Migration and Refugees

IACHR Publishes Report on the Human Rights of Migrants and Others in Mexico (August 18, 2014)

Author: 
Nicole R. Tuttle

On August 18, 2014, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights published a report titl

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules on Detention of Third-Country Nationals (July 17, 2014)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On July 17, 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) issued a

European Court of Human Rights and EU Fundamental Rights Agency Launch Updated Guide to European Law on Asylum, Borders and Immigration (June 25, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On June 25, 2014, the European Court of Human Rights and European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights launched an update to its

U.N. General Assembly Adopts Resolution Recognizing Right of Internally Displaced Refuges from Georgia’s Abkhazia, Tskhinvali Regions to Return Home (June 5, 2014)

Author: 
Nicole R. Tuttle

On June 5, 2014, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 68/274 (draft only), which “[r]ecognizes the right of return of all int

U.N. Human Rights Experts Urge Governments to Adopt Legally Binding Treaty Against Forced Labor (May 23, 2014)

Author: 
Nicole R. Tuttle

On May 23, 2014, independent United Nations human rights experts dealing with issues of slavery, migrants, and trafficking called on governments to adopt a legally binding treaty to address forced

Senate in the Dominican Republic Unanimously Passes Bill For Migrants’ Children (May 22, 2014)

Author: 
Nicole R. Tuttle

On May 22, 2014, the Senate in the Dominican Republic unanimously passed a bill granting citizenship to Dominican-born children of immigrants.