In this article, Naureen Rahim challenges claims of Asian exceptionalism through the case of Bangladesh, which came close to acceding to the 1951 Refugee Convention in 1989.
Publications
In this article, Maja Janmyr contributes to global and refugee history through a microhistorical study of the establishment of UNHCR’s branch office for the Middle East in Beirut in 1962.
In this article, Özlem Gürakar Skribeland studies United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s more than six-decade-long presence in Türkiye, spanning markedly different political and legal contexts.
In this book chapter, Arjumand Bano Kazmi and Sikander Ahmed Shah examine the promotion of international refugee law at Pakistan’s leading universities, despite the country not being a signatory to the Refugee Convention.
In this book chapter, Maja Janmyr, M Sanjeeb Hossain and Lewis Turner examine how agreements between UNHCR and host states, particularly memoranda of understanding (MoUs), function as alternative protection regimes in non-signatory states.
In this book chapter, Maja Janmyr and Özlem Gürakar Skribeland explore the complex relationship between non-signatory states and the international refugee regime.
BEYOND is excited to share the publication of our new edited volume, Non-signatory States in International Refugee Law.
In this article, Professor Maja Janmyr conducts an archival analysis of an Armenian resettlement operation in the 1950s and 1960s, investigating how Lebanon emerged as a key actor in this initiative and examining the roles of the UNHCR and the broader refugee regime.
In the book chapter, Maja Janmyr uses a legal-historical approach to explore Lebanon's role in the development of international refugee law.
In the published article, Arjumand Bano Kazmi delves into the intricacies of Pakistan’s judiciary and its interaction with international refugee law.
In this article, Özlem Gürakar Skribeland explores the Turkish Council of State’s engagement with international refugee law in cases involving ‘non-European’ refugees.
In the book chapter Refugee Protection and Human Rights, Özlem Gürakar Skribeland offers an analysis of the evolving relationship between refugee protection frameworks and human rights law.
In this article, published in the Journal of Refugee Studies, Maja Janmyr advocates for the application of ethnographic approaches in the study of international refugee law.
In this article, published in the International Journal of Refugee Law, Maja Janmyr calls for a closer examination of the relationship between the international refugee law regime and non-signatory States.
Maja Janmyr introduces the BEYOND special feature on non-signatory states in Forced Migration Review.
The BEYOND project has collaborated with Forced Migration Review on a special feature on states non-signatory to the Refugee Convention.