How can visual storytelling be used as a fieldwork method, or as a tool for knowledge sharing? The REF-ARAB project and PRIO invite to a breakfast seminar on the potentials and challenges of using visual storytelling in academic research.

How can visual storytelling be used as a fieldwork method, or as a tool for knowledge sharing? The REF-ARAB project and PRIO invite to a breakfast seminar on the potentials and challenges of using visual storytelling in academic research.

How do we best tell stories about exile and activism through comics? Join us for an evening focused on the art of comic-making, exile and activism.

Welcome to an event on Saudi Arabia's role in the international refugee regime, with a focus on the untold stories about the refugee camps in Rafha and al-Arthawiya.

Welcome to a seminar organized by the REF-ARAB project and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) on international human rights law and Islamic Law.

The REF-ARAB Project at the University of Oslo and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & International Affairs at the American University of Beirut are organizing a workshop on initiatives to support the rights of refugees and other migrants.

On May 21, 2023, the REF-ARAB project cordially invites you to the release event of a graphic novel focusing on the situation of Sudanese refugees in Lebanon.

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut and the REF-ARAB project at the University of Oslo cordially invite you t a public panel discussion on: “International Refugee Law and Policy in Lebanon: Past, Present and Potentials.”

The University of Oslo and the Center for Peace and Justice, Brac University co-organize an event on international refugee law and the Rohingya refugee situation in Bangladesh.

What are the implications of being a non-signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention in the Middle East?

In partnership with the Lebanese American University's Institute for Migration Studies (IMS) at the School of Arts and Sciences, the REF-ARAB project at the University of Oslo invites you to a webinar titled The 1951 Refugee Convention and Non-Signatory States of the Middle East.

What are the similarities and differences between Islamic law and International Refugee Law and how is the concept of asylum adopted in practice?

The REF-ARAB project at the University of Oslo and the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) are pleased to invite you to a virtual panel discussion on the right to asylum in International Refugee Law and Islamic Law.

How do non-signatory states engage with the international refugee regime, and what, if any, is the role of the Refugee Convention in these states? These issues will be explored through a roundtable discussion with FMR special feature authors: Maja Janmyr, M Sanjeeb Hossain, Georgia Cole, Brian Barbour, Özlem Skribeland, JN Joniad.

How do legal aid actors work to improve protection for refugees in states that have not ratified the Refugee Convention? In this roundtable discussion, Mazen Mansour and Yara Hussein from the Norwegian Refugee Council, Naiyana Thanawattho from Asylum Access Thailand and Lynette Nam from Justice Centre Hong Kong will share their experiences from providing legal aid to refugees in non-signatory countries.

This two-part online workshop, organised by REF-ARAB postdoctoral researcher Mirjam Abigail Twigt and the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian studies, considers how humanitarian technology-use can interact with refugee protection, specifically in the Middle East. The workshop specifically questions if and how digital legal aid practices could constructively contribute to refugee rights and rights of refugees.

What are the current trends when it comes to assisting and protecting refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe and in the Middle East? How do political decisions regarding refugees taken in one region affect assistance and protection in other regions? Together with PRIO and the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies, we organized this one day event on September 19, 2019.