Seminars

What role can localised or transnational acts of mobilisation play in supporting the rights of forced migrants in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA)?

How can visual storytelling be used as a fieldwork method, or as a tool for knowledge sharing? The REF-ARAB project and PRIO invite to a breakfast seminar on the potentials and challenges of using visual storytelling in academic research.

How do we best tell stories about exile and activism through comics? Join us for an evening focused on the art of comic-making, exile and activism.

Welcome to an event on Saudi Arabia's role in the international refugee regime, with a focus on the untold stories about the refugee camps in Rafha and al-Arthawiya.

Welcome to a seminar organized by the REF-ARAB project and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) on international human rights law and Islamic Law.

On May 21, 2023, the REF-ARAB project cordially invites you to the release event of a graphic novel focusing on the situation of Sudanese refugees in Lebanon.

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut and the REF-ARAB project at the University of Oslo cordially invite you to a public panel discussion on: "International Refugee Law and Policy in Lebanon: Past, Present and Potentials."

What are the implications of being a non-signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention in the Middle East?

What are the similarities and differences between Islamic law and  International Refugee Law and how is the concept of asylum adopted in practice?

A seminar with Marianne Opaas

This two-part online workshop considers how humanitarian technology-use can interact with refugee protection, specifically in the Middle East. The workshop specifically questions if and how digital legal aid practices could constructively contribute to refugee rights and rights of refugees.