IMRL Student Maarten Kos wins Thesis Award
Maarten Kos, former IMRL student, has won the Hanneke Steenbergen Scriptieprijs 2019, an annual prize for the best Master’s Thesis in migration law. Maarten’s thesis, which was supervised by Thomas …
IMRL Alumnus Anna Cleuters wins Case Note Competition!
Anna Cleuters, former student of the IMRL Master program, has won the Migration Law Case Note Competition 2019, organized by the Dutch Migration Law Foundation (Stichting Migratierecht Nederland). Anna has …
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Research Seminar Age Assessment Technologies in Asylum Procedures
On 30 October, the ACMRL hosted a research seminar on age assessment technologies in asylum procedures. In the seminar, Evelien Brouwer, senior researcher at the section, and Romain Lanneau, former …
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Martijn Stronks selected for Amsterdam Young Academy
Martijn Stronks has been selected as one of the new members of the Amsterdam Young Academy. The Academy is an independent platform where talented young scientists from different disciplines meet …
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Human Rights of Irregular Migrants
This project examines how irregular migrants engage with international human rights law through grassroots activism and litigation in Europe and the United States. By examining court cases and related media …
Research Seminar with Catherine Dauvergne and Audrey Macklin
On 23 September 2019, the ACMRL section organized a seminar entitled “Gender, Sexuality and the Refugee Definition”. The seminar was inspired by the PhD Thesis Defense of Younous Arbaoui, with …
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Fifth Sarah van Walsum lecture: Betty de Hart
The Sarah van Walsum lecture of this year was delivered by professor Betty de Hart on Friday 20 September 2019, 15:45. The lecture, which is titled ‘Some cursory remarks on …
IMRL Introduction Day
Last Friday, new students of the Master’s Program International Migration and Refugee Law joined for an introduction day. After an interesting tour in the city centre of Amsterdam on coffee …
Thomas Spijkerboer and Jordan Dez receive NWO grant
Thomas Spijkerboer and Jordan Dez have received a NWO Open Competition research grant with their proposal ‘Claim Making as Rights Making: Irregular Migrants Reshaping International Human Rights Law’. On the …
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Thomas Spijkerboer receives grant in Horizon 2020 application
A large Horizon 2020 application in which Thomas participated together with other European and African universities has received funding. The project is entitled The Global Asylum Governance and European Union’s …
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