Refugee Protection and AAA and others (2023-4) | Panel 3: Enabling Refoulement? The UK-Rwanda Agreement and Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Hosted by Border Criminologies and the Refugee Studies Centre (University of Oxford) with The Dickson Poon School of Law (King’s College London).

This panel is the third and final of a series which examines the Supreme Court’s judgment in R (on the application of AAA and others) v SSHD.

This seminar considers the UK Government’s response to the judgment, in particular the new UK-Rwanda Agreement and the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. Our speakers will analyse these developments, placing them within a broader context of post-Brexit politics and international protection. 

Convenors: 

Nicola Palmer, Reader in Criminal Law, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London.

Catherine Briddick, Andrew W Mellon Associate Professor of International Human Rights and Refugee Law, Refugee Studies Centre.

Wednesday 22 November, 5pm UK via Zoom

Speakers: Professor Cathryn Costello, Raza Husain KC, and Dr Madeline Garlick. Chair: Dr Catherine Briddick

Seminar page.

Wednesday 29 November, 5pm UK via Zoom (this seminar was originally scheduled for 6 December)

Speakers: Professor Michael Collyer, Dr Frank Habineza MP, Dr Felix Ndahinda and Dr Uttara Shahani. Chair: Dr Nicola Palmer

Seminar page.

Panel 3: Enabling Refoulement? The UK-Rwanda Agreement and Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Chair: Dr Alpa Parmar (University of Cambridge)

Speakers: Sile Reynolds (Freedom from Torture), Professor Jonathan Portes (King’s College London), Zoe Bantleman (Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association), Dr Catherine Briddick (Refugee Studies Centre), and Dr Nicola Palmer (King's College London).

Watch the seminar video on Vimeo

Download the seminar series poster for Hilary term 2024.