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

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International Law in Brief

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Nicole R. Tuttle

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International Law in Brief

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Rules on Return of Asylum Seekers to Responsible Country under Dublin II (February 19, 2014)

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International Law in Brief

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International Law in Brief

European Court of Justice Rules on Rights of Asylum Seekers (November 14, 2013)

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The Grand Chamber of the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ)

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Steven Arrigg Koh

The European Court of Justice

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International Law in Brief

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules in Leyla Ecem Demirkan v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland That Turkish Nationals Do Not Have the Right to Enter the Territory of an EU Member State Without a Visa in Order to Obtain Services

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Kathleen Doty

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Strengthened Protection for Internally Displaced Persons in Africa: The Kampala Convention Comes Into Force

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On December 6, 2012, the worldâs first regional treaty on internal displacement came into force. Adopted in Kampala, Uganda, during an October 2009 Special Summit of Heads of State and Government on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the âKampala Conventionâ) has been signed by thirty-six African states and ratified by fifteen.[1]

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Mike Asplet and Megan Bradley

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Migration and Refugees

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

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

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Rules on Return of Asylum Seekers to Responsible Country under Dublin II (February 19, 2014)

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules on Meaning of Internal Armed Conflict in EU law (January 30, 2014)

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Rules on Weight to be Accorded to Decisions of the UN High Commission for Refugees (January 29, 2014)

European Court of Justice Rules on Rights of Asylum Seekers (November 14, 2013)

European Court of Justice Finds that Homosexual Applicants May Constitute a Particular Social Group for Asylum Purposes (November 7, 2013)

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules in Leyla Ecem Demirkan v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland That Turkish Nationals Do Not Have the Right to Enter the Territory of an EU Member State Without a Visa in Order to Obtain Services