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Launch Event – Migrants at Work: Immigration & Vulnerability in Labour Law – Friday, 13 February

admin 11th February 2015

Migration Asylum and Trafficking

In association with COMPAS, the Faculty of Law, Refugee Studies Centre and Oxford University Press, you are invited to attend a Launch event for Migrants at Work: Immigration & Vulnerability in Labour Law (Cathryn Costello & Mark Freedland (editors)) Friday, 13th February 2015 Agenda:  2:30pm          Welcome from the Editors  2:45pm          Migration Law on the Labour Law […]

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OPBP

General Recommendation on Displaced and Stateless Women

admin 24th November 2014

Migration Asylum and Trafficking

On 5 November 2014, the UNHCR welcomed the release of the General Recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women which OPBP helped prepare in 2009-2010. The Recommendation is on the particular impacts of statelessness and displacement on women. It calls for countries to adopt a more gender-sensitive […]

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Associate Director Dr Cathryn Costello Co-Authors New Report on Aslyum Procedures

admin 6th November 2014

Migration Asylum and Trafficking

Study on “New Approaches, Alternative Avenues and Means of Access to Asylum Procedures for Persons Seeking International Protection” conducted for the European Parliament’s LIBE Committee Upon request by the LIBE committee, this study examines the workings of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), in order to assess the need and potential for new approaches to […]

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Prof Mary Bosworth’s new book Inside Immigration Detention

admin 3rd November 2014

Migration Asylum and Trafficking

A few weeks ago Mary Bosworth, Professor of Criminology, Oxford University published the first national study of life in Britain’s immigration removal centres (IRCs).  Granted unprecedented levels of research access by the Home Office and the custodial companies, Prof Bosworth documents the experiences of staff and detainees across 6 centres, in order to flesh out our understanding of […]

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Prof Mary Bosworth's new book Inside Immigration Detention

admin 3rd November 2014

Migration Asylum and Trafficking

A few weeks ago Mary Bosworth, Professor of Criminology, Oxford University published the first national study of life in Britain’s immigration removal centres (IRCs).  Granted unprecedented levels of research access by the Home Office and the custodial companies, Prof Bosworth documents the experiences of staff and detainees across 6 centres, in order to flesh out our understanding of […]

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External

New Publication: ‘The Syria crisis, displacement and protection’

admin 15th September 2014

Migration Asylum and Trafficking

Our colleagues at the Refugee Studies Centre have just released a new publication – Forced Migration Review issue 47 on ‘The Syria crisis, displacement and protection’ is now online at www.fmreview.org/syria The 6.45 million displaced people inside Syria make this the largest IDP crisis in the world, with possibly also the largest number of people […]

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External

Workshop: The Business of Traffic in Humans – 8 May 2014

admin 6th May 2014

Migration Asylum and Trafficking

The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in association with Wolfson College and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford invites you to: Workshop: The Business of Traffic in Humans 09:30-16:00,Thursday 8 May 2014 Haldane Room, Wolfson College, Oxford, OX2 6UD This workshop will explore the role of the state and businesses in the fight against trafficking in human beings, addressing recent developments in the European and national policy […]

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OxHRH

Draft Modern Slavery Bill

admin 17th April 2014

Criminal Justice| Migration Asylum and Trafficking

Associate Professor Liora Lazarus was invited to submit evidence to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Draft Modern Slavery Bill on 11 February 2014. The Committee was particularly concerned to hear about the human rights implications of the preventive orders proposed in the Bill. While welcoming the extent to which the Act met the positive […]

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External

Statelessness and International Law: Refugee Studies Centre Short Course

admin 6th April 2014

Migration Asylum and Trafficking

Dates: 17–18 May 2014 Location: Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB, UK Website: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-courses/statelessness The issue of statelessness has risen considerably on the agenda of the United Nations, regional institutions, governments and civil society. There is also an increasing body of theoretical and empirical research looking at citizenship […]

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OPBP

International Refugee Law in Tanzania

admin 21st August 2013

Business & Resources & Environment & Development| Migration Asylum and Trafficking| OPBP

A report prepared by Oxford Pro Bono Publico on international refugee and human rights law and its application to refugee policy in Tanzania (August 2013) This research was prepared for the Women’s Legal Aid Centre and Womankind Worldwide. The report reviews certain aspects of refugee law and policy in the United Republic of Tanzania from an international […]

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OPBP

Legal Opinion on UK Legislation on Human Trafficking

admin 22nd January 2006

Access to Justice| Migration Asylum and Trafficking| OPBP

A submission prepared by Oxford Pro Bono Publico for the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ New Inquiry into Human Trafficking (January 2006) The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) decided in 2005-2006 to conduct an inquiry into the human rights of people trafficked into the United Kingdom. OPBP submitted an opinion to the Committee in […]

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