The course will explore the definition and protection of refugee under international law.
Topics that will be explored include:
- the origins of refugee law
- the determination of refugee status
- cessation and exclusion of refugee status
- the principle of non-refooulement
- complementary protection
- women and refugees
- lgbtqi+ and refugees
- children refugees
- climate refugees
- refugees at sea
- the end of refugee status and durable solutions
- the politics of refugee law

Textbook: Guy Goodwin-Gill, Jane McAdam, The Refugee in International Law, 3rd edition (Oxford University Press 2021)