Human Rights Consortium & Refugee Law Initiative Speakers: Professor Chris Brewin, Dr Stuart Turner, Chair: Dr Jane Herlihy Speakers Abstract: Professor Brewin (UCL), a worldwide expert in the psychological effects of trauma, will present theory and research findings on the formation and recall of traumatic memories. Dr Turner is a Consultant Psychiatrist who has advised the courts as an expert witness for over 25 years. He will consider the implications for asylum claims of theory and...

6-12-12 Refugee Law Initiative Ms Robertson is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and will discuss some of the barriers to integration due to psychological distress, and the role of psychological treatment in helping to facilitate integration. Dr Thompson will consider the extent to which the societal narrative painting refugees as resourceless recipients of aid might be fed by an “integration agenda”, drawing on interesting findings from research in Scandinavia and including the voices of...

6-12-12 Refugee Law Initiative Ms Robertson is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and will discuss some of the barriers to integration due to psychological distress, and the role of psychological treatment in helping to facilitate integration. Dr Thompson will consider the extent to which the societal narrative painting refugees as resourceless recipients of aid might be fed by an “integration agenda”, drawing on interesting findings from research in Scandinavia and including the voices of...

Human Rights Consortium (Refugee Law Initiative) International Refugee Law seminar series: International Standards and National Application: Asylum Decision Making in the United Kingdom, Strasbourg and Luxembourg Nicholas Blake was called to the Bar in 1974 and practised extensively in the field of immigration asylum free movement and human rights law until he was appointed to the High Court Bench in 2007. Since February 20102 he has been appointed President of the Upper Tribunal...

Human Rights Consortium (Refugee Law Initiative) International Refugee Law seminar series: International Standards and National Application: Asylum Decision Making in the United Kingdom, Strasbourg and Luxembourg Nicholas Blake was called to the Bar in 1974 and practised extensively in the field of immigration asylum free movement and human rights law until he was appointed to the High Court Bench in 2007. Since February 20102 he has been appointed President of the Upper Tribunal...

Refugee Law Initiative Psychology and Refugee Protection seminar series: Decision-makers and Psychological Evidence Dr Herlihy will consider how the body of literature in the fields of psychiatry and psychology are and could be used to guarantee that refugee and humanitarian decision making are based on the best available scientific knowledge of human behaviour.

Refugee Law Initiative Psychology and Refugee Protection seminar series: Decision-makers and Psychological Evidence Dr Herlihy will consider how the body of literature in the fields of psychiatry and psychology are and could be used to guarantee that refugee and humanitarian decision making are based on the best available scientific knowledge of human behaviour.

Refugee Law Initiative Psychology and Refugee Protection seminar series: Decision-makers and Psychological Evidence Professor Good will draw on his study of the history and structure of this relationship to illuminate some of the conflicts, as well as the benefits, of underpinning legal judgment with an educated understanding of specialist areas of knowledge.

Refugee Law Initiative Psychology and Refugee Protection seminar series: Decision-makers and Psychological Evidence Professor Good will draw on his study of the history and structure of this relationship to illuminate some of the conflicts, as well as the benefits, of underpinning legal judgment with an educated understanding of specialist areas of knowledge.

Human Rights Consortium (Refugee Law Initiative) International Refugee Law seminar series: The Relations between Refugee Law and Human Rights Law - A Systemic Perspective Vincent Chetail is Professor of Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva). He is Director of the Programme for the Study of Global Migration and was formerly the Research Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. His main...

Human Rights Consortium (Refugee Law Initiative) International Refugee Law seminar series: The Relations between Refugee Law and Human Rights Law - A Systemic Perspective Vincent Chetail is Professor of Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva). He is Director of the Programme for the Study of Global Migration and was formerly the Research Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. His main...

Refugee Law Initiative Speaker: Professor Geoff Gilbert, University of Essex International Refugee Law seminar series: The law of exclusion from refugee status: recent developments This is the 2nd year of the ‘International Refugee Law’ seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and facilitating cutting-edge research, debate and collaboration on this topic between academics and practitioners.

Refugee Law Initiative Speaker: Professor Geoff Gilbert, University of Essex International Refugee Law seminar series: The law of exclusion from refugee status: recent developments This is the 2nd year of the ‘International Refugee Law’ seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and facilitating cutting-edge research, debate and collaboration on this topic between academics and practitioners.

Human Rights Consortium International Refugee Law seminar series: “Refugees, Law and Postcolonial Theory” Professor Patricia Tuitt, Birkbeck, University of London This is the 2nd year of the ‘International Refugee Law’ seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and facilitating cutting-edge research, debate and collaboration on this topic between academics and practitioners.

Human Rights Consortium International Refugee Law seminar series: “Refugees, Law and Postcolonial Theory” Professor Patricia Tuitt, Birkbeck, University of London This is the 2nd year of the ‘International Refugee Law’ seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and facilitating cutting-edge research, debate and collaboration on this topic between academics and practitioners.

Refugee Law Initiative The planned short course is a core project of the Refugee Law Initiative that serves to disseminate a strong grounding in the protection of refugees and other displaced persons under international law among lawyers, policy-makers, NGO workers, international agency staff, post-graduate students, and others working with refugees or interested in refugee issues. It consists of eight once-weekly evening sessions that will be delivered to participants by leading academic...

Refugee Law Initiative The planned short course is a core project of the Refugee Law Initiative that serves to disseminate a strong grounding in the protection of refugees and other displaced persons under international law among lawyers, policy-makers, NGO workers, international agency staff, post-graduate students, and others working with refugees or interested in refugee issues. It consists of eight once-weekly evening sessions that will be delivered to participants by leading academic...

Human Rights Consortium International Refugee Law seminar series: "Queer Cases, Great Law: The Fast-Developing Field of LGBTI Refugee Law" Speaker: S. Chelvan, No5 Chambers This is the 2nd year of the ‘International Refugee Law’ seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and facilitating cutting-edge research, debate and collaboration on this topic between academics and practitioners.

Human Rights Consortium International Refugee Law seminar series: "Queer Cases, Great Law: The Fast-Developing Field of LGBTI Refugee Law" Speaker: S. Chelvan, No5 Chambers This is the 2nd year of the ‘International Refugee Law’ seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and facilitating cutting-edge research, debate and collaboration on this topic between academics and practitioners.

Human Rights Consortium Speakers:Professor Alastair Kenneth Ager, Columbia University Chair: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Journalist and Author ‘New Challenges in Refugee Integration’: Integration: global perspectives on the transition from being apart to being a part (of something) To mark the 60th anniversary of the Refugee Council, this interdisciplinary series of six seminars on new thinking and directions in refugee integration provides a focal point for scholars and practitioners working...

Human Rights Consortium Speakers:Professor Alastair Kenneth Ager, Columbia University Chair: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Journalist and Author ‘New Challenges in Refugee Integration’: Integration: global perspectives on the transition from being apart to being a part (of something) To mark the 60th anniversary of the Refugee Council, this interdisciplinary series of six seminars on new thinking and directions in refugee integration provides a focal point for scholars and practitioners working...

Human Rights Consortium Speaker: Professor James C. Simeon, York University Toronto 'International Refugee Law seminar series': The Supervision of International Refugee Law This is the 2nd year of the 'International Refugee Law' seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and facilitating cutting-edge research, debate and collaboration on this topic between academics and practitioners.

Human Rights Consortium Speaker: Professor James C. Simeon, York University Toronto 'International Refugee Law seminar series': The Supervision of International Refugee Law This is the 2nd year of the 'International Refugee Law' seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and facilitating cutting-edge research, debate and collaboration on this topic between academics and practitioners.

Human Rights Consortium International Refugee Law Seminar Series: "Comparative approaches to the use of international human rights law in asylum cases in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States" Speaker: Professor Stephen Meili, University of Minnesota (USA) This is the 2nd year of the 'International Refugee Law' seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and facilitating cutting-edge research, debate and collaboration on this topic...

Human Rights Consortium International Refugee Law Seminar Series: "Comparative approaches to the use of international human rights law in asylum cases in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States" Speaker: Professor Stephen Meili, University of Minnesota (USA) This is the 2nd year of the 'International Refugee Law' seminar series, which aims to provide an accessible and public forum for promoting and facilitating cutting-edge research, debate and collaboration on this topic...