Establishing a breach of Article 3 in medical cases: The ‘applicability’ of Strasbourg jurisprudence
In EA & Ors (Article 3 medical cases – Paposhvili not applicable) [2017] UKUT 00445, the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) refused to follow the most recent Strasbourg caselaw...
Tigere: Strategic Litigation for the Rights of Young People in the UK
The case of R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills [2015 UKSC 57] was heard in the UK Supreme Court in June 2015. A new report...
North African States Struggle to Protect the Human Rights of Irregular Migrants in their Territory
North African states like Libya, Egypt and Algeria continue to struggle to meet their human rights obligations to irregular migrants. For almost a decade, North Africa has been an important...
Human Rights-Based Migrant Integration Policy: Lessons from Ireland, Part II – Applying the Human Rights-Based Model
The first part of this post emphasised the importance of supporting public sector bodies in developing human rights-based migrant integration policies. We also outlined how our project (funded by the...
Human Rights-Based Migrant Integration Policy: Lessons from Ireland – Part I
The issue of migrant integration has become a key policy area for many European countries, as well as the European Union (“EU”) level. “Integration” is a notoriously difficult idea to...
Lest We Forget About Iraqi Christians
Following UN Security Council Resolution 2379 establishing the Investigative Team in Iraq, the painful and arduous task of assembling evidence to bring Daesh fighters responsible for genocide against religious minorities...
QT v Director of Immigration: recognising overseas same-sex marriages and civil partnerships in immigration policy
On 25 September 2017, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal ruled that partners in overseas same-sex marriages and civil partnerships are eligible to apply for spousal dependant visas in Hong...
Searching for Solidarity through Intra-EU Relocation: Slovak Republic & Hungary v. Council of the European Union
The Grand Chamber judgment on 6 September 2017 (Joined Cases of C-643/15 and C-647/15) was eagerly anticipated by many and marked an important contribution to the regional debate on solidarity...
Do Rohingya Refugees in India have Constitutional Rights?
The Indian Government recently issued a direction to identify and deport around 40,000 Rohingya refugees in India, labelling them as a burden on the resources of the country and a...
The Forced Expulsion of Rohingyas Reflects Why India Needs a Refugee Law
The Indian Government recently revealed its decision to deport the 40,000 Rohingya Muslims from the country, including the 16,000 refugees registered with the UNHCR. This decision is seen as a...
An International Law Perspective on India’s Response toward the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
In the opening statement made in the Human Rights Council’s 36th session on 11th September 2017, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein observed the...
UN Committee Condemns Australia’s Punitive Asylum Policy
On 23 June 2017, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted its concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Australia on its implementation of the International...
