Migration Law Discussion Group
About the Group
The Migration Law Discussion Group The Migration Law Discussion Group aims to provide an informal forum for migration law scholars, at all levels, from law and other disciplines. Migration Law for our purposes is broadly defined. It includes not only established fields like immigration, asylum, and refugee law, but also aims to examine how the movement of persons across borders has a bearing on other fields, such as labour law and criminal law. Migration law encompasses domestic, regional (in particular EU and other regional systems) and international law (in particular international human rights and international economic law). We welcome suggestions for future seminar topics and offers to present research in progress.
Convenor: Violeta Moreno Lax
Senior member: Cathryn Costello
Papers and other downloads
RSC Public Seminars Trinity 2012
RSC Public Seminars Trinity 2012
Garlick_Hirsi v Italy_MLDG HT12
L Tsourdi_Putting solidarity to the test_MLDG HT12
Tsourdi & McDonough_UNHCR New Issues 2012
R Ziegler_External State Protection_MLDG HT12
Is UNHCR becoming a migration agency?
M Sharpe_Are all refugees equal_MLDG HT12
Forthcoming Group Events
May 2012
Wednesday 16 May 2012 Week 4
- The perfect storm: the challenge of EU obligations on reception of asylum seekers and European human rights norms
- Speaker: Professor Elspeth Guild, Radboud University Nijmegen & Queen Mary University
Queen Elizabeth House Seminar Room 1 at 17:00
Tuesday 22 May Week 5
- Asylum from inhumanity: Enriching refugee protection standards through recourse to international humanitarian law
- Change of venue
Speaker: Jean-François Durieux, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Oxford Law Faculty The Cube - St Cross Building at 18:30
Wednesday 23 May Week 5
- Accessing international protection in Europe: Can EU policy be reconciled with EU law?
- Speaker: Violeta Moreno-Lax, University of Oxford
Queen Elizabeth House Seminar Room 1 at 17:00
Wednesday 30 May Week 6
- Transnational refugee law and the Common European Asylum System
- Speaker: Professor Hélène Lambert, University of Westminster
Queen Elizabeth House Seminar Room 1 at 17:00
June 2012
Wednesday 6 June Week 7
- Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture: States, sovereignties and refugees: A view from the margins?
- Speaker: Professor Alessandro Monsutti, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Queen Elizabeth House Seminar Room 1 at 17:00
Previous Group Events
May 2012
Monday 14 May 2012
- The revolutionary approach to immigration in Argentina: What are the lessons for Europe?
- Speaker: Dr Diego Acosta, University of Sheffield
Oxford Law Faculty Senior Common Room - St Cross Building at 18:30
Thursday 10 May
- Separating the persecutors from the persecuted: a feminist and comparative examination of exclusion from the refugee regime
- Change of time
Speaker: Kate Ogg, MSc student, St Cross College, University of Oxford
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room F - St Cross Building at 17:00
Wednesday 9 May
- The future of international cooperation on refugee protection
- Speaker: Dr María-Teresa Gil-Bazo, University of Newcastle
Queen Elizabeth House Seminar Room 1 at 17:00
Wednesday 2 May
- The Court of Justice of the EU and the European Court of Human Rights as refugee law courts
- Speaker: Dr Cathryn Costello, University of Oxford
Queen Elizabeth House Seminar Room 1 at 17:00
April 2012
Monday 30 April
- More unified policies, better human rights protection? The case of EU immigration and asylum policies
- Speaker: Gjovalin Macaj, Free University of Brussels (VUB)
Oxford Law Faculty Senior Common Room - St Cross Building at 18:30
February 2012
Monday 27 February
- How far does non-refoulement go? A discussion on Hirsi v Italy
- Speaker: Madeline Garlick , Head of Unit, Policy & Legal Support, UNHCR Europe
Refugee Studies Centre Seminar Room 2 - Queen Elizabeth House (3 Mansfield Rd - Oxford OX1 3TB) at 17:30
Monday 20 February
- Putting solidarity to the test: assessing Europe’s response to the asylum crisis in Greece
- Speaker: Lilian Tsourdi, PhD Candidate, Law Faculty and Institute for European Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Oxford Law Faculty Senior Common Room - St Cross Building at 18:30
January 2012
Monday 30 January
- External State Protection and the Predicament of Recognised Geneva Convention Refugees
- Speaker: Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler , Dphil candidate, Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Oxford Law Faculty Senior Common Room - St Cross Building at 18:30
Monday 23 January
- Is UNHCR becoming a migration agency? An analysis of UNHCR's engagement in mixed movements
- Speaker: Anja Klug , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Refugee Studies Centre Seminar Room 2 - Queen Elizabeth House (3 Mansfield Rd - Oxford OX1 3TB) at 17:00
2012
- Are All Refugees Equal Before the Law? The 1951 Refugee Convention and Article 26 of the ICCPR
- Speaker: Marina Sharpe, Dphil candidate, Linacre College, University of Oxford
Oxford Law Faculty Senior Common Room - St Cross Building at 18:30
November 2011
Monday 28 November 2011
- Citizenship, refugees and protected persons
- Speaker: Ms Anne Neylon, University College Cork, Ireland
Oxford Law Faculty Senior Common Room - St Cross Building at 18:30
Tuesday 22 November
- Beyond the hukou: the regulatory spider-web that affects China'’s rural migrant workers
- Speaker: Ms Mimi Zou, St John’s College & Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Hertford College Lower Senior Common Room at 13:00
Monday 14 November
- "The proliferation of human rights: when do moral rights become legal rights?"
- Speaker: Ms Michele Morel, Ghent University, Belgium.
Oxford Law Faculty Senior Common Room - St Cross Building at 18:30
May 2011
Tuesday 17 May
February 2011
Thursday 24 February
- M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece
- Worcester College Please enquire at the Lodge. at 18:00
