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The RLI is the only academic centre in the UK to concentrate specifically on international refugee law. Find out more about us here.
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Find out more about our current and past research projects, including Asylum and Migration and Criminality, Refugees and Migrants.
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EventsMA in Refugee Protection
Our MA allows students to acquire a rigorous legal, practical and theoretical understanding of refugee protection and forced migration.
MA in Refugee ProtectionRLI blog
The RLI blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration is a platform to publish content from our networks in a conversational and informal setting.
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Invitation to Contribute: 1969 African Refugee Convention - Implementation Survey
Wednesday 11 July 2018
The year 2019 is an important landmark in the African landscape of refugee protection and solutions: the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa. A series of commemorative events will take place in 2019 under the auspices of the African Union, States Parties, and UNHCR.
Publications
Publications
Returns of Internally Displaced Persons during Armed Conflict
Dr. David James Cantor
Solutions to the epidemic of forced internal displacement are frequently premised on the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Indeed, as a characteristic need of IDPs, such returns benefit from a special protection framework developed by IDP protection instruments such as the Guiding Principles. This book answers long-standing calls for research by presenting a detailed study of the return of conflict-afffected IDPs under international law.