy

The #RLI is delighted to welcome Marius Olivier as our newest Research Fellow.

He specialises in social security, social protection, labour law and migration, and development planning.

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#SocialProtection #LabourLaw #Migration

🎓 Congratulations to all of our students graduating today at Senate House! 🎓

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#Graduation #RefugeeProtection #SASGraduation

The #RLI is delighted to welcome Peter de Clercq as a new Visiting Fellow.

Peter de Clercq is a retired UN Assistant Secretary General and currently an Adjunct Professor at the Law Faculty in Nelson Mandela University (South Africa).

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#Displacement #Development

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February 2026 update:
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#RefugeeLaw #Events #News #Research #Training

Join us NEXT WEEK for the in-person discussion on non-refoulement obligations in light of UK Supreme Court AAA (Rwanda) and the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

Non-refoulement: legal issues around the return of refugees, 10 Feb 2026, 6pm, Room 349, Senate House

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Research Methods in the Refugee and Forced Migration Field This intensive one-week course provides high-quality training in methodological approaches and ethical standards for conducting research with displaced communities.

ONE WEEK LEFT to register for the RLI's 2026 Research Methods in the Refugee and Forced Migration Field short course running from from 2-6 March 2026 at Senate House, University of London.

Register by 6 February 2026

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#EarlyCareerResearchers #ForcedMigration

MA Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies This practice-focused master's is one of the largest degrees on forced migration in the world, developed by leading experts from the Refugee Law Initiative.

ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT to apply to our MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies from the University of London!

Apply by 1 February for the March 2026 start:

www.london.ac.uk/study/course...

#Refugees #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy #Masters #DistanceLearning

Join us THIS THURSDAY for this IN-PERSON seminar:

The Refugee Convention in a hostile world: diverse contexts of risk, 29 January 2026, 6pm-7pm, Woburn Room, G22, Ground Floor, Senate House

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#RefugeeConvention #InternationalLaw #Europe #UK #USA #SouthAfrica

LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT TO REGISTER on our MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies from the University of London!

Apply by 1 February for the March 2026 start:

www.london.ac.uk/study/course...

#Refugees #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #DistanceLearning

New Event Recording 👇 👇👇

We were delighted to welcome Baroness Shami Chakrabarti CBE on 15 January 2026 where she delivered a talk entitled 'Human rights law under threat in Europe: Restricting rights in asylum and migration cases.'

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#HumanRightsLaw #Asylum #Migration #Europe

Join us NEXT WEEK for this IN-PERSON seminar:

The Refugee Convention in a hostile world: diverse contexts of risk, 29 January 2026, 6pm-7pm, Woburn Room, G22, Ground Floor, Senate House

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#RefugeeConvention #InternationalLaw #Europe #UK #USA #SouthAfrica

The Refugee Law Clinic is seeking a Clinic Administrator to support the Clinic Manager with the day-to-day operations of the Clinic.

Closing date: 26 January 2026

Learn more and apply:
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

#RefugeeLaw #RefugeeLawClinic #Job #Vacancy #UniversityofLondon

Registration is OPEN for our MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies from the University of London!

Apply by 1 February for the March 2026 start:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...

#Refugees #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy #Masters #DistanceLearning

Use your country expertise to help inform asylum decisions - Train as an expert witness for asylum cases 👇 👇 👇

Register for the next in-person Expert Witness Training Day on 16 February 2026 at the University of London.

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#ExpertWitnessTraining #RefugeeLaw #AsylumCases

Register now for our forthcoming IN-PERSON seminar later this month:

The Refugee Convention in a hostile world: diverse contexts of risk, 29 January 2026, 6pm-7pm, G22, Ground Floor, Senate House

Learn more and register:
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#RefugeeConvention #InternationalLaw

ONE MONTH LEFT to register for the RLI's 2026 Research Methods in the Refugee and Forced Migration Field short course. 2-6 March 2026, Senate House, University of London.

Register by: 6 February 2026
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#ForcedMigration #ResearchMethods #EarlyCareerResearchers

We're delighted to welcome Baroness Shami Chakrabarti CBE NEXT WEEK to deliver our seminar 'Human rights law under threat in Europe: Restricting rights in asylum and migration cases' on 15 January, 6pm-7pm, Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House

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#HumanRightsLaw #Europe

New on the #RLI podcast 👇👇👇

▶️ Irregular migration responses: small boats, return hubs and the future of the refugee regime, 9 Dec 2025

▶️ Funding crisis, UN reform and the future of humanitarian work, 6 Nov 2025

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#SmallBoats #Refugees #Migration #UN #HumanitarianWork