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The US Proposal to Reinvent International Refugee Law

October 9, 2025

Several weeks ago, it was reported by Reuters (here) that the United States would seek to radically reshape the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention) at a side event it had organised at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.  On the date on writing – 25 September 2025 – the Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, hosted a panel entitled, ‘Global Refugee Asylum System: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It.’ …

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Forceful imposition of foreign citizenship as discrimination and breach of the right to respect for private life

June 18, 2024

Introduction On 27 March 2024, the UN Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) adopted an important decision concerning human rights violations resulting from the application of Russian law in Crimea after its annexation by Russia in 2014. In Bratsylo and others v. Russia (Bratsylo case), the UN HRC found that the applicants’ detention and…

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On UNRWA, Palestine Refugees, and International Law

March 28, 2024

In the past month, some of the major donors to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced they were suspending funding to the agency over allegations that some of its employees were involved in the 7 October attacks (here, here, and…

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