This Cluster is engaged in comparative research on international refugee law. Cluster members are currently focused on research in three areas: comparative research on Refugee Status Determination systems; comparative research on safe country of origin policies in Canada, the United States, and Europe; and a Research Workshop on critical issues in international refugee law.
Description
This Cluster is engaged in comparative research on international refugee law. Cluster members are currently focused on research in three areas: comparative research on Refugee Status Determination systems; comparative research on safe country of origin policies in Canada, the United States, and Europe; and a Research Workshop on critical issues in international refugee law.
People
Core faculty members
- Donald Galloway
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
galloway@uvic.ca - Delphine Nakache
Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa
Delphine.Nakache@uottawa.ca - Idil Atak
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Ryerson University
idil.atak@ryerson.ca - James Simeon
Director, School of Public Policy & Administration; Associate Professor, York University
jcsimeon@yorku.ca
Core student members
(under development)
Research Projects
Project 1: Comparative Research on Refugee Status Determination Systems
Project 2: Comparative Research on Safe Country of Origin Policies
Project 3: Critical Issues in International Refugee Law Research Workshop
PhD Student Research
(under development)
Related Research
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Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London, United Kingdom: http://rli.sas.ac.uk/
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Grupo de investigación en Justicia Social, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia: http://puj-portal.javeriana.edu.co/portal/page/portal/Facultad%20de%20Ciencias%20Juridicas/inv_teoria
Publications and Research Resources
Arbel, Efrat, & Brenner, Alletta. (2013). Bordering on Failure: Canada-US Border Policy and the Politics of Refugee Exclusion. Harvard Immigration and Refugee Law Clinical Program, Harvard Law School.
In Progress/Coming Soon
Chapter on Refugee Determination, In S. Kneebone, D. Stevens, & L. Baldassar (Eds.), Refugee Protection and the Role of Law: Conflicting Identities. Routledge (forthcoming, May 2014).
Literature review of safe country of origin, detention, and removal practices in Europe. [Forthcoming]
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(under development)