Prof GS Gilbert
@profgsgilbert.bsky.social
Prof @ University of Essex. Focusing on forced displacement in international law, photography and Everton
The International Journal of Refugee Law is seeking 2-3 new book review editors for a three-year term (subject to renewal) from late 2026. Applications close 30 Oct 2026. Full details here: academic.oup.com/ijrl/pages/c...
Call for new Book Review Editors
The International Journal of Refugee Law is the leading peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of international law relating to forced migration. The jo
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September 28, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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Wrong in 1993, Still Wrong in 2026: Al Otro Lado and Incompetence in the US Supreme Court - read Prof Guy S Goodwin-Gill's incisive legal analysis opiniojuris.org/2026/08/06/w...
Wrong in 1993, Still Wrong in 2026: Al Otro Lado and Incompetence in the US Supreme Court
[Guy S. Goodwin-Gill is Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Emeritus Professor of International Refugee Law, University of Oxford] In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Coast Guard …
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August 7, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Wrong in 1993, Still Wrong in 2026: Al Otro Lado and Incompetence in the US Supreme Court - read Prof Guy S Goodwin-Gill's incisive legal analysis opiniojuris.org/2026/08/06/w...
The Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex still has limited spaces its annual course on international law in armed conflict. Follow the link before 17 July:
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International Law in Armed Conflict | University of Essex | Essex Human Rights Centre
International Law in Armed Conflict Short Course
3-7 August 2026, in-person, University of Essex, Colchester Campus
***Deadline to apply: 17 July***
In today’s rapidly evolving global landscape, unde...
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June 26, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex still has limited spaces its annual course on international law in armed conflict. Follow the link before 17 July:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The whole Symposium can be found here: opiniojuris.org/category/sym...
Themes - Opinio Juris
[Geoff Gilbert is a Professor at the School of Law and Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, Senior Adviser to PPLA, DIPS, UNHCR and Head of Research for the Criteria Volume of the new Handbook] The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is celebrating its 75th birthday. In the same way as if it were a human being, after...
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June 19, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The whole Symposium can be found here: opiniojuris.org/category/sym...
Proud to be part of the Symposium on the 75th Anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees: opiniojuris.org/2026/06/19/s...
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June 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Proud to be part of the Symposium on the 75th Anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees: opiniojuris.org/2026/06/19/s...
Privileged to have written this article with @profjmcadam.bsky.social who brings to the table years of experience working on forced displacement and protection in the context of climate and other hazards. This is the academic underpinning to www.refworld.org/reference/to...
June 17, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Privileged to have written this article with @profjmcadam.bsky.social who brings to the table years of experience working on forced displacement and protection in the context of climate and other hazards. This is the academic underpinning to www.refworld.org/reference/to...
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This Refugee Week, @profgsgilbert.bsky.social and I have a new article out: 'Après le déluge: Evolving approaches to international protection in the context of climate change and disasters' academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...
Après le déluge: Evolving approaches to international protection in the context of climate change and disasters
The opening paragraph of Sir John Hope Simpson’s 1939 survey of ‘the refugee problem’ explains that ‘[r]efugee movements arising from natural disasters suc
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June 17, 2026 at 10:32 PM
This Refugee Week, @profgsgilbert.bsky.social and I have a new article out: 'Après le déluge: Evolving approaches to international protection in the context of climate change and disasters' academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...
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News flash: We've launched a new, free training kit for decision-makers and legal practitioners working on international protection claims involving climate change and disasters @kaldorcentre.bsky.social climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/practical-to...
Practical Toolkit Training Module
Below you can:
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May 27, 2026 at 2:30 AM
News flash: We've launched a new, free training kit for decision-makers and legal practitioners working on international protection claims involving climate change and disasters @kaldorcentre.bsky.social climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/practical-to...
The Evacuations Research Hub @kaldorcentre.bsky.social at UNSW Law & Justice is excited to offer two PhD scholarships in law to examine the role of evacuations in different contexts. Applications due 18 May 2026; details here: www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/...
ARC Laureate Fellowship: PhD Scholarships on Evacuations | UNSW Sydney
UNSW Law & Justice offers two PhD scholarships for researchers who are part of the Evacuations Research Hub . Join our community of scholars today.
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April 2, 2026 at 5:39 AM
The Evacuations Research Hub @kaldorcentre.bsky.social at UNSW Law & Justice is excited to offer two PhD scholarships in law to examine the role of evacuations in different contexts. Applications due 18 May 2026; details here: www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/...
Proud to have published this short blog piece that discusses how the Global Compact on Refugees can encompass protection and assistance to IDPs, too.
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Internally Displaced Persons and the Global Compact on Refugees: Are They Included and What Does This Mean for the Future? - Researching Internal Displacement
This second volume in our series on ‘Internal Displacement in a Changing World Order’ considers whether the global policy framework of the 2018 Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) adequately addresses th...
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March 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Proud to have published this short blog piece that discusses how the Global Compact on Refugees can encompass protection and assistance to IDPs, too.
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The Declaration can be found at: sites.google.com/view/right-t...
Right To Participate
Everyone has the Right to Participate
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December 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The Declaration can be found at: sites.google.com/view/right-t...
Very proud to be part of the launch in Geneva of the Independent Declaration on Meaningful Refugee Participation
December 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Very proud to be part of the launch in Geneva of the Independent Declaration on Meaningful Refugee Participation
The UK proposed changes do not work and only make it worse for asylum seekers fleeing persecution.
WATCH: The UK plans for refugee protection will harm people without achieving the govt's stated goals, according to the #auspol evidence, says
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on ABC News24.
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on ABC News24.
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Kaldor Centre Director Daniel Ghezelbash on UK plans to restrict refugee status
YouTube video by UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
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November 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The UK proposed changes do not work and only make it worse for asylum seekers fleeing persecution.
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August 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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...stehen auf!
Für Selbstbestimmung. Für Sichtbarkeit. Für Schutz.
📣 Nie wieder Listen gegen Minderheiten.
✍️ Jetzt Petition gegen das Sonderregister unterschreiben: campact.org/C88U2
Für Selbstbestimmung. Für Sichtbarkeit. Für Schutz.
📣 Nie wieder Listen gegen Minderheiten.
✍️ Jetzt Petition gegen das Sonderregister unterschreiben: campact.org/C88U2
Kein Sonderregister für trans* Personen – Nie wieder Listen gegen Minderheiten!
Hallo, ich bin Penelope Alva Frank, Transfrau, queerfeministische Aktivistin und Gründerin der queerfeministischen Bewegung Queermany.
Ich weiß, wie es ist, jeden Tag Blicke, Sprüche und Angriffe ausz...
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August 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
...stehen auf!
Für Selbstbestimmung. Für Sichtbarkeit. Für Schutz.
📣 Nie wieder Listen gegen Minderheiten.
✍️ Jetzt Petition gegen das Sonderregister unterschreiben: campact.org/C88U2
Für Selbstbestimmung. Für Sichtbarkeit. Für Schutz.
📣 Nie wieder Listen gegen Minderheiten.
✍️ Jetzt Petition gegen das Sonderregister unterschreiben: campact.org/C88U2
Launched on World Refugee Day by an international WG comprising refugee and stateless experts with lived experience, scholars and practitioners, please read a new draft Independent Declaration on Refugee Participation:
*MRP Declaration Website* #nothingaboutuswithoutus
www.tinyurl.com/mrpdeclaration
*MRP Declaration Website* #nothingaboutuswithoutus
www.tinyurl.com/mrpdeclaration
MRP Declaration
Our Identity
We are an international Working Group composed of experts with lived experience of displacement and statelessness, alongside scholars, practitioners, and legal professionals. Together, we...
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June 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Launched on World Refugee Day by an international WG comprising refugee and stateless experts with lived experience, scholars and practitioners, please read a new draft Independent Declaration on Refugee Participation:
*MRP Declaration Website* #nothingaboutuswithoutus
www.tinyurl.com/mrpdeclaration
*MRP Declaration Website* #nothingaboutuswithoutus
www.tinyurl.com/mrpdeclaration
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The UNHCR Archive & Records team are squeezed for funds: www.unhcr.org/blogs/unhcr-... (I know, who isn't? But archives really matter.)
UNHCR Records and Archives: Interesting Times | UNHCR Blog
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June 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The UNHCR Archive & Records team are squeezed for funds: www.unhcr.org/blogs/unhcr-... (I know, who isn't? But archives really matter.)
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Don’t miss our event in London on Tuesday 3 June - Prof Geoff Gilbert and I will explain the new International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit www.biicl.org/events/12024...
International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters
Tuesday 3 June 2025, BIICL, Russell Square, London and Online
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May 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Don’t miss our event in London on Tuesday 3 June - Prof Geoff Gilbert and I will explain the new International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit www.biicl.org/events/12024...
And for those who cannot make Tuesday 3rd in London, online presentation with Global Strategic Litigation Council next week:
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May 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
And for those who cannot make Tuesday 3rd in London, online presentation with Global Strategic Litigation Council next week:
www.linkedin.com/posts/global...
www.linkedin.com/posts/global...
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Please join me and @profgsgilbert.bsky.social in London on Tues 3 June to hear about our new Practical Toolkit to protect people displaced across borders in the context of climate change & disasters. Kindly hosted by @biicl.bsky.social & Refugee Legal Support www.biicl.org/events/12024...
International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters
Tuesday 3 June 2025, BIICL, Russell Square, London and Online
www.biicl.org
May 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Please join me and @profgsgilbert.bsky.social in London on Tues 3 June to hear about our new Practical Toolkit to protect people displaced across borders in the context of climate change & disasters. Kindly hosted by @biicl.bsky.social & Refugee Legal Support www.biicl.org/events/12024...
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New figures on internal displacement globally are out today from @idmc-geneva.bsky.social. Nearly 70% of global internal displacement in 2024 occurred in the context of disasters www.internal-displacement.org/global-repor...
2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID)
The 2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) report presents the data and analysis behind the 75.9 million people living in internal displacement as of the end of 2023. It is the ninth editi...
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May 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
New figures on internal displacement globally are out today from @idmc-geneva.bsky.social. Nearly 70% of global internal displacement in 2024 occurred in the context of disasters www.internal-displacement.org/global-repor...
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Lovely tribute to Françoise
Worth noting that while Bankovic not a win, extraterritorial human rights obligations now confirmed in most situations
Françoise was also instrumental in developing a recent case against Russian Federation re air strikes in Syria
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
Worth noting that while Bankovic not a win, extraterritorial human rights obligations now confirmed in most situations
Françoise was also instrumental in developing a recent case against Russian Federation re air strikes in Syria
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
Françoise Hampson obituary
Human rights lawyer who argued cases challenging the territorial limits of responsibility for military operations
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May 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Lovely tribute to Françoise
Worth noting that while Bankovic not a win, extraterritorial human rights obligations now confirmed in most situations
Françoise was also instrumental in developing a recent case against Russian Federation re air strikes in Syria
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
Worth noting that while Bankovic not a win, extraterritorial human rights obligations now confirmed in most situations
Françoise was also instrumental in developing a recent case against Russian Federation re air strikes in Syria
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
It is wonderful and reflected how Françoise could explain the law to students in such an inspiring style. Then she would be off to train the military before discussing the most intricate aspects of international law with academics and the Foreign Office. She examined the law and set it in context
Lovely tribute to the late Professor Françoise Hampson by Professor Başak Çali:
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www.ejiltalk.org/in-memoriam-...
April 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It is wonderful and reflected how Françoise could explain the law to students in such an inspiring style. Then she would be off to train the military before discussing the most intricate aspects of international law with academics and the Foreign Office. She examined the law and set it in context
Very glad that the Essex Speed Briefing on International Protection for People Displaced across Borders in the context of Climate Change and Disasters - Practical Toolkit (Europe/ Africa time zones) is now live. Thanks to Isabelle Michal (UNHCR, DIP) and Cat Freeman (Essex)
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March 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Very glad that the Essex Speed Briefing on International Protection for People Displaced across Borders in the context of Climate Change and Disasters - Practical Toolkit (Europe/ Africa time zones) is now live. Thanks to Isabelle Michal (UNHCR, DIP) and Cat Freeman (Essex)
youtu.be/8xyrXJUd_tQ
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Tuesday 25th - Europe/ Africa time Zones Speed Briefing - Register through link
To register for Europe/ Africa time zones Speed Briefing on The Practical Toolkit on International Protection for People Displaced across Borders in the context of Climate Change and Disasters, the link is here: www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
The Toolkit is accessible there, too
The Toolkit is accessible there, too
Speed Briefing - International protection claims involving climate change and disasters: What law applies? | University of Essex
Speed Briefing - International protection claims involving climate change and disasters: What law applies?
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February 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Tuesday 25th - Europe/ Africa time Zones Speed Briefing - Register through link