Podcasts about refugee law initiative

Content Warning: This interview includes personal accounts of homophobia and experiences of violence. Please listen with care and sensitivity. It's Pride Month, and while advocating for queer and trans rights is a year-round commitment, this June feels especially urgent. Countries once considered relatively safe—like the UK and the US—are rolling back protections and adopting increasingly hostile policies.  And in many parts of the world, same-sex relationships are criminalized, people who defy gender norms face punishment, and simply living authentically can put someone's life at risk. An organization that works to protect queer and trans lives globally is Rainbow Railroad.   In 2023 alone, Rainbow Railroad received more than 15,000 pleas for help from LGBTQI+ individuals facing life-threatening danger. While not everyone can be relocated, the organization works with global partners to get those at risk to safety. This week on the show, we're joined by: Devon Matthews, the head of programs at Rainbow Railroad to discuss the important work the organization is doing to support 2SLGBTQIA folks across the globe; and also Rahma Esslouani, a newcomer to Canada originally from Morocco. Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide. Based in the United States and Canada, they are an organization that helps LGBTQI+ people facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. In a time when there are more displaced people than ever, LGBTQI+ people are uniquely vulnerable due to systemic, state-enabled homophobia and transphobia. These factors either displace them in their own country or prevent them from escaping harm. About our guests  Devon Matthews (she/they) is the Head of Programs at Rainbow Railroad, where they lead global initiatives to support LGBTQI+ individuals facing persecution. Since joining the organization in 2018, Devon has led the organization through numerous major international emergency responses, helping to deliver life-saving support to thousands of queer and trans people at risk. She holds a BA (Hons.) from Dalhousie University and an MA at the University of London under the Refugee Law Initiative. Rahma Esslouani is a newcomer who relocated to Toronto, Canada, from Morocco via Turkey. If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. 

Since the 2015 refugee crisis there has been an increasing ‘securitization' of EU refugee law that has only been exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In this latest RevDem Rule of Law podcast Oliver Garner discusses this phenomenon with Aleksandra Ancite- Jepifánova. She is a Research Affiliate with the Refugee Law Initiative at the University of London and Visiting Fellow at the Centre of Law and Society at Cardiff University.

LGBTIQ+ people continue to face persecution and discrimination in virtually every region of the world. Many of them are forced to migrate or seek asylum. Our panellists will discuss the unique challenges that LGBTIQ+ migrants and asylum seekers face, in their home countries, in the course of migration, and in receiving countries.Dr Sarah Singer is Senior Lecturer in Refugee Law at the Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Her research interests are refugee law and policy, human rights and migration. She is a recognised expert on criminality and asylum, and has broader research expertise on humanitarian accountability, detention and protection of LGBT+ asylum seekers.  Dr Aydan Greatrick is a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Geography, University of Leeds and an expert in LGBTQ+ asylum support, protection and forced migration. He has over seven years experience researching the intersections between forced migration, humanitarianism, gender and sexuality, with a particular focus on LGBTQ+ asylum and displacement in Europe and the Middle East.  Chair: Prof Phillip Ayoub, Professor of International Relations, UCL

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was adopted at the end of 2018. Will is safeguard migrants' human rights, or undermine state sovereignty? In this episode: Elspeth Guild, Professor of Law at Queen Mary University of London https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/staff/guild.html Tugba Basaran, Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Global Human Movement University of Cambridge https://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/People/tb317 They have edited a series of blog posts analysing the final draft of the Compact, published by the Refugee Law Initiative: https://t.co/ief51ru1MG and https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/themed-content/global-compact-for-migration/

Refugee Law Initiative Protection in the context of large-scale movements of refugees and migrants The end of the deterrence paradigm? Future directions for global refugee policy Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (Research Director, Raoul Wallenberg ...

Refugee Law Initiative Protection in the context of large-scale movements of refugees and migrants The end of the deterrence paradigm? Future directions for global refugee policy Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (Research Director, Raoul Wallenberg ...

Refugee Law Initiative Protection in the context of large-scale movements of refugees and migrants Between conflict and survival: Unravelling the drivers of migration across the Mediterranean in 2015 Heaven Crawley (Centre for Trust, Peace a...

Refugee Law Initiative End-of-year event: From Frontex to the European Border and Coast Guard Mariana Gkliati (Leiden University) Join the Refugee Law Initiative for our end-of-year public lecture.

Refugee Law Initiative End-of-year event: From Frontex to the European Border and Coast Guard Mariana Gkliati (Leiden University) Join the Refugee Law Initiative for our end-of-year public lecture.

Refugee Law Initiative Protection in the context of large-scale movements of refugees and migrants Refugee protection in mixed migration - a UNHCR perspective pre- and post-summit Sarah Elliot (Division of International Protection, United Na...

Refugee Law Initiative Protection in the context of large-scale movements of refugees and migrants Refugee protection in mixed migration - a UNHCR perspective pre- and post-summit Sarah Elliot (Division of International Protection, United Na...

Refugee Law Initiative Protection in the context of large-scale movements of refugees and migrants 'One protocol yet to be drafted'? What treaty law can and cannot do to advance refugee protection Jean-Francois-Durieux (Senior Research Assoc...

Refugee Law Initiative Protection in the context of large-scale movements of refugees and migrants 'One protocol yet to be drafted'? What treaty law can and cannot do to advance refugee protection Jean-Francois-Durieux (Senior Research Assoc...

Human Rights Consortium Solidarity or self-interest? The EU's common asylum policy - between politics and desperation Madeline Garlick (Guest Researcher) The International Refugee Law Seminar Series is a core activity of the Refugee Law Initi...

Human Rights Consortium Solidarity or self-interest? The EU's common asylum policy - between politics and desperation Madeline Garlick (Guest Researcher) The International Refugee Law Seminar Series is a core activity of the Refugee Law Initi...

Human Rights Consortium Human Trafficking and Slavery Reconsidered Dr Vladislava Stoyanova (Faculty of Law, Lund University) The International Refugee Law Seminar Series is a core activity of the Refugee Law Initiative. It provides a public ...

Human Rights Consortium Human Trafficking and Slavery Reconsidered Dr Vladislava Stoyanova (Faculty of Law, Lund University) The International Refugee Law Seminar Series is a core activity of the Refugee Law Initiative. It provides a public ...

Human Rights Consortium Voting Rights of Refugees Dr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler (University of Reading) Dr. Ruvi Ziegler is a lecturer at the University of Reading School of Law, Editor-in-Chief of the Refugee Law Initiative’s Working Paper Seri...

Human Rights Consortium Voting Rights of Refugees Dr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler (University of Reading) Dr. Ruvi Ziegler is a lecturer at the University of Reading School of Law, Editor-in-Chief of the Refugee Law Initiative’s Working Paper Seri...

Refugee Law Initiative and Human Rights Consortium Roland Schilling (UK representative, UNHCR); Olly Lambert (Filmmaker); Maurice Wren (CEO, Refugee Council) and further speakers TBC

Refugee Law Initiative and Human Rights Consortium Roland Schilling (UK representative, UNHCR); Olly Lambert (Filmmaker); Maurice Wren (CEO, Refugee Council) and further speakers TBC

Refugee Law Initiative Human Rights Consortium International Refugee Law seminar series: Legal Change from the Bottom Up: The Development of Gender Asylum Jurisprudence in the United States Professor Deborah Anker, Harvard University Deborah ...

Refugee Law Initiative Human Rights Consortium International Refugee Law seminar series: Legal Change from the Bottom Up: The Development of Gender Asylum Jurisprudence in the United States Professor Deborah Anker, Harvard University Deborah ...

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...

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...

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...

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 we...

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 we...

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 ...

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 ...

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 In...

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 In...

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’ s...

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’ s...

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-ma...

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-ma...

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 se...

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 se...

Human Rights Consortium Speaker(s): Professor Roger Zetter and Dr Paresh Kathrani 'New Challenges in Refugee Integration': Changing Identities, declining protection: the securitisation of asylum and refugee policy in Europe To mark the 60th a...

Human Rights Consortium Speaker(s): Professor Roger Zetter and Dr Paresh Kathrani 'New Challenges in Refugee Integration': Changing Identities, declining protection: the securitisation of asylum and refugee policy in Europe To mark the 60th a...

Human Rights Consortium Speaker(s): Professor Roger Zetter and Dr Paresh Kathrani 'New Challenges in Refugee Integration': Changing Identities, declining protection: the securitisation of asylum and refugee policy in Europe To mark the 60th a...

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Dr David Cantor, Lecturer in Human Rights on the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, discusses his recent work in Colombia as well as the launch of the new Refugee Law Initiative which will provide a ...

Dr David Cantor, Lecturer in Human Rights on the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, discusses his recent work in Colombia as well as the launch of the new Refugee Law Initiative which will provide a ...