The Refugee Law Initiative of the SAS Human Rights Consortiuum is pleased to inaugurate the 3rd year of the seminar series on
International Refugee Law
These seminars provide a forum for the discussion and debate of cutting-edge research and contemporary legal issues in the field of refugee protection
12 Oct 2012, 5.30 pm: Professor Vincent Chetail, Graduate Institute (Geneva)
The Relations between Refugee Law and Human Rights Law: A Systemic Perspective
Macmillan Hall, Senate House
22 Nov 2012, 5.30pm: Sir Nicholas Blake QC, President, Upper Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber
Country Guidance in the United Kingdom’s Upper Tribunal
Macmillan Hall, Senate House
22 Jan 2013, 5.30pm: Professor Colin Harvey, Queen’s University Belfast
Humanity and Legality: Rights of Refugees and Legal Mobilisation
Council Chamber, Institute of Advanced Legal StudyALS
21 February 2013, 5.30pm: Professor Ryszard Piotrowicz, Aberystwyth University
The Limits of Refugee Law: Human Trafficking and Challenges to the International Protection Regime
Woburn suite, Senate House
March 2013, 5.30 pm: Professor Deborah Anker, Harvard University
Legal Change from the Bottom Up: The Development of Gender Asylum Jurisprudence in the United States
Room tbc, Senate House
May 2013, 5.30pm Dr Maria Teresa Gil-Bazo, Newcastle University
The Right to Asylum in the Practice of Latin American and African States
Room tbc, Senate House
ADMISSION FREE – ALL WELCOME
Convenor: Dr David James Cantor, Director, Refugee Law Initiative
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Monday, 30 July 2012
Monday, 1 November 2010
Institute of Commonwealth Studies Human Rights Seminar Series 2010-11
Human Rights Seminar Series 2010-11
Unless otherwise indicated seminars will take place at 5.30pm in Room G32, Senate House,School of Advanced Study, University of London
For maps and directions: http://www.sas.ac.uk/maps.html
For further information, please contact Par Engstrom (par.engstrom@sas.ac.uk)
Wednesday, 17 November
The Judicial Protection of Social Rights: An Incrementalist Approach
Dr Jeff King, Fellow and Tutor in law, Balliol College, and Research Fellow, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Wednesday, 24 November
Public Security or Social Defence? Explaining Change and Continuity in Brazil's Public Security Policies
Prof Anthony W. Pereira, Director Brazil Institute, King's College London
Note change of venue: Stewart House, Seminar Room 274/5
Wednesday, 1 December
Civilian Social Networks and the Social Construction of Genocide Victims: A Topology of the Unión Patriótica (Colombia)
Andrei Gomez-Suarez, Lecturer in International Security, University of Sussex
Wednesday, 26 January
Lawfare and Palestine
Dr Michael Kearney, Fellow in Law, LSE
Wednesday, 9 February
Including ‘Caste’ in the UK Equality Act (2010)
Meena Varma, Executive Director of Dalit Solidarity Network UK
Wednesday, 2 March
Title tbc
Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, Co-director, Centre for the International Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice, SOAS, and Co-chair, London Transitional Justice Network (LTJN)
Wednesday, 30 March
Legitimacy and Supranational Human Rights Courts
Dr Başak Çali, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and Principal Investigator European Court of Human Rights Project, UCL
Unless otherwise indicated seminars will take place at 5.30pm in Room G32, Senate House,School of Advanced Study, University of London
For maps and directions: http://www.sas.ac.uk/maps.html
For further information, please contact Par Engstrom (par.engstrom@sas.ac.uk)
Wednesday, 17 November
The Judicial Protection of Social Rights: An Incrementalist Approach
Dr Jeff King, Fellow and Tutor in law, Balliol College, and Research Fellow, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Wednesday, 24 November
Public Security or Social Defence? Explaining Change and Continuity in Brazil's Public Security Policies
Prof Anthony W. Pereira, Director Brazil Institute, King's College London
Note change of venue: Stewart House, Seminar Room 274/5
Wednesday, 1 December
Civilian Social Networks and the Social Construction of Genocide Victims: A Topology of the Unión Patriótica (Colombia)
Andrei Gomez-Suarez, Lecturer in International Security, University of Sussex
Wednesday, 26 January
Lawfare and Palestine
Dr Michael Kearney, Fellow in Law, LSE
Wednesday, 9 February
Including ‘Caste’ in the UK Equality Act (2010)
Meena Varma, Executive Director of Dalit Solidarity Network UK
Wednesday, 2 March
Title tbc
Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, Co-director, Centre for the International Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice, SOAS, and Co-chair, London Transitional Justice Network (LTJN)
Wednesday, 30 March
Legitimacy and Supranational Human Rights Courts
Dr Başak Çali, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and Principal Investigator European Court of Human Rights Project, UCL
Monday, 12 July 2010
SAS Visiting Fellowships in Human Rights - Call for Applications
Visiting Fellowships in Human Rights - Call for Applications
Applications are invited for Visiting Fellowships in Human Rights, hosted by the Human Rights Consortium at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Visiting Fellowships in Human Rights are granted for a period ranging from one to six months. Fellows are expected to help develop the activities of the Human Rights Consortium at the School by presenting at a conference or seminar or contributing to a publication, and to pursue their own research. Office space, access to computing and printing facilities and a library card are provided.
An honorarium of up to £2,000 is offered to one Visiting Fellow in Human Rights each year. Non-stipendiary fellowships may also be offered, subject to space availability.
The application deadline is 30 September 2010 for a visit in 2011. Prospective applicants are encouraged to apply at least six months before their proposed visit.
For more information, please go here:
Applications are invited for Visiting Fellowships in Human Rights, hosted by the Human Rights Consortium at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Visiting Fellowships in Human Rights are granted for a period ranging from one to six months. Fellows are expected to help develop the activities of the Human Rights Consortium at the School by presenting at a conference or seminar or contributing to a publication, and to pursue their own research. Office space, access to computing and printing facilities and a library card are provided.
An honorarium of up to £2,000 is offered to one Visiting Fellow in Human Rights each year. Non-stipendiary fellowships may also be offered, subject to space availability.
The application deadline is 30 September 2010 for a visit in 2011. Prospective applicants are encouraged to apply at least six months before their proposed visit.
For more information, please go here:
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