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
Leaving No One Behind: A Look at the Global Compact on Refugees
Monday, 19 November
RLI International Refugee Law Seminar Series
Current Thinking in Refugee Law: Persecution and Convention Reason
Tuesday, 4 December
Lecture Series: Current Thinking in Refugee Law
News
Call for Papers: RLI Fourth Annual Conference
Wednesday 3 October 2018
‘Rethinking the “Regional” in Refugee Law and Policy’
4th Annual Conference, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London
3 – 5 June 2019
The 4th Annual Conference of the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) will be held on Monday 3 June to Wednesday 5 June 2019 at the Senate House of the University of 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.