Prof. Meili Presents Comparative Asylum Law Research at Refugee Law Initative Conference in London

Professor Stephen Meili presented his research on the constitutionalization of human rights law in Latin America and the European Union at the annual conference of the Refugee Law Initiative, held from June 5-7 at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. At a panel entitled "New Litigaton Dynamics in the Refugee Field," Prof. Meili discussed his recent research on the use of constitutionalized human rights law on behalf of Colombian refugees in Ecuador and how his findings from that empirical study might be applied in the current European context. Prof. Meili suggested that the use of constitutionalized human rights law may be particularly appropriate and effective in a climate of increased nationalism and anti-globalization. His Ecuador study will be published in the forthcoming issue of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal.