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.

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.