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Tuesday 20 November 2012

• Human Rights Consortium-sponsored event featured in The Island

  

  The Commonwealth Advisory Bureau held a recent conference, 'Towards Truth, Justice, and a Political Solution in Sri Lanka', which was supported by the Human Rights Consortium. The conference was covered in Sri Lankan newspaper The Island. read more

Wednesday 24 October 2012

• David Cantor accepts invitation to join ESRC Peer Review College

  

  Dr David James Cantor (lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Director of the Refugee Law Initiative at the Human Rights Consortium) has accepted an invitation to serve as an Academic Member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Peer Review College. The College consists... read more

Friday 31 August 2012

• Invitation to Extreme Energy Initiative event on Extreme Coal in the UK

  

  The Human Rights Consortium will launch the Extreme Energy Initiative with an event on Extreme Coal in the UK. The event will feature presentations, films and discussion from Aidan Ricketts, author of the recently released Activists' Handbook and activist with the Lock the Gate alliance, the... read more

Wednesday 11 July 2012

• Human Rights Consortium launches project to investigate Ecocide as an international crime

  

  The Human Rights Consortium (HRC) at the School of Advanced Study is delighted to announce the launch of the Ecocide Project on 19 July 2012.  The HRC's Ecocide Project is a unique academic forum that will provide a national focal point for leading, facilitating and promoting research... read more

Tuesday 03 July 2012

• Opportunity: Graduate Fellowship at the Refugee Law Initiative

  

  Advanced PhD students are now invitied to apply for a Graduate Fellowship with the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) at the School of Advanced Study. The recipient(s) will work with the Director of the RLI, Dr David James Cantor, contributing to the convening of conferences and seminars, and producing... read more

Thursday 24 May 2012

• Refugee Law Initiative accepts invitation to partner the Refugee Research Network

  

  The Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) at the School of Advanced Study, University of London has accepted an invitation to partner with the Refugee Research Network, run out of the Center for Refugee Studies at York University (Canada). The Refugee Research Network seeks to generate and mobilise... read more

Friday 23 March 2012

• The Refugee Law Initiative’s ‘New Challenges in Refugee Integration’ series concludes with open debate between MPs, Lords and refugee experts at Portcullis House

  

  The Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, concluded its collaborative seminar series ‘New Challenges in Refugee Integration’ with a well-attended open debate at Portcullis House on 15 March 2012. The seminar series, which was held in... read more

Tuesday 21 February 2012

• Refugee Law Initiative holds workshop on refugee law and policy for high-level officials of Commonwealth governments

  

  The Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, has just held the first-ever inter-governmental workshop on refugee law and policy aimed specifically at Commonwealth governments. The workshop was held at the RLI on 14-16 February 2012 and was attended by... read more

Monday 14 November 2011

• Professor Loren Landau inaugurates Refugee Law Initiative’s ‘New Challenges in Refugee integration’ seminar series

  

  On 26 October 2011, Professor Loren Landau, Director of the African Center for Migration and Society (ACMS) at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg (South Africa) inaugurated the “New Challenges in Refugee Integration” seminar series run by the Refugee Law Initiative jointly with... read more

• International Justice: Between Impunity and Show Trials

  

  03 February 2012, 18:30 - 20:00 Event Type: Lecture Speakers Martti Koskenniemi - International Lawyer Jacques Verges - Defence Counsel Chair & Discussant: Robert Murtfeld Description When former President Milosevic began his defence at The Hague, now 10 years ago, there was no reason to... read more