Guy Goodwin-Gill
Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College
Professor Guy S. Goodwin Gill is also Professor of International Refugee Law, was formerly Professor of Asylum Law at the University of Amsterdam, and served as a Legal Adviser in the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1976-1988. He practises as a Barrister from Blackstone Chambers, London, and he has written extensively on refugees, migration, international organizations, elections, democratization, and child soldiers; Recent publications include/ The Refugee in International Law/, (OUP, 2007), 3rd edn. with Dr Jane McAdam; /Free and Fair Elections/, (Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2nd edn., 2006); /Basic Documents on Human Rights/, (OUP, 2006), 5th edn., with Ian Brownlie, eds.
Publications
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2012
G S Goodwin-Gill, 'Europe: A place to seek, to be granted, and to enjoy asylum?' in Cristina Gortázar, María-Carolina Parra, Barbara Segaert & Christiane Timmerman (eds), European Migration and Asylum Policies: Coherence or Contradiction? (Bruylant 2012) [...]
Does the individual have a right to be granted asylum? The traditional answer has long been 'No', any right being that of the State to grant or not to grant. This chapter argues that there is indeed an obligation to grant asylum, drawing among others on elementary considerations of humanity and human rights obligations owed erga omnes. I argue further that this has legal and policy implications, in particular, for the EU, the Court of Justice, the Strasbourg Court, and States.
ISBN: 978-2-8027-3602-8
2011
G S Goodwin-Gill, 'The Challenge of the Child Soldier' in Hew Strachan, Sibylle Scheipers (eds), The Changing Character of War (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2011) [...]
Reviews legal and institutional developments relating to child soldiers since publication of the author's initial study in 1994. Considers recent prosecutions of those accused of recuiting and using children in armed conflict, and examines the situation of child soldiers who may themselves have committed war crimes.
ISBN: 978-0-19-959673-7
G S Goodwin-Gill, 'The Right to Seek Asylum: Interception at Sea and the Principle of Non-refoulement' (2011) 23 International Journal of Refugee Law 443 [...]
Reviews current interception practices, particularly as conducted by EU Member States and the EU agency, Frontex, and considers the lawfulness of such operations in the light of EU law, the recent jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, and the international law background, including the right to seek asylum and the principle of non-refoulement.
2010
G S Goodwin-Gill, Sir Ian Brownlie CBE QC and Guy S. Goodwin-Gill (eds), Brownlie\'s Documents on Human Rights (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2010) [...]
An extensive updated collection of key documents covering all elements of the subject, plus commentary and bibliographic annotation. Organized by reference to UN instruments, UN sponsored conventions, ILO, UNESCO, and regional instruments.
ISBN: 978-0-19-956404-0
G S Goodwin-Gill, 'The Extra-Territorial Reach of Human Rights Obligations: A Brief Perspective on the Link to Jurisdiction' in Laurence Boisson de Chazournes & Marcelo G. Kohen (eds), International Law and the Quest for its Implementation/Le droit international et la quête de sa mise en oeuvre: Liber Amicorum Vera Gowlland-Debbas (Leiden: Brill 2010) [...]
This chapter examines when and how the principles of State responsibility can be translated into liability violations of human rights. It reviews actual and potential gaps in the law, considers jurisprudence and practice with reference to the concepts of territory and jurisdiction, and argues that in this context, 'jurisdiction' should be interpreted to include 'enforcement or prerogative jurisdiction'.
ISBN: 978-90-04017714-7
Interests
Teaching: Human Rights Law; Public International Law
Research: Public International Law including international organisations, human rights, migrants and refugees, elections and democratisation; children's rights
Other details
Correspondence address:
All Souls College
Oxford OX1 4AL
other affiliation(s):
Public International Law @ Oxford
