Professor Elies van Sliegredt
Prof Dr Elies van Sliedregt, School of Law, University of Leeds
I joined the Law School in January 2016. Before I came to Leeds I was professor of Criminal Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Dean of the Faculty from 2011-2015.
Complicity and Exclusion from Asylum – Rethinking the Rationale of Undeserving of Protection (Abstract) PDF
Justice Isaac Lenaola
Hon. Justice Isaac Lenaola, Supreme Court of Kenya, The Judiciary of Kenya
Hon. Justice Isaac Lenaola who is an advocate of the High Court, holds a Bachelors of Law Degree from the University of Nairobi. He served in various legal firms and as a Commissioner both at the Peoples Commission of Kenya and at the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission.
Lorne Waldman
OC, Barrister & Solicitor, Waldman & Associates
Waldman & Associates is a leading Canadian law firm in the area of immigration and refugee law. We have experience in all forms of immigration matters.
Justice Anne Mactavish
The Honourable Anne L. Mactavish, Federal Court (Canada)
Fannie Lafontaine
Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval
Bottin du personnel enseignant de la Faculté de droit de l’Université Laval. Livres, ouvrages collectifs, numéros spéciaux et monographies. Doing Peace the Rights Way - Essays in International Law and Relations in Honour of Louise Arbour (Cambridge: Intersentia, à paraître 2017) (co-éditrice avec François J. Larocque); Special Issue, Interaction Between International Criminal Justice ...
Joris van Wijk
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Joris van Wijk is Associate professor in criminology at VU University Amsterdam and director of the Center for International Criminal Justice (CICJ). His research interests are at the intersection of international crimes, terrorism and migration.
From Gitmo to Limbo: Resettling Guantanamo Bay Inmates and Their Reintegration (Abstract) PDF
Justice Sir Howard Morrison
Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Court
Judge Morrison, served as a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, since 2009. He previously served as defence counsel at various international tribunals, including at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1998-2004), the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (2009) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (since 2009), where he was a trial judge in the case of Radovan Karadžić.
Satvinder Juss
Research Portal, King's College, London
Professor Juss is a human rights expert focusing on policy-oriented work. He contributed as a renowned expert at the invitation of the Home Affairs Committee to a pioneering seminar on Human Trafficking at the Houses of Parliament on 14 May 2009, which brought together the Chairs of all the Home Affairs Committees in Europe, in a new initiative to harmonise standards and procedures in this field. He was also Consultant in April 2009 to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in a programme funded by the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on issues of expulsion, re-admission and voluntary return of migrants. In 2010, he advised the Government of Bermuda on legislation.
Indiscriminate violence in International Refugee Law (Abstract) PDF
Justice Robert Barnes
Federal Court (Canada)
Dr. Yao Li
Senior Research Fellow, Chair for German and International Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Modern Legal History, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Yao Li received her law degree from the University of Cologne. She was a Carlo-Schmid-fellow at the ICTY. She worked as a research assistant in International Law and Criminal Law at the Universities of Cologne and Potsdam. Her PhD thesis focuses on Article 1F of the 1951 Refugee Convention and harmonizing interpretation in International Law. Since 2018, she is a senior research fellow at the Chair for German and International Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Modern Legal History at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
In Exclusion from Protection as a Refugee, Yao Li analyses Article 1F of the 1951 Refugee Convention. She argues that the exclusion clause is a quasi-punitive provision and must therefore be interpreted with due regard to (International) Criminal Law.
Persecution in International Criminal Law and Refugee Law (Abstract) PDF
James C. Simeon
Head of McLaughlin College
Dr. James C. Simeon is the Head of McLaughlin College and an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA), Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada. He is a Member-at-Large of the Executive of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) and a past President of CARFMS.
Justice Katelijne Declerck
Council of Alien Law Litigation, Belgium Maarten Bolhius, Faculty of Law, Criminology, UV, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Faculty of Law, Criminology, UV, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Maarten Bolhuis is Assistant Professor in criminology at VU University Amsterdam, focusing on migration related crime. His main research interests are international crimes, terrorism and irregular migration. During his PhD trajectory, Maarten has also gained substantial experience with conducting policy research and teaching. Previously, Maarten has worked in the field of human rights.
Judge Judith Gleeson
Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Judicial Appointments Commission (UK)
Judith Gleeson says of her role as a Senior Immigration Judge: 'It is a fascinating, wonderful job.' Before her judicial career, Judith Gleeson was a salaried partner specialising in employment law and general litigation with Surrey law firm Hedleys.
Dr. Sarah Singer
Refugee Law Initiative, University of London
Dr Sarah Singer is a Senior Lecturer in Refugee Law at the Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is Programme Director of the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies, the first postgraduate distance learning programme of its kind, run by the Refugee Law Initiative and delivered through University of London International Programmes. She also teaches the law component of the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights at the Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London. She has published broadly on the topic of asylum seekers and migrants suspected of serious criminality.
