About the lecture
Who makes the “norms” and who are the “actors” making them is a question rarely addressed in mainstream works of refugee law. Neither is it asked how “norms” in refugee law evolve under the influence of transnational actors and who the new “norm entrepreneurs” are.
These questions are important because what were once well-established legal standards are increasingly being disapplied in the search for more workable solutions to the world refugee problem.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the practice of Non-Signatory States to the Refugee Convention 1951. This opens new vistas for refugee lawyers pointing the way to a 'transnational refugee law' which is timely now to consider
Speakers
Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Satvinder Juss (King's College London)
Discussant: Prof. Dr. Dallal Stevens (University of Warwick)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Maja Janmyr (University of Oslo)
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Charting a research agenda on non-signatory states
The public lecture is part of the online workshop "International Refugee Law and Non-Signatory States to the 1951 Refugee Convention: Developing a Research Agenda", organized by the BEYOND project on May 10-11. The workshop is open to participants who responded to our Call for Participation. The public lecture is open to all.