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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
Live Q&A: MA in Refugee Protection
Wednesday, 27 June
Online live facebook Q&A with RLI Director Dr David James Cantor
RLI 3rd Annual Conference: 'Refugee Protection in a Hostile World'
Wednesday, 18 July
Third Annual Conference, Refugee Law Initiative
News
Special IDP Workshop: Draft Programme released
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Draft programme released
Special Workshop: 'Revitalising IDP Research'
20 Years of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
Refugee Law Initiative, University of London
20 July 2018
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We are pleased to release the draft programme for our Special IDP Workshop: 'Revitalising IDP Research' to be held on 20 July 2018 at Senate House, London.
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.