The BEYOND project

Just released 📣

@myrmek.bsky.social's latest article, 'Transit Beirut: UNHCR, Diaspora Networks, and the Covert Resettlement of Armenians during the Cold War' is now published in Mashriq & Mahjar.

Read the full article here: lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/ma...

– Hvis de sender meg tilbake til Afghanistan, betyr det døden En gruppe kvinnerettighetsaktivister lever i skjul i Pakistan for å unngå talibanregimet de flyktet fra. Mens Pakistan massedeporterer afghanske flyktninger, står verdenssamfunnet på sidelinjen og ser...

With Pakistani police going door-to-door to detain and deport Afghan refugees, 60 women's rights activists are currently in hiding. Meanwhile, countries that promised to resettle refugees in Pakistan are withdrawing their commitments.

🔗 Read Hanna Gjelsvik Berg's op-ed in @dagsavisen.bsky.social

In a blog post for the @rli-sas.bsky.social, @ozlemgs.bsky.social examines the decline of multilateral governance in Türkiye's refugee issues. What implications might aid cuts have in this context?

rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/07/04/f...

Rethinking refugee law through an ethnographic lens - Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS) At the Refugee Law Initiative’s annual conference in London, Professor Maja Janmyr delivered a keynote on the use of ethnographic approaches in refugee law.

How can ethnographic methods enhance refugee law research? ✨

In @myrmek.bsky.social's keynote at the Refugee Law Initiative's annual conference in London, she outlined three ways she has used ethnographic methods to navigate legal complexities. Discover the details below:

[🖋️New Blog] Pakistan's Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan has ordered millions of Afghans - many long-settled or legally recognized - to leave or face deportation. Hanna Gjelsvik Berg shows that the policy raises urgent concerns over refugee rights, legality, and non-refoulement: buff.ly/8gjV1Dy

📣 This week, @kazmiarj.bsky.social presented her research on 'Non-Signatory States in International Refugee Law: Pakistan’s Experience' at a staff seminar at CMI in Bergen.

Brilliant keynote by @myrmek.bsky.social at #RLIconf25, discussing how ethnographic methods can inform, inspire and improve refugee law research

Creating impact in critical times: Afghan refugee rights in Pakistan - Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS) BEYOND scholars participated in dynamic conferences in Lahore and Karachi to disseminate the project's research in Pakistan.

BEYOND scholars participated in three events in Pakistan to share our research and to engage in discussions on Afghan refugee rights in the country 🇵🇰

This comes at a time when Pakistan continues its repatriation and deportation of Afghan refugees.

👉 Read more about the timely discussions here:

Discussing refugee rights and governance in Pakistan - Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS) The BEYOND project organized a roundtable in Islamabad to address the politically sensitive and timely issue of refugee governance in Pakistan.

BEYOND organized a roundtable on refugee governance in Pakistan 🇵🇰

– With the current repatriation plan, there are many conflicting opinions and misunderstandings. We wanted to create a space to address these issues, Dr. Arjumand Bano Kazmi says.

Discover the insightful discussions here:

Yesterday BEYOND organized a panel on non-signatory states in international refugee law in Lahore, Pakistan 🏛️

Thank you LUMS University for giving us the opportunity and for shedding light on this important topic.

We are excited to be a part of the Futures of International Law conference at LUMS University in Lahore, Pakistan 🇵🇰

Looking forward to stimulating conversations ahead!

Check out our new video abstract ✨

In @ozlemgs.bsky.social's latest research, she explores how the Turkish Council of State engages with the Refugee Convention in cases involving 'non-European' refugees.

🔗 Watch the full video here: www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english...

Nei, det er ikke trygt i Syria Den norske regjeringen har oppfordret syriske flyktninger til å reise hjem, mens UD fraråder nordmenn å sette sin fot i landet. Er ikke det dobbeltmoral?

In @dagsavisen.bsky.social, Hanna Gjelsvik Berg challenges the narrative that Syria is safe for returning refugees 🌍

She advocates for Norway to allow go-and-see-visits, providing refugees the opportunity to gain firsthand insights before making decisions.

🔗 Read the op-ed in Norwegian here:

Exciting news 🌟 @myrmek.bsky.social's new book chapter 'Lebanon and the establishment of international refugee law' in Refugee Governance in the Arab World: The International Refugee Regime and Global Politics, is now published!

Read the full book chapter here: library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha...

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court and Legal Aid office, Chittagong.

A glimpse into Naureen Rahim’s fieldwork, currently in Chittagong, Bangladesh📍🇧🇩

By interviewing judges, lawyers, and legal aid providers, Rahim investigates the procedural challenges in managing refugee cases and the existing avenues for legal assistance.

More updates coming soon 🌏

📣 Hot off the press 📣

In our latest publication in the International Journal of Refugee Law, Arjumand Bano Kazmi delves into the intricacies of Pakistan’s judiciary and its interaction with international refugee law.

Read the full article here: academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...

Thrilled to share our latest publication in the International Journal of Refugee Law 📖

Özlem Gürakar Skribeland explores the Turkish Council of State’s engagement with international refugee law in cases involving ‘non-European’ refugees.

Read the full article here: academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...

BEYOND organizes IASFM panel on non-signatory states - Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS) At the IASFM conference in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, BEYOND researchers sparked discussions on non-signatory states in international refugee law.

This week, Beyond's four researchers led a panel at IASFM 2025 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, sparking interesting discussions on non-signatory states in international refugee law 🌐

🔗Curious about the panel's biggest takeaways? Discover them in the full article here:

Our BEYOND project team is heading to Yogyakarta, Indonesia for IASFM 2025. We are looking forward to an exciting week ahead. If you are around, be in touch! iasfm.org/iasfm2025/

The map provides an overview of UN member and observer states that have not signed the 1951 Convention nor the 1967 Protocol. The figure indicates that the majority of these non-signatory states are in the Middle East and South Asia.

Over the past four years, the BEYOND project has conducted empirical case studies in Lebanon, Pakistan, Türkiye and Bangladesh, examining their relationships with international refugee law.

Explore our map to see which states that remain non-signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention 🔍

BEYOND - Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law (IKRS) Protection without Ratification? International Refugee Law beyond States Parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention (BEYOND)

Welcome to the BEYOND project! We are an interdisciplinary research team at @unioslo-jus.bsky.social exploring the relation between the international refugee regime and states that have not ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention 🌍

Learn more about our project and our ongoing research here: