"What has changed is not the harm women face, but the interpretive strategies used to acknowledge – or deny – it." @catbriddick.bsky.social yesterday on #InternationalWomensDay ⤵️

For International Women's Day, with refugee women.

#InternationalWomensDay 2026 arrives at a critical juncture for the international protection of refugees. As @catbriddick.bsky.social  explains, it offers an opportunity to celebrate hard-won gains, but those gains remain fragile and contested. https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/blog/doubt-to-denial-IWD2026

Ensuring a Human Rights-Compliant End to Refugeehood through Integration, Naturalisation or Voluntary Repatriation. New thematic paper co-authored by @catbriddick.bsky.social, @profccostello.bsky.social & Minos Mouzourakis for @coe.int Read more and download: bit.ly/3N0awZa

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Welcome, virtually, to Oxford and to @refugeestudies.bsky.social to all our wonderful Online School participants. Am really looking forward to our week of conversation, learning, and debate!

Calling all researchers in forced migration, apply now for the RSC Michaelmas Term (Oct – Dec) 2026 Visiting Fellowship programme & the new Sally Hogg Prize to support applicants from low-income countries or with lived experience of forced displacement. More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-sal...

Fascinating research from @refugeestudies.bsky.social DPhil candidate Alessandra Enrico-Headrington: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/displac...

"Considering the implications of reneging on international agreements, a more efficient way to address the numbers of those claiming benefits under the EUSS is to look at low paid or atypical work contracts." 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/reform-and-t...

Imagine believing that this should be the policy of a Labour government

The government is unable to give any statistical basis or evidence base for this "destination of choice" claim, beyond making the (different) claim that claims are going up in the UK and failing in the UK [while being higher in Germany, France, Spain and Italy]

New from Free Movement: Home Secretary announces major asylum and other changes in new policy paper: “Restoring Order and Control” | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/home-secreta...

Such sad news to hear that Geoffrey Bindman KC has passed away. One of the architects of UK equality and human rights law, he was an inspirational figure - as well as being kind & extremely good company. www.bindmans.com/news-insight...

The first talk is on 11 November at 6pm CET (5pm UK) by @catbriddick.bsky.social (@refugeestudies.bsky.social) on her new book, Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception, with @colmocinneide.bsky.social & Lourdes Peroni as discussants. Register here: uni-koeln.zoom.us/meeting/regi....

Interested in equality and discrimination law? Over the next weeks, I am organising a few online Equality Talks at the Academy for European Human Rights Protection, University of Cologne. For more information, see here: academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de/en/news/equa...

Very much looking forward to speaking about my book 'Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception' on the Equality Talks series next Tuesday 11 November 2025 @5pm UK time, 6:00pm CET. For details and to join: academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de/en/news/equa...

The International Online School in Forced Migration brings together participants worldwide. Bursaries are available for refugees & those with lived experience of displacement. Learn more & apply: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...

Can States use temporary status to restrict forced migrants’ protection of family reunification under European human rights law? My article is now out in IJRL! I explore the role that legal status and temporariness play in the context of the right to family life: academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...

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Congratulations to Associate Professor Catherine Briddick on her new book, which analyses the treatment of women in migration law. The book identifies patterns of disadvantage, scrutinises justifications for differential treatment, and argues for migration status reform: bit.ly/women-migrat...

My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter.... global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Delighted to see the publication by @oxfordacademic.bsky.social of Professor Catherine Briddick's Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception Undoing Discrimination in Migration Law global.oup.com/academic/pro...

We welcome @theobserveruk.bsky.social's piece on myths around the ECHR and UK immigration. Our research shows: – Misreporting of court cases is common – Successful human rights appeals are rare – Evidence, not exaggeration, must guide policy observer.co.uk/news/nationa... #HumanRights #Immigration

I shared some of my thoughts on the relationship between the EU, search and rescue NGOs, and the so-called Libyan coast guard in a conversation with Frey here:

'Guidance' on transferring out of temporary protection that appears to emphasize labour and family routes rather than those relating to international protection. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Hands up who's old enough to remember the drama of all the other Mandelson forced resignations? *wearily puts on kettle and forebears from muttering I told you so*

Trump: "Things that take place in the home they call crime....If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this is a crime."

From yesterday: Refugee family reunion route closed in statement of changes: HC 1298 | Sonia Lenegan

Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill on the need to discuss genocide: opiniojuris.org/2025/09/02/w...

The report finds that most news and commentary mentioning the ECHR in 2025 focused on immigration control, and that much of the debate has been based on misconceptions about the ECHR, misreporting of immigration tribunal cases, and mischaracterisations of the UK’s system of immigration appeals ⚖️

A new report from the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford examines how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is represented in the UK media 📄 Read more 👇 www.law.ox.ac.uk/echr @ox.ac.uk @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social

📢Calling prospective authors! Are you engaged in scholarly research in the field of refugee law? Apply for our online Author Workshop & get feedback on your work from the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Refugee Law. ⏰Deadline to apply: 12 Sept www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/files/events...

We need to end violence against all women. From @4refugeewomen.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘The inability of Western powers to condemn Israel’s conduct – much less bring it to an end – has made a mockery of the rules-based order that they claim to uphold.’ Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October, online now from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

In the event the UK and France agree a 'migrant returns' deal there's a potential EU law issue - several Member States have complained to the Commission about France going it alone - www.ft.com/content/423c... Some thoughts on this possible argument, if there is a deal

I am looking for UK immigration law practitioners to fill in a short survey about their engagement with legal academic work. There is also an option to take part in an interview at the end. Please do consider taking part and share with your networks: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/northumbri...

Would you mind sharing this? (Thank you!) @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social @colinyeo.bsky.social (thanks for sharing on LinkedIn!:) @squeakinglyjen.bsky.social @danielsohege.bsky.social @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @rli-sas.bsky.social

We also warmly thank the previous E-i-C, @profjmcadam.bsky.social, @profgsgilbert.bsky.social & Guy S. Goodwin-Gill for marvellously steering the journal & all EB members, past & current for rich contributions! @myrmek.bsky.social @catbriddick.bsky.social @ndftan.bsky.social @yuliaioffe.bsky.social

In our free inaugural editorial as E-i-C w/Sarah Singer @rli-sas.bsky.social we trace 40 years of scholarship @ the #International_Journal_of_Refugee_Law (OUP) & reflect on new directions: academic.oup.com/ijrl/article... @profjacob.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social

A remarkable judgment, in which the Lady Chief Justice finds that MI5 gave false evidence to three courts. I'm surprised this hasn't had more media attention - it seems quite serious to me. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

I’m thrilled to finally share my article on citizenship, caste, and exit control at the time of the India-Pakistan partition out now on first view in Modern Asian Studies: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #skystorians

Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe with Cambridge UP 🎉🎉 The book argues that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run. 📚 [Amazon: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf] See thread below:

I am very grateful to @socsci.ox.ac.uk for this award and to my colleagues at @refugeestudies.bsky.social and @odid-qeh.bsky.social for fostering a highly supportive teaching environment. Especially @catbriddick.bsky.social! www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/uttara-...

'[Poetry] is a tool for reclaiming my agency; not only mine but all other Afghan women who are not able to speak out today.' 🎶Our student Hadia Azizi recently performed her poetry, with music by the Odyssey Ensemble, on BBC radio & in concert. Read more & listen: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/rsc-stu...

'I feel honoured to have the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds of the next generation.' 💫 We look forward to welcoming Amal Clooney to the School this October as Professor of Practice in International Law. 👇

This International Domestic Workers Day, we're standing in solidarity with domestic workers fighting for their rights. In our joint piece with ATLEU, we call on the government to allow victims of exploitation to leave their employers safely. labourexploitation.org/news/interna...

This #InternationalDomesticWorkerDay its time to reinstate the original domestic worker visa to drive up standards & make work pay for domestic workers #ATLEU labourexploitation.org/news/interna...