Refugee Law Initiative

22/09/2025

Only a few days left to register on our seminar this week!

'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law' 25 September 2025, 6pm, Senate House, London.

The seminar will be followed by a drinks reception. This event is open to all and free to attend but booking is required.

Learn more and book here: https://rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-future-climate-change-global-crises-and-capacity-refugee-law 👇 👇 👇

15/09/2025

The Refugee Law Initiative at 15: From seminar series to a global community of refugee law researchers 👇 👇 👇

"We're helping the research community to think through how our societies manage the intersecting challenges to refugee protection that are emerging at speed, including a shift to greater multi-polarity in international relations, a crisis in humanitarian and aid funding, concerns about the continuing viability of the Refugee Convention, and the increasing hostility and discrimination faced by refugees and migrants generally." - David Cantor, Director of the

Read the full piece here: https://rli.sas.ac.uk/news/refugee-law-initiative-15-seminar-series-a-global-community-refugee-law-researchers

Originally published on the University of London Staff Intranet on 11 September 2025


University of London
School of Advanced Study - University of London

12/09/2025

Join us for the 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: The Future of Refugee Law

With global shifts, emerging challenges and international protection in flux, what do these big trends mean for the future of the refugee framework, humanitarian responses and human rights law?

The first seminar of the series takes place on 25 September 2025 from 6pm at Senate House, London entitled: 'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law'

The seminar will be followed by a drinks reception. This event is open to all and free to attend but booking is required.

Learn more and book here: https://rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-future-climate-change-global-crises-and-capacity-refugee-law

View other sessions in the series here: https://rli.sas.ac.uk/annual-seminar-series/16th-international-refugee-law-seminar-series

04/09/2025

Are you a consultant with an interest in the refugee and displacement field?

We’re hiring! We are looking for a short-term consultant fundraiser with existing strong connections to charitable trusts/organisations, law firms and other potential donors that are interested in work in the refugee and displacement field.

The RLI is recognised globally for leading and promoting research, teaching and academic-practitioner exchange on law and policy in the refugee and displacement field.

Visit our website to learn more and apply.

https://rli.sas.ac.uk/get-involved/consultancy-fundraising-project



University of London
School of Advanced Study - University of London

03/09/2025

Read our latest monthly update and subscribe here: https://mailchi.mp/london/refugee-law-initiative-september-2025

27/08/2025

Join us for our 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: The Future of Refugee Law

With global shifts, emerging challenges and international protection in flux, what do these big trends mean for the future of the refugee framework, humanitarian responses and human rights law?

The first seminar of the series takes place on 25 September 2025 from 6pm at Senate House, London entitled: 'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law'

The seminar will be followed by a drinks reception. This event is open to all and free to attend but booking is required.

Learn more and book here: https://rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-future-climate-change-global-crises-and-capacity-refugee-law

22/08/2025

Less than one week to register for our next Expert Witness Training taking place on 22 September 2025!

Register by 28 August: https://rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/short-courses/expert-witness-training

Expert Witness Training from the Refugee Law Initiative 👇 👇 👇

Our next session takes place on 22 September 2025 in Senate House.

Places are strictly limited and the deadline to register is 28 August.

The Refugee Law Initiative is offering training on how to write expert witness country reports in relation to asylum claims. It is aimed at researchers who have relevant expertise on the displacement dynamics and human rights and/or conflict situations in a specific country that cause people to flee.

Drawing on the extensive experience of the course lead, Dr Victorie Knox, and colleagues at the RLI and its Refugee Law Clinic, the intensive course provides high-quality training in how to prepare expert witness reports for the UK Immigration and Asylum Tribunals and practical guidance on doing work in this field.

Click here for further details and to apply: https://rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/short-courses/expert-witness-training

19/08/2025

New on the blog: 'Protecting Q***r Refugees in Muslim-majority Niger? How Organizational Designs of Refugee Status Determination May Helpe Solve Moral Conflicts'

Written by Laura Lambert, a political anthropologist working on asylum, migration and citizenship in West Africa and a postdoctoral researcher in the European Research Council (ERC).

https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/16/protecting-q***r-refugees-in-muslim-majority-niger-how-organizational-designs-of-refugee-status-determination-may-helpe-solve-moral-conflicts/

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Blog post by Laura Lambert* Q***r refugees are often imagined as fleeing hostility in Africa and finding safe haven in the liberal Global North. These colonial tropes of ‘homophobic Africa’ and Western saviorism have been challenged in important research on q***r South-South mobilities. Q***r re...

16/08/2025

New on the blog: 'Diplomatic Asylum As Safe Havens? – Analysing The Political Crime Exception in Mexico v. Ecuador'

Written by Natasha Mittal and Raima Singh, law students from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab.

https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/15/diplomatic-asylum-as-safe-havens-analysing-the-political-crime-exception-in-mexico-v-ecuador/

15/08/2025

New on the blog: 'The Future of U.S. Refugee Resettlement and Lessons From Other Countries'

Written by Grace Benson, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Research on International Policy Implementation Lab (RIPIL), School of International Service, American University

https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/07/the-future-of-u-s-refugee-resettlement-and-lessons-from-other-countries/

13/08/2025

Expert Witness Training from the Refugee Law Initiative 👇 👇 👇

Our next session takes place on 22 September 2025 in Senate House.

Places are strictly limited and the deadline to register is 28 August.

The Refugee Law Initiative is offering training on how to write expert witness country reports in relation to asylum claims. It is aimed at researchers who have relevant expertise on the displacement dynamics and human rights and/or conflict situations in a specific country that cause people to flee.

Drawing on the extensive experience of the course lead, Dr Victorie Knox, and colleagues at the RLI and its Refugee Law Clinic, the intensive course provides high-quality training in how to prepare expert witness reports for the UK Immigration and Asylum Tribunals and practical guidance on doing work in this field.

Click here for further details and to apply: https://rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/short-courses/expert-witness-training

13/08/2025

New on the blog: 'Volatile Bodies: The Q***r Syrian Refugee as a Site of Postwar Fantasy in Lebanon'

Written by: Dr Jasmin Lilian Diab, Director of the Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University and Hossein Cheaito, Development Economist and a PhD student in Sociology at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/05/volatile-bodies-the-q***r-syrian-refugee-as-a-site-of-postwar-fantasy-in-lebanon/

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