Welcome to the
Refugee Law Initiative
About Us
The RLI is the only academic centre in the UK to concentrate specifically on international refugee law. Find out more about us here.
About UsProjects
Find out more about our current and past research projects, including Asylum and Migration and Criminality, Refugees and Migrants.
ProjectsEvents
Our seminars, lectures and conferences bring together world-leading scholars and practitioners. Most events are free and open to the public.
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.
RLI blogEvents
Current Thinking in Refugee Law: State Protection and Internal Relocation
Thursday, 10 January
Lecture Series: Current Thinking in Refugee Law
Is it Time to Stop Putting Status Determination at the Heart of the Refugee Response?
Wednesday, 23 January
RLI International Refugee Law Seminar Series
News
RLI 4th Annual Conference: First keynotes announced
Monday 26 November 2018
We are pleased to announce the first keynote speakers for our Fourth Annual Conference, ' Rethinking the "Regional" in Refugee Law and Policy ', to be held 3-5 June 2019 .
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Professor Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
Professor in Migration and Refugee Studies, and Co-Director of the Migration Research Unit; Coordinator of UCL's Refuge in a Moving World Research Network
Publications
Publications
The Internal Protection Alternative in Refugee Law
Dr Jessica Schultz
Under what circumstances can a state refuse refugee status to a person whose risk of persecution exists in only part of her country of origin? This book is the first monograph to examine the treaty basis and criteria for the ‘internal protection alternative’ (IPA), an exception to refugee status increasingly invoked by state parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol.