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John Trajer
Research Fellow in Anti-Trafficking Law and Policy
Biography Dr John Trajer is a Research Fellow in Anti-Trafficking Law and Policy at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). In this role, he is working on a project that assesses the impact of access to legal advice on people with lived experiences of modern slavery. John holds a BA from the University of Oxford, a joint MA from the universities of Göttingen and Groningen, and an LLM from the European University Institute. He has also acquired professional experience…
Human Rights and IHL+2Noemi Magugliani
Research Leader in Anti-trafficking Law and Policy
Biography Dr. Noemi Magugliani is a Research Leader in Anti-trafficking Law and Policy at BIICL. Noemi holds a PhD in Law from the National University of Ireland Galway, where they conducted research that focussed on trafficked adult men, gendered constructions of vulnerability, and access to protection. Noemi also holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law and Policy from University College Cork and a BA in International Relations from the University of Milan. Beyond their work at the…
Human Rights and IHL+2Georgia Greville
Researcher in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Georgia Greville joined BIICL as a researcher in labour exploitation and human rights in January 2022. Her main research interests are international labour law, business and human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in international relations and peace and conflict studies) from the University of Queensland and a Master of Public and International Law (Hons) from the University…
Human Rights and IHL+2Jean-Pierre Gauci
Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law and Director of Teaching and Training
Biography Dr. Jean-Pierre Gauci is Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law and Director of Teaching and Training at BIICL. Recruited in 2014 as a research coordinator for the British Influences on International Law Project, his role was extended to that of research fellow in August 2015 and associate senior research fellow in 2017. Jean-Pierre holds a PhD in Law from King's College London; a Doctor of Laws and Magister Juris in International Law from the University of Malta. Beyond…
Climate Change+7Rosana Garciandia
Research Leader in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Dr Rosana Garciandia is Research Leader in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights at BIICL. She conducts research on the international law response to human rights challenges, including labour exploitation and all contemporary forms of slavery. Her focus is on the responsibility of States and businesses, and on the potential of existing human rights mechanisms to protect victims from abuses. Rosana is also a Lecturer in Public International Law at King's College London and Associate…
Human Rights and IHL+3Iris Anastasiadou
Research Fellow in Public International Law and Migration
Biography Iris Anastasiadou joined BIICL as a Researcher in Public International Law and Migration in January 2020. Iris holds an LLM from University College London (UCL) and an LLB from the University of York. Her master's thesis focused on the extent to which under International Law and jus ad bellum, states can invoke self-defence against state-sponsored cyber-attacks. She has participated in projects in case law research; interviews; data collection; quantitative research and drafting.…
Labour Rights+1Sara Al Khashlok
Researcher in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Sara Al Khashlok, a researcher in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights, joined BIICL in 2024. She holds an MSc in International Migration and Public Policy from the London School of Economics (LSE) and an LLB from King's College London. Her past research has focused on examining the efficacy of legal frameworks in protecting the rights of marginalized communities, particularly in conflict zones. Her master's thesis explored the failure of Iraq's anti-discrimination laws and policies…
Human Rights and IHL+2Short Course: Law of the Sea
Event Date: 26th September 2025
EVENTS Short Course: Law of the Sea Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This course provides an insightful overview of the international law of the sea and the pressing challenges confronting the world's oceans and seas. Led by experts from both academia and practice, participants…
Law of the Sea+2Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 23rd September 2025
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The programme…
Business and Human Rights+7Summer School: Public International Law
Event Date: 14th July 2025
TRAINING Summer School: Public International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline Global events and legal developments continue to highlight the relevance of international law to various aspects of our lives. From dealing with climate change and environmental disasters, to promoting…
Artificial Intelligence+8Short Course: Foundations of Public International Law
Event Date: 25th April 2025
EVENTS Short Course: Foundations of Public International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This short course provides participants with an in depth understanding of the basic tenets of public international law. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of international…
Business and Human Rights+6Short Course: Law of the Sea (Hybrid)
Event Date: 4th December 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Law of the Sea (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This hybrid course provides an insightful overview of the international law of the sea and the pressing challenges confronting the world's oceans and seas. Led by experts from both academia and practice,…
Law of the Sea+2Developing the UK-EU Relationship: TCA Review and Beyond
Event Date: 21st November 2024
EVENTS Developing the UK-EU Relationship: TCA Review and Beyond Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organiser Conference Details According to Art. 776 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) concluded between the UK and the EU, the implementation of the Agreement is to be reviewed every five years,…
Artificial Intelligence+8Resilience and Rights: Navigating Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups
Event Date: 26th October 2024
EVENTS Resilience and Rights: Navigating Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Supported by: Event Details COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented global health and economic crisis, profoundly impacting every aspect of life. It led to significant economic disruptions,…
Arbitration+7Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 25th September 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The…
Business and Human Rights+7Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law (Hybrid)
Event Date: 20th September 2024
TRAINING Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the…
Human Rights and IHL+3New Project Safeguarding Principles on Immigration Detention
6th September 2024
BIICL embarks on a new project to update our work on Rule of Law safeguarding principles for immigration detention. In 2013, BIICL published ""Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law" a series of 25 principles intended to give protection to the many migrants facing deprivation(s) of their liberty at the hands of the State exercising immigration powers. Those principles were highly influential, used by NGOs, legal representatives, and others to inform legislative debates and court proceedings.…
Migration+1Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 4th September 2024
Immigration detention remains a widely used tool of immigration management and border control across many countries and regions. Its impact on the human rights and wellbeing of migrants' is well documented. Legislative and policy developments in various countries and regions, including the United Kingdom (e.g., UK Illegal Migration Act; EU Immigration Pact) have had the direct effect of broadening the use of immigration detention and have raised further questions regarding rule of law…
Migration+1Inter-state communications before UN treaty bodies: time for their wider use?
3rd July 2024
Image Credit: Palais Wilson, OHCHR Geneva headquarters Developments at the international level over the past 5 years have re-ignited the relevance of a mechanism that had remained dormant for decades: inter-state communications before UN treaty bodies. Under-utilised and, consequently, under-studied, inter-state communications allow States to bring cases against other States for violations of their human rights obligations. The possibility is available, inter alia, under the International…
Human Rights and IHL+2Landmark protections for migrant workers in Australia
1st July 2024
Today marks the coming into force of the final component in a series of Australian legislative reforms geared towards improving protections for migrant workers. These reforms, which encompass changes to both domestic labour law and migration law, aim to tackle migrant worker exploitation by providing protection to vulnerable non-citizens pursuing claims for violations of labour rights and enforcing their workplace rights and entitlements, as well as ensuring that employers do not misuse…
Labour Rights+1Landmark protections for migrant workers in Australia
1st July 2024
Today marks the coming into force of the final component in a series of Australian legislative reforms geared towards improving protections for migrant workers. These reforms, which encompass changes to both domestic labour law and migration law, aim to tackle migrant worker exploitation by providing protection to vulnerable non-citizens pursuing claims for violations of labour rights and enforcing their workplace rights and entitlements, as well as ensuring that employers do not misuse…
Labour Rights+1Assessing the Modern Slavery Impacts of the Nationality and Borders Act: One Year On
25th June 2024
The Nationality and Borders Act passed into law in April 2022, with most of its provisions relating to modern slavery coming into effect in January 2023. These include changes to the definition of the 'reasonable grounds' decision within the National Referral Mechanism (NRM, the national system to identify survivors of modern slavery in the UK), the introduction of a procedure to exclude people from modern slavery protections on grounds of public order and bad faith, and an altered entitlement…
Human Rights and IHL+2New Report Assesses Modern Slavery Impacts of the Nationality and Borders Act
25th June 2024
Today, BIICL announced the publication of a research report entitled: 'Assessing the Modern Slavery Impacts of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022: One Year On'. The report is the main output of a project funded by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre and implemented by BIICL in partnership with the Human Trafficking Foundation and the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group. The project was funded by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre…
Human Rights and IHL+2New Report examines Modern Slavery Referrals in the UK
7th February 2024
Report examines the identification of adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the UK Today BIICL publishes the report of its project Identification of adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the UK which examines the formal procedure for identifying adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the United Kingdom. The research focuses on three main areas: 1) identification related training provided to First Responder Organisations, 2) qualitative and…
Labour Rights+2Attracting Global Skills and Talents to EU’s cities and regions
2nd February 2024
European Union (EU) member States have diverse qualifications and education systems, which are a primary competence of member States. Understanding those systems and the factors that contribute to the effective recognition of qualifications of migrants is an important first step to identifying strategies to more effectively connect the needs of European economies and the set of skills that migrant workers have to offer. EU institutions acknowledge the potential of these systems to attract…
European Law+2Modern slavery impact of the Nationality and Borders Act
Noemi Magugliani | 14th December 2023
Research project analysing the impact of the UK Nationality and Borders Act's modern slavery provisions on survivors. A research project led by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), in collaboration with the Human Trafficking Foundation (HTF) and the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG), is investigating the impacts of the UK Nationality and Borders Act (NABA) on the identification and wellbeing of people with lived experience of modern slavery…
Migration+1Human trafficking and the rights of trafficked persons
5th December 2023
A new report has been published by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and the International Bar Association (IBA) on human trafficking and the application of the non-punishment principle - a tenet that states 'trafficked persons should not be subject to arrest, charge, detention, prosecution, or be penalised or otherwise punished for illegal conduct that they committed as a direct consequence of being trafficked.' The principle was established…
MigrationShort Course: International Migration and Refugee Law
Last Updated: 2nd November 2023
Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law Share LinksCourse Outline This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the law and of the challenges in its implementation. The course is designed to provide participants with a working knowledge of the main legal frameworks, concepts, and actors in the field of International Migration and Refugee…
MigrationIndividual Reparations for Human Rights Violations in Ukraine
13th October 2023
Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and aggression in Ukraine's eastern Donbas provinces that led to the establishment of non-recognised entities (the so-called "Donetsk/Luhansk People's Republics") in 2014 resulted in a significant deterioration in the human rights situation within these territories. The armed conflict has had wider human rights, economy and security repercussions for Ukraine and the region. Russia has also labelled the treatment of ethnic Russians and…
Cultural Heritage+4Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 21st September 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The…
Business and Human Rights+8Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law
Event Date: 19th September 2023
TRAINING Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the law and of…
Law of the Sea+1New BIICL study examines ways to recognise qualifications across EU
8th September 2023
BIICL has been commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions to undertake a research study entitled Attracting Global Skills and Talents to EU's cities and regions. The study will explore current practices across the European Union to facilitate the recognition of qualifications and skills of third-country nationals. The European Union's strategic approach to legal migration has, as one of its key elements, the facilitation of the recognition of qualifications and skills of third-country…
European Law+2Attracting Global Skills and Talents to EU's cities and regions
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 7th September 2023
The European Union's strategic approach to legal migration has, as one of its key elements, the facilitation of the recognition of qualifications and skills of third-country nationals. One of the challenges in such facilitation comes from the fact that EU member States have diverse qualifications and education systems, which are a primary competence of the Member States. BIICL has been commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions to undertake a research study aimed…
European Law+2Resources Short Course: Migration and Refugee Law - Autumn 24 - removed
Last Updated: 10th August 2023
Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law 20 September 2024 Resources for Participants Course Details This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the law and of the challenges in its implementation. The course is designed to provide participants with a working knowledge of the main legal frameworks, concepts, and actors…
MigrationProtection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups, Post-Pandemic: European and Asian Approaches
Event Date: 19th June 2023
EVENTS Protection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups, Post-Pandemic: European and Asian Approaches Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Covid-19 pandemic had a marked effect on vulnerable individuals and groups such as small businesses, women and children, supply chain workers,…
Business and Human Rights+4Individual Reparations for Human Rights Violations in Ukraine (Hybrid)
Event Date: 15th June 2023
EVENTS Individual Reparations for Human Rights Violations in Ukraine (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The annexation of Crimea and Russia's aggression in Donbas that led to the establishment of non-recognised entities (so-called "Donetsk/Lugansk people's republics") in…
Cultural Heritage+4Short Course: Public International Law in Practice (Hybrid)
Event Date: 3rd April 2023
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The programme…
Business and Human Rights+7Short Course: Foundations of Public International Law
Event Date: 3rd March 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Foundations of Public International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This short course provides participants with an in depth understanding of the basic tenets of public international law. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of international law experts from…
Business and Human Rights+7Holistic approach key to quality legal advice for modern slavery survivors
25th January 2023
Although people with lived experience of modern slavery often have complex and intersecting legal needs, there are countless stories of them receiving no, limited or low-quality legal advice, which has a significant detrimental effect on both their experiences within the legal system and their overall recovery and wellbeing. In our research project, carried out with UNSEEN UK and lived experience consultants for the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre, we set…
Migration+1Impacts of a lack of legal advice on adults with lived experience of modern slavery
23rd January 2023
New research led by BIICL found that the system providing legal advice to modern slavery survivors is inadmissible, disengaging, piecemeal, and significantly under-resourced. This has a profound impact on survivors and in areas much wider than previously understood, with much of legal advice provided by providers narrowly focused on trafficking, whereas survivors also need support in other areas, from the recognition as victims, immigration or criminal proceedings, to less talked about…
Labour Rights+2Reform and International Law (Annual BIICL/SLS Workshop)
Event Date: 5th December 2022
EVENTEVENT Reform and International Law (Annual BIICL/SLS Workshop) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-Organised with Event Details International law is both a motivator and product of reforms around the globe. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the International Law Section…
Centre for International Law+5Short Course: International Labour Law
Event Date: 14th November 2022
EVENTS Short Course: International Labour Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details International Labour Law is a constantly evolving field of law and one which has a direct impact on governments, businesses, civil society organisations and workers. It influences the way in which governments…
Business and Human Rights+3Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law
Event Date: 31st October 2022
EVENTS Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the law and of the challenges…
Migration+1Identification of adults with lived experiences of modern slavery in the UK
16th September 2022
Research project examining how to improve the identification of adult survivors of modern slavery Despite the numbers of people identified as 'potential victims of modern slavery' growing year on year, there is room for improvement. In 2021, 12,727 people were referred to the UK's National Referral Mechanism (NRM), the highest number of referrals since the NRM began. In the same year, the Home Office received 3,190 reports of adult potential victims via the 'Duty to Notify' process -…
Human Rights and IHL+2Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 15th September 2022
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The…
Business and Human Rights+7Determinants of Anti-Trafficking Efforts
30th August 2022
The 'Determinants of Anti-Trafficking Efforts' Project assesses the links and sequencing of specific factors that have yielded improved political will and capacity in national governments to address trafficking in persons and which have led to sustained and comprehensive anti-trafficking efforts. It sought to do so through a review of available literature, a quantitative analysis of existing data sets, a series of over 50 interviews with stakeholders at the international and regional…
Human Rights and IHL+1Intensive Course: Foundations of Public International Law
Event Date: 20th June 2022
EVENTS Intensive Course: Foundations of Public International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This short course provides participants with an in depth understanding of the basic tenets of public international law. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of international…
Business and Human Rights+7Determinants of Anti-trafficking Efforts
Event Date: 26th May 2022
EVENTS Determinants of Anti-trafficking Efforts Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This event is the culmination of a two and a half year research project undertaken at BIICL, which analysed the determinants of anti-trafficking efforts. Determinants are understood as factors shaping governments'…
COVID-19+3Displacement in and from Ukraine: Risks, Responses, and Legal Dimensions
Event Date: 19th April 2022
Events Displacement in and from Ukraine: Risks, Responses, and Legal Dimensions Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, displacement within and from Ukraine continues unabated. This event seeks to unpack and critically engage with some…
Human Rights and IHL+2Human rights responsibilities of multinational enterprises and States in the Cuban tourism sector
13th April 2022
The tourism and hospitality sector has been key to the development of the Cuban economy for decades. It is one of the essential economic pillars in the Cuban system, and one where foreign multinational corporations operate in partnership with State-owned companies to provide their services. As in many other geographical contexts, the Cuban tourism and hospitality sector has been associated with risks of labour exploitation, discrimination, and other human rights concerns. This report…
Business and Human Rights+3Addressing lack of access to legal advice for survivors of modern slavery
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 18th March 2022
Adequate, timely, and effective access to quality legal assistance remains a critical concern for people with lived experience of modern slavery, despite recognition of the transformative impact of legal advice on access to protection and recovery. BIICL's project, in partnership with Unseen UK, seeks to assess the impacts on access to protection and recovery of the inability for people with lived experiences of modern slavery to access adequate and timely legal advice. The project report…
Human Rights and IHL+1Migrant Crossings in the Channel: Non-Assistance, Securitisation, and Accountability Under International Law
17th January 2022
On Wednesday, 24 October 2021, 27 people lost their lives in the maritime area between the UK and France. A survivor provided a reconstruction of that night's events. Although several calls were made to both the French and the British Coastguards from the boat in distress, no rescue operation was promptly launched nor completed. Instead, French authorities continued to argue that the boat was in British waters, while British authorities consistently denied it. The result was that no authority…
Human Rights and IHL+1The Duty of States to Cooperate in International Law: 30th Annual SLS/BIICL Workshop
Event Date: 29th November 2021
EVENTS The Duty of States to Cooperate in International Law: 30th Annual SLS/BIICL Workshop Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised with the Society of Legal Scholars Event Details This year's annual BIICL/SLS Workshop on the Theory of International Law will focus on the duty of States to cooperate…
Climate Change+3Judicial, quasi-judicial and specialised non-judicial bodies as determinants of anti-trafficking efforts
29th October 2021
This blog post builds on a presentation Dr Noemi Magugliani and Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci delivered at the PluriCourts Research Conference on Compliance Mechanisms on 28 October 2021. It presents initial findings on the topic from the Determinants of Anti-trafficking Efforts Project. In the last two decades, the international community has increasingly turned its attention towards the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings. Since the adoption of the 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and…
MigrationShort Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 7th October 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The programme focuses…
Business and Human Rights+9Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law
Event Date: 4th October 2021
EVENTS Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the law and…
Migration+1HRDD Forum: Covid-19 and Value Chains: Three recent studies
Event Date: 9th September 2021
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Covid-19 and Value Chains: Three recent studies Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details At this thematic session, speakers will present their recent findings on the impact of Covid-19 in value chains, all the way from the agricultural fields, through the garment supply…
Business and Human Rights+4The Non-Punishment Principle in Trafficking In Persons
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 2nd July 2021
BIICL is delighted to be working with the International Bar Association (IBA) on a new research project on the application of the non-punishment principle in law and practice across different jurisdictions. The overall goal of the project is to provide concrete recommendations towards improving the legislative provision and practical implementation of the non-punishment principle. The project will also develop a pilot multi-disciplinary program to build the capacity of lawyers…
Human Rights and IHL+1Human Rights Responsibilities of Multi-National Enterprises Working in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector in Cuba
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 15th June 2021
Companies, including foreign companies, operating in the tourism and hospitality sector in Cuba have the responsibility to respect the human rights of workers. This includes the duty to set up policies and due diligence processes to assess the risk of labour exploitation in their supply chains, to identify exploitation cases, and to take steps to ensure access to remedy for those workers whose rights may have been abused. States where those companies are domiciled also have obligations…
Business and Human Rights+3When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees
10th June 2021
Policy Notes Theme 6: Advocating for improved protection responses When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees A Roadmap for Advocacy, Policy Development, and Programming Protection in Mixed Movements along the Central and Western Mediterranean Routes 2021 is an edited volume that presents key recommendations from more than 40 researchers, protection actors, policy-makers and people with a displacement experience from North, West, East and the Horn of Africa as well as Europe…
Human Rights and IHL+1EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: Conversation with European Commission Vice President Schinas
Event Date: 22nd April 2021
EVENTS EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: Conversation with European Commission Vice President Schinas Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Image courtesy of European Parliament Event Details This event will involve a conversation between Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President for Promoting our European…
European Law+2Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 16th February 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The…
Arbitration+6When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees: A Mapping of Legal Considerations
24th November 2020
BIICL is delighted to launch a new report entitled: When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees: A Mapping of Legal Considerations. The report, which is the main output of a Mirpuri Foundation funded research project, explores the law around search and rescue particularly from the perspective of private vessels. The report is organised as follows: Setting the context The Obligation to Rescue Human Rights Responsibilities Commercial Implications Recommendations Publication…
MigrationBIICL publishes new report: When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees
24th November 2020
BIICL is delighted to launch a new report: When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees: A Mapping of Legal Considerations. The report, which is the main output of a Mirpuri Foundation funded research project, explores the law around search and rescue particularly from the perspective of private vessels. It does so by undertaking a systemic analysis of how the UNGP's Second Pillar principles apply in the rescue context and by highlighting the commercial implications of search and…
MigrationWhen Private Vessels Rescue Migrants: Legal Implications
Event Date: 24th November 2020
EVENTS When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants: Legal Implications Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This event is part of the Maritime Search and Rescue: Responsibilities and Implications Project funded by: Event Details The past 2 decades have seen growing numbers of migrants, and would-be asylum seekers,…
MigrationHuman Trafficking and COVID-19: What Next?
8th October 2020
Introduction COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of life. Anti-trafficking efforts are no exception. Earlier this summer BIICL hosted a webinar entitled 'Human Trafficking and COVID-19: What Next?'. The discussion, chaired by Silvia Scarpa, brought together leading anti-trafficking experts: Marika McAdam, Ryzsard Piotrowicz, Parosha Chandran and Tomoya Obokata. This blog contains 5 key take away points from the event Publication - Download…
COVID-19+1Refugee Rights Across Regions: A Comparative Overview of Legislative Good Practices in Latin America and the EU
6th October 2020
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has identified a number of legislative good practices in Latin American asylum and refugee laws. At the same time, academics and policy-makers have long called for cross-regional comparative analyses of policies and laws to allow different regions to learn from each other's best practices. In this article, we compare refugee legislations of Latin American countries with European Union protection standards based on…
MigrationVirtual Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 29th September 2020
ONLINE Virtual Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The programme…
Arbitration+6Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 22nd September 2020
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event details Short Course Public International Law in Practice offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The…
Arbitration+5Protecting Education in Conflict
Event Date: 20th July 2020
EVENTS Protecting Education in Conflict Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Education is not only an important end in itself; it enables access to other human rights, to meaningful participation in society, and to the promotion of universal respect for the dignity of all. This is…
Human Rights and IHL+1Human Trafficking and COVID-19: What Next?
Event Date: 14th July 2020
WEBINAR Human Trafficking and COVID-19: What Next? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location 140720 recording of Human Trafficking and COVID-19: What Next? Event Details COVID-19 has impacted all areas of life and human trafficking is no exception. Early research and data indicate that COVID has a strong…
COVID-19+2COVID-19: Impacts on Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 25th June 2020
BIICL is undertaking a project assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on efforts to combat human trafficking around the world. The aims of the project are twofold: to take stock of the gaps COVID-19 has created in anti-human trafficking law and policy, and to propose solutions for how those gaps can be filled in the coming months and years. While early research suggests that COVID-19 will greatly exacerbate vulnerability to human trafficking, financial and other resources allocated to anti-trafficking…
COVID-19+1Integration of migrants in middle and small cities and in rural areas in Europe
27th April 2020
This report on the 'Integration of migrants in middle and small cities and in rural areas in Europe', authored by Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow Jean-Pierre Gauci, was commissioned by the 'Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs of the European Committee of the Regions (CIVEX). This report explores the context in which, and the structures through which, integration measures are implemented and the nature of the actions being undertaken by medium…
MigrationShort Course: Public International Law in Practice (November 2019)
Event Date: 28th November 2019
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Short Course Public International Law in Practice offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.…
Arbitration+6New Project launch: Determinants of Anti-Trafficking Efforts
1st October 2019
BIICL is delighted to announce the launch of a new project entitled: Determinants of Anti-Trafficking Efforts. The project, which is funded by the United States Government, assesses the links and sequencing of specific factors that have yielded improved political will and capacity in national governments to address trafficking in persons and which have led to sustained and comprehensive anti-trafficking efforts. It seeks to answer the practical question asked by anti-trafficking actors…
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Jean-Pierre Gauci | 1st October 2019
The outputs of this project are available here. BIICL is delighted to be undertaking a large scale project on determinants of anti-trafficking policies around the world. The overall goal of the project is to improve national governments' anti-trafficking efforts. It will assess the links and sequencing of specific factors that have yielded improved political will and capacity in national governments to address trafficking in persons and which have led to sustained and comprehensive…
Human Rights and IHL+1The EU Engagement in International Migration Policies
1st September 2019
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM): The EU Engagement in International Migration Policies' Book chapter in R Wessel and J Odermatt, Research Handbook on the European Union and International Organizations (Edgar Elgar 2019) Over the years, the European Union has developed relationships with other international institutions, mainly as a result of its increasingly active role as a global actor and the transfer of competences…
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21st August 2019
Blog post written by Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Francesca Romana Partipilo (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) and forms part of a series of blog posts examining the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Read the Blog
MigrationSolidarity "A La Carte": The EU's Response to Boat Migration
9th August 2019
Solidarity "A La Carte": The EU's Response to Boat Migration Blog by Jean-Pierre Gauci Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law Eleni Karageorgiou,Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Law at Lund University and Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Opionio Juris 09/08/19 Read the Blog
MigrationGCM Indicators: Objective 9: Strengthen the transational response to smuggling of migrants
23rd July 2019
GCM Indicators: Objective 9: Strengthen the transational response to smuggling of migrants Blog post written by Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Francesca Romana Partipilo (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) and forms part of a series of blog posts examining the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Read the blog
MigrationGCM Commentary: Objective 9: Strengthen the transnational response to smuggling of migrants
22nd November 2018
Migrant smuggling is defined in the Smuggling Protocol (art.3) as: "The procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, of the illegal entry of a person into a State Party of which the person is not a national or a permanent resident".IntroductionObjective 9 of the UN Global Compact for Migration addresses the issue of migrant smuggling. The new objective highlights some important issues, including the need to differentiate between trafficking…
MigrationMaritime Search and Rescue: Responsibilities and Implications for Private Vessels
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 1st November 2018
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law has just launched a new project looking at the responsibilities of and implications for private vessels of maritime search and rescue of migrants and refugees. The project is led by Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and funded by the Mirpuri Foundation. Recent years have seen growing numbers of migrants, and would-be asylum seekers, embarking on perilous sea crossings to flee violence, conflict or persecution. Private vessels and NGO…
MigrationPartnerships for Practice: Making the Global Compact on Migration Work
Event Date: 7th September 2018
Time: 11:00-17:00 (Registration open from 10:30) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP Read the Workshop Report In September 2018, the United Nations General Assembly is expected to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). That step will finish a process that started in September 2016 with the New York Declaration, which committed to protecting 'the safety, dignity and human rights…
MigrationThe Human Rights of Smuggled Migrants and Trafficked Persons
31st July 2018
The Human Rights of Smuggled Migrants and Trafficked Persons in the UN Global Compacts on Migrants and Refugees On 19 September 2016, the UNGA adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants through which States committed to developing two compacts: one on refugees and one on safe, orderly and regular migration. The Zero Drafts of the compacts were published on 31 January 2018 and 5 February 2018, respectively. The move towards the discussion and adoption of the global…
MigrationBlog: Legal Pathways to Protection
23rd June 2018
In this week's first blog post, one of us noted that migration as such is not a crisis, nor is the arrival of people in the EU. The language of crisis is political and helps, firstly, to sustain the narrative that the majority of migrants come to Europe (which is far from true). Secondly, it helps to justify a complex set of migration management practices aimed at preventing people from reaching and entering the EU. In distinction, we argue that the problem is not that people move in search…
MigrationLegal Pathways to Protection
26th February 2018
Between October 2017 and March 2018, BIICL Associate Senior Research Fellow Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci, in collaboration with King's College London colleagues Dr Leonie Ansems de Vries and Dr Henry Redwood implemented a research initiative on Legal Pathways to Protection. The initiative included an expert workshop at King's College London on 27 October 2017. and the development of a Policy brief entitled: Legal Pathways to Protection: Towards the Provision of Safe, Legal and Accessible Routes…
MigrationBlog: Back to Old Tricks? Italian Responsibility for Returning People to Libya
6th June 2017
On 10/11 May 2017 various news outlets reported a maritime operation by the Libyan authorities, in coordination with the Italian Search and Rescue Authority, in which 500 individuals were intercepted in international waters and returned to Libya. This operation amounted to refoulment in breach of customary international law and several treaties (including the Geneva Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights), and an internationally wrongful act is one for which Italy…
MigrationLegal Pathways to Protection
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 10th January 2017
Between October 2017 and March 2018, BIICL Associate Senior Research Fellow Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci, in collaboration with King's College London colleagues Dr Leonie Ansems de Vries and Dr Henry Redwood implemented a research initiative on Legal Pathways to Protection. The initiative included an expert workshop at King's College London on 27 October 2017. and the development of a Policy brief entitled: Legal Pathways to Protection: Towards the Provision of Safe, Legal and Accessible Routes…
MigrationThe Migrant Smuggling Protocol and the Need for a Multi-Faceted Approach
21st November 2016
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MigrationThe "Refugee Crisis": Challenges and Implications for International and EU Law
Event Date: 8th November 2016
Time: 17:30-19:30 (followed by a drinks reception) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP This event will examine the legal questions arising from the so-called "refugee crisis", looking at implications for International and European refugee law frameworks, the Schengen aquis and the Dublin system as well as for private vessels engaged in maritime search and rescue. Beyond and through these questions, this seminar…
MigrationManaging Migration Flows in the Mediterranean? A Critical Appraisal
Event Date: 25th June 2015
Time: 17:30-19:30 Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP Recent weeks have seen a number of incidents in the Mediterranean Sea that have led to the death of over 1,000 people within the space of just a few days. This was not the first incident of its kind, but its size and media attention shed a spotlight on the ongoing migration crisis in the Mediterranean. It has prompted the European Union and its Member States…
MigrationExploring the Boundaries of International Law: Current Protection Challenges
14th April 2015
Exploring the Boundaries of Refugee Law Current Protection Challenges Protection challenges around the globe require innovative legal, policy and practical responses. Drawing primarily from a new generation of researchers in the field of refugee law, this volume explores the 'boundaries' of refugee law. On the one hand, it ascertains the scope of the legal provisions by highlighting new trends in State practice and analysing the jurisprudence of international human rights bodies, as well…
MigrationA Liberal Tide: immigration and asylum law and policy in Latin America
1st April 2015
A Liberal Tide: immigration and asylum law and policy in Latin America Over the past decade, a paradigm shift in migration and asylum law and policymaking appears to have taken place in Latin America. Does this apparent 'liberal tide' of new laws and policies suggest a new approach to the hot topics of migration and refugees in Latin America distinct from the regressive and restrictive attitudes on display in other parts of the world? The question is urgent not only for our understanding…
MigrationReport on Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 6th January 2013
The Bingham Centre has published its report, Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law: Safeguarding Principles. Led by Michael Fordham QC, with Research Fellows Justine Stefanelli and Sophie Eser, this report draws on legal instruments, promulgated standards, working illustrations and judicial observations. It includes 'soft law' sources and finds inspiration in the principled proactivity of non-governmental organisations. The Bingham Centre was awarded a research grant by the Nuffield…
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