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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| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 09:00 | Human Rights Consortium |
The Right to Work: Legal and Philosophical Perspectives The UCL Institute for Human Rights and the UCL Labour Rights Institute will host a one-day international workshop on the right to work. The workshop is supported by the Modern … |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 18:00 | Institute of Advanced Legal Studies |
Rendition and Holding Secret Government to Account? Rosa Curling is an assistant solicitor with Leigh Day working in the Human Rights Department. She specialises in Public Law particularly Judicial Review and Human Rights cases. She has been involved in … |
IALS |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 17:30 | Human Rights Consortium |
International Refugee Law seminar series “The law of exclusion from refugee status:recent developments” This is the 2nd year of the ‘International Refugee Law’ seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and … |
Lecture Theatre, IALS |
| 17:30 | Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
International Refugee Law Seminar Series: The law of exclusion from refugee status: recent developments |
IALS |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 10:00 | Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
A revolutionary life: Ruth First 1925-1982 This event is a joint initiative between the Commonwealth Advisory Bureau and ICwS Ruth First was an anti-apartheid activist, investigative journalist, and scholar. First worked her entire life to end apartheid in … |
Macmillan Hall |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 18:00 | Institute of Advanced Legal Studies |
The truth about the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Ukraine. Recent cases - what can we learn from them? Valentyna Telychenko is well-known as the defence lawyer of Myroslava Gongadze in the murder case of her husband, journalist Georgiy Gongadze. Recently, Ms. Telychenko has taken on the case of Yuriy … |
IALS |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 13:00 | Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
The Internationalisation of Dalit and Adivasi Activism (Day One) This event is by invitation only. |
STB3/6 (Stewart House, basement) |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 09:00 | Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
The Internationalisation of Dalit and Adivasi Activism (Day Two) This event is by invitation only. |
The Senate Room (Senate House, First Floor) |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| Institute of Advanced Legal Studies |
Modern Activism Venue: The conference will take place in Liverpool, across a number of venues including Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Liverpool. This conference will address a range of issues relating broadly to modern activism. … |
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| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 11:00 | Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
ICwS and OSPA Witness Seminar: Indigenisation of the Civil Service in colonial territories before and immediately after independence |
The Senate Room (Senate House, First Floor) |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| Institute of English Studies |
Captivity and Culpability: The Disciplining Subject in the Literary and Cultural Imagination Keynote Speakers: Bob Brecher (University of Brighton), Anthony Downey (Sotheby's Institute of Art) Societies often have ambiguous and even conflicting attitudes towards state institutions that fulfil normalising, reformatory, punitive or disciplinary functions. … |
Senate House | |
| 10:00 | Human Rights Consortium |
Captivity and Culpability: The Disciplining Subject in the Literary and Cultural Imagination Societies often have ambiguous and even conflicting attitudes towards state institutions that fulfil normalising, reformatory, punitive or disciplinary functions. This unease is frequently represented in an ambivalence or a hostility not … |
The Senate Room (Senate House, First Floor) |
