The African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) is running a series of interventions (including public workshops) to unpack the role of international protection and the reality of human rights-based protection claims on the ground in Southern Africa today. Special attention will be given to the influence and impact of both the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) and Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in the current context of Covid-19. These events are part of PROTECT's Expert Forums series, all of which seek to explore the legal potential and impacts of the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration. The events are organized by PROTECT's South Africa-based researchers, Jo Vearey, Nicholas Maple, and Kudakwashe Vanyoro. Key topics and issues to be covered in this series: • Protection claims of refugees in South Africa • The stretching and shrinking of international protection via state and local practices • Ground-level approaches to protection for marginalised groups The impact of Covid-19 on: • International protection and localised forms and norms of protection •State approaches to health security and the international securitisation agenda • Regional responses to forced displacement, crisis and instability Program 15 September Protection Issues and Solutions for LGBTIQ+ People in […]
