Refugee Convention
24 Articles
Fair and Fast Asylum Processing: Lessons from Switzerland
The central premise of the successful Swiss reforms – that fairness, contributes, rather than detracts from efficiency – holds valuable lessons for other countries that want…
Biden’s Embrace of Trump’s Transit Ban Violates US Legal and Moral Refugee Obligations
"The new transit ban would violate the United States’ protection obligations to refugees, which are long-standing and solidly based in both international and domestic law."
Tackling Climate Change Displacement at COP27
COP27 offers an important opportunity to address challenges surrounding climate-induced migration.
In Weaponizing Asylum Seekers, DeSantis & Abbott Unwittingly Demonstrate the Possibility of Safe Transit Policies for Migrants
Ironically, the governors' actions show that the US could implement policies that better reflect the realities of migration - by treating migrants has human beings rather than…
Mobilized to Commit War Crimes?
As Russia mobilizes its troops against Ukraine, States must review the asylum claims of those who desert, surrender, or flee conscription.
The Legal Obligation to Recognize Russian Deserters as Refugees
States have an international legal obligation to assist soldiers who flee punishment for refusing to fight a war of aggression.
Deploring the Violence, Abandoning the Victim
A forthcoming rulemaking provides the opportunity for the US to realign its asylum procedures with a simple international - as well as moral - obligation: to save human lives.…
On International Migrants Day, Reimagining Migration Beyond Imperialism, Militarism, and Racism
A clarion call for redemptive migration policy.
Stirring Trouble at the Border: Is Belarus in Violation of International Law? – Part 2
Is Belarus violating its bilateral and human rights commitments at the border?
Afghan Refugees in India Highlight the Need for Indian Domestic Refugee Law
India will offer ad hoc emergency visas to Afghan refugees but lacks any domestic law to protect asylum seekers long term.
How an Internal State Department Memo Exposes “Title 42” Expulsions of Refugees as Violations of Law
Before leaving his post as Senior Legal Advisor to the State Department, Harold Hongju Koh penned a strongly-worded criticism of President Biden’s pandemic border policy and…
Asylum and the Three Little Words that Can Spell Life or Death
The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals defines “particular social group” in a way that practically ensures the denial of asylum claims, especially for Central Americans. The…