#BIEALecture 📑Join us in examining the political history of refugee policy in four neighbouring East African countries: Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, and Uganda with Prof Alexander Betts University of Oxford on 6th Nov The British Academy 📲Registration > biea.ac.uk/events/biea-an… #BIEAevents

Watch the press conference of Siobhán Mullally (UN SR Trafficking in Persons) , the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children. Live at 7:30 CET / 1:30 EST webtv.un.org/en/asset/k14/k… #UNGA79

Galway Sanctuary Runners take on the #GlobalRun2024 in solidarity with those who are forcibly displaced or living in extreme poverty 💙 #OneRun #OneDay #OneWorld #OneTeamofEquals #solidarity #friendship #respect #RunAsOne

STATEMENT: The Kenyan government must urgently act to locate the missing Turkish asylum seekers, ensure their safety, and prevent their forced return to Turkey, where they are at grave risk of persecution. This incident marks a disturbing trend in Kenya, a country once regarded

🔊Get ready to hear from Hind Aïssaoui Bennani of @UNMigration, Dennis Mombauer of SLYCAN Trust & Michelle Leighton of @ILO on smart policies to address #climatemigration. Moderated by our Lawrence Huang 💻Register here: bit.ly/climate-agenda…

JOINT STATEMENT: We are shocked by the Government of Kenya’s admission that Kenyan law enforcement and foreign affairs agencies played a role in the refoulement and forced return of Mustafa Genç, Öztürk Uzun, Alparslan Taşçı, and Hüseyin Yeşilsu, four Turkish nationals from Kenya

Presenting tomorrow at the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights session in Banjul. African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and at a side-event with Hon. Commissioner Salma Sassi, Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa.

Thrilled to be awarded a 2024 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship to pursue my PhD research on climate-induced migration and free movement. Grateful to Research Ireland and to my supervisors Siobhán Mullally (UN SR Trafficking in Persons) & Dr Maeve O'Rourke for their support! Irish Centre for Human Rights University of Galway Law

🚩New blog post by Ciara Smyth: "𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱’𝘀 à 𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺" Audio version available ! eumigrationlawblog.eu/dining-with-a-…

🇺🇬Want to learn more about climate mobility in Uganda? The Uganda Climate Mobility Deep Dive Fact Sheet synthesizes data on current climate mobility dynamics & plausible future scenarios for how climate impacts might reshape Uganda’s population distribution by 2050. Read more:

It's a victorious day for women and girls across the continent! The 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU has just adopted the #AUEVAWGConvention, a first of its kind comprehensive continental instrument to address #VAWG in Africa.

There is an interesting Summer School on #ClimateMobilities coming up for PhD students and postgraduates. Applications can be submitted until 31. May. More info here:👉 geographie.univie.ac.at/arbeitsgruppen… #AcademicTwitter #PhDChatter #phdlife #ClimateMigration #ECMN #SummerSchool

We've written to African Union, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights East African Community SADC Secretariat with a copy to international partners demanding immediate action and accountability from Samia Suluhu on missing activist Agather Atuhaire and torture and dumping of The People’s Watchman. At least 48 entities have enjoined

STATEMENT: We demand for an immediate end to the incommunicado detention, torture & cruel treatment of human rights lawyer Agather Atuhaire. Tanzanian authorities must ensure her safe return to her family in Uganda. We’ll seek accountability for the violations. #FreeAgatherAtuhaire

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“The poorest countries pay the richest countries money for not getting visas”

Join us on NTV UGANDA as we commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Theme: “A Torture and Violence-Free Election for All, By All” Speak up for justice. Stand with survivors. #EndTorture #SupportSurvivors #StopTortureUG2025 FIDA Uganda ACTV - Against Torture

Applications call for Ireland Fellowship Programme –2026 from Uganda and Rwanda. This call is to staff of our partner NGOs and government line departments for Masters degrees in Ireland. See details at irishaidfellowships.ie/strands/irelan… or email [email protected]

The Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: A Win for Climate-Displaced Persons? | by Monica Namanya ejiltalk.org/the-inter-amer…

Over 200 judges from across the world congregate in Nairobi for the International Association of Refugee & Migration Judges (IARMJ) 14th World Conference, themed “Protecting the Integrity of the Refugee and Migration Systems.” Among other topic the conference will explore the