Refugee Law Initiative Series
The Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) at the Human Rights Consortium is the only academic centre in the UK to concentrate specifically on international refugee law.
The Refugee Law Initiative hosts seminars, workshops, short courses and other events to promote and facilitate cutting-edge research on the protection of refugees and other displaced persons.
The majority of Refugee Law Initiative events are free and open to all.
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PhDs and Early Career Cultural Memory, Affect and Trauma Working Group |
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PhDs and Early Career Cultural Memory, Affect and Trauma Working Group This working group is convened by the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies and is open to PhD candidates and early career researchers. Please conta... |
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Aspects of Law Reform: An Insider's Perspective (Hamlyn Seminar) Author: The Rt Hon Jack Straw, MP, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor 2007-2010. Discussants: The Rt Hon Dame Mary... |
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Launch of Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change This event marks the launch of Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change... |
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Launch of Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change This event marks the launch of Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change... |
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Making Freedom - A Community Conference on the 1838 Emancipation of Africans in the Caribbean In collaboration with Queen Mary, University of London. For further information please contact: Robbie Shillia r.shilliam@qmul.ac.uk |
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| 11:00 |
'Comparative Legacies of Empire in Europe': Workshops I & II For more information please contact Liz Buettner. [elizabeth.buettner@york.ac.uk] |
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| 09:30 |
The Commonwealth First Nations |
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| 17:00 |
Talk and Book Launch: Writing imperial histories ‘Writing imperial histories’, edited by Andrew Thompson In collaboration with Manchester University Press |
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| 16:00 |
Claiming Rape, Claiming Asylum: Exploring the Disclosure, Handling and Evaluation of Women’s Claims of Sexual Assault During Applications for Asylum in the UK Although there are no official statistics available, experience and research suggest that a large proportion of women seeking asylum in the UK (claim to... |
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Ghosts of CHOGMs past Organised by the Commonwealth Oral History Project Further information please contact: Vanessa Rockel |

