Short Course on Statelessness and International Law

A new short course on Statelessness and International Law is a  2.5 day course for experienced practitioners, graduate researchers, parliamentarians and staff, members of the legal profession, government officials, personnel of intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, advocates and stateless persons.

The course was devised by RSC staff member Dr Alice Edwards, in close cooperation with the Statelessness Unit of UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva. The international legal framework will be led by Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill.

This short course will be facilitated by some of the leading experts on this issue, including:

  • Dr Alice Edwards, Lecturer in International Refugee and Human Rights Law, University of Oxford
  • Dr Matthew Gibney, Reader in Politics and Forced Migration, University of Oxford
  • Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill, Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford
  • Gábor Gyulai, Refugee Programme Coordinator, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest
  • Bronwen Manby, Senior Programme Adviser – Africa, Open Society Justice Initiative
  • Mark Manly, Head, Statelessness Unit, UNHCR Geneva
  • Abbas Shiblak, Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford; working for several years on the issue of statelessness, in particular in the Middle East.

Personal and professional interest and commitment are the key criteria for participation.

Apply online, or visit the Refugee Studies Centre website for more information.