RLI 8th Annual Conference
Presentations
Please find a selection of presentations from the 8th Annual Conference that took place from 3-5 June 2024 below.
Session I
- ‘Quasi-legal Agreements on Externalisation of Immigration Control: Insights from Italy’ - Dr Katia Bianchini (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany)
- ‘Externalisation as a Breach of the Good Faith Principle’ - Dr Emilie McDonnell (University of Tasmania, Australia)
- ‘Internal Displacement: Further Fragmentation of International Law or a Meaningful Legal Regime?’ – Prof. Walter Kälin (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Session II
- Keynote Plenary: ‘The New EU Pact: Taking Rights Half-Seriously’ - Professor Steve Peers (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
- ‘Forging Protection for People Displaced in the Context of Climate Change through “Escape” Pacts: The South Pacific Islands Case’ - Dr Vicky Kapogianni (University of Reading, UK)
- ‘FGM Claimants in the UK Tribunal System’ - Dr Gemma Manning (University of Huddersfield, UK)
- ‘“Surrogacy” in Regional Refugee Law and its Implications for the Refugee Convention’ - Chunhyang Chong (Maynooth University, Ireland)
- ‘Rethinking Gender-Based Asylum: The Contribution of the Court of Justice of the European Union’ – Dr Türkan Ertuna Lagrand and Dr Salvo Nicolosi (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
- ‘Individuality, Identity and Group-based Risk of Harm before the Court of Justice of the European Union’ - Dr Christel Querton (University of the West of England, UK)
Session III
- ‘(Re)Settlement, Community and Private Sponsorship: Creating “Sustainable” Complementary Pathways’ - Prof. Susan Kneebone (Melbourne University, Australia)
- 'Pathway, Durable Solution or Tool? Harmonious and Divergent Politics underlying Community Sponsorship Pacts and the Implications for Refugee Protection’ - Prof. Kate Ogg (Australian National University, Australia)
Session IV
- ‘US-Canada Safe Third Country Agreements’ - Lorne Waldman (Waldman & Co, Canada)
- 'A Tale of Two Cities (and one Destination): Rwanda Transfers - the Views from London and Jerusalem’ - Dr Ruvi Ziegler (University of Reading, UK)
Session V
- ‘Third-State Agreements: The Need to Replace Procedural-Centric Approach with Human and Women’s Rights Examination’ - Chen First and Michal Agmon-Gonnen
- ‘Towards a Structural Injunction for Border Justice at the ECtHR’ - Hannah Katz (University of Haifa)
- ‘Litigating Third Country Processing Agreements: The Added Value of a MultiLevel Legal Order?’ - Dr Annick Pijnenburg and Kris van der Pas (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)
- ‘Equal Protection? Searching for Universally Applicable Standards of Proof in the Assessment of Claims for Protection against Refoulement’ - David Loveday (International Refugee Assistance Project, Sweden)
- 'Striving to Achieve Judicial Harmony in International Refugee and Migration Law’ - Dr James Simeon (York University, Canada)
Session VI
- ‘The External Dimension of Italian Migration Policy in the Wider Mediterranean: A Political Science Perspective’ - Dr Matilde Rosina (Brunel University London, UK), co-authored with Dr Iole Fontana
- ‘The Ever-Evolving Presence and Role of the UNHCR in Turkey’ - Dr Özlem Gürakar Skribeland (University of Oslo, Norway)
- ‘Globalizing the International Refugee Regime: UNHCR’s Expansion to Lebanon 1951-1967’ - Prof. Maja Janmyr (University of Oslo, Norway)
- ‘Archives and Refugee Law: Perspectives from the Indian Subcontinent’ - Dr Jay Ramasubramanyam (York University, Canada)
- ‘What’s Private International Law Got to do with Refugee Law? The Case of CrossBorder Parental Child Abduction in a Refugee Context’ - Trui (Geertrui) Daem (Ghent University, Belgium)
- ‘Crimes during Pushbacks? Addressing Harmful Bordering Practices at External EU Borders in Croatia through Criminal Law’ - Irina Fehr (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
Poster Sessions
- ‘Forced Migrants’ Participation in Transitional Justice Mechanisms During and After Conflict: A Transformative Approach for the Legal Empowerment of Forced Migrant Women’ – Ghazal Andalib (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
- ‘Private Sponsorship of Refugees in Europe’ - Dr Chiara Berneri (The Open University, UK)
- ‘Racist Hate Crime through the Postcolonial Lens: How Can the Maltese State Meet its Obligations to Protect Asylum Seekers When Those Who Are Meant to Protect Become the Perpetrators?’ - Bethany Cachia (MA Refugee Protection, University of London)
- ‘The Cartagena Promises: Successes and Shortcomings in Providing Refugee Protection in the Unprecedented Crisis in the Americas’ - María Elena Hernández Domínguez (Danish Refugee Council, Mexico)
- ‘Displacement and Legal Response in Mozambique: Mapping Gaps to Explore Existing Beyond Solutions’ - Nelson Tivane (University of South Africa, Mozambique)
- ‘The Proposal for an Instrumentation Regulation as a Chance to Diminish Refugee Protection in the EU’ - Martyna Anna Wierzbicka (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
- ‘The Role of “Unity” in Refugee Communities: A Case Study of Integration Mechanisms in Leeds (UK)’ - Raissa Mattana (MA Refugee Protection, University of London)
- ‘Disregarded, Dismissed and Denied: Memory and Trauma in LGBTQ+ Women’s Claims for Protection on SOGI Grounds in the UK’ - Daisy Vaughan Liñero (MA Refugee Protection, University of London)