Call for new Editorial Board Members
The International Journal of Refugee Law is looking to appoint up to 10 new Editorial Board members. We are looking for individuals with previous experience in reviewing manuscripts, however, previous editorial experience is not necessary.
Application submission deadline is 5th March 2021.
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Special issues and supplements
The International Journal of Refugee Law has published many supplements and special issues over the years, which we have listed together on one page for quick access.
2019 International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition
The American Society of International Law’s International Refugee Law Interest Group (IRLIG) is pleased to announce its sixth annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition. Papers may address any topic related to international law and refugees, stateless persons, internally displaced persons, and other forced migrants.
In recognition of 25 years
The founding editor, Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, and the journal's immediate past editor Professor Geoff Gilbert, worked together to nominate 10 papers from the archive for a free Editors' Choice Collection.
IJRL on the OUPblog
Fences, fortresses, and fortifications: What (not) to do about contemporary refugee flows?
Andreas Schloenhardt discusses the measures and policies being adopted around the world to stop migrants from entering their borders, and why we need more meaningful mechanisms.
Why hasn’t the rise of new media transformed refugee status determination?
Read this contribution from Rosemary Byrne on the under-realization of emergent technologies on refugee status determination.
Is asylum a principle of the liberaldemocratic state?
“International law is not only aboutwritten rules, but also about unwritten principles.”
Read María-Teresa Gil-Bazo’s contributionto the OUPblog here.
Why Edward Snowden never had a right to asylum
Extradition and deportation are twodifferent processes, and the media often fail to make the distinction. GeoffGilbert looks at the case of Edward Snowden in particular in this contribution.
