The course deals with refugee law (RL) in the context of international human rights law (IHRL). Participants to the course attain appropriate understanding of the international legal framework to protect refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons and stateless persons. In particular, the course focuses on the procedure of refugee status determination (RSD) to grasp the role of RL in IHRL. Main topics of the course cover cutting edge issues of asylum, for instance, war, gender, LGBT, and serious form of discrimination. |