Prof. Meili Presents Research on U.K. Refugee Law at Oxford University

Professor Stephen Meili presented his preliminary findings on the impact of human rights treaties on asylum jurisprudence and practice in the United Kingdom at Oxford University's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS). The U.K. portion of Meili's research is part of a larger study of whether human rights treaties help or hurt asylum-seekers in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Among Meili's conclusions is that the impact of such treaties depends on whether they have been incorporated into domestic law, either through a formal process or less formal means such as judicial precedent. Meili's research has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Robina Foundation.