Violeta Moreno-Lax

Very exciting to see this out! Transdisciplinary project on #Solidarity #Migration & #InternationalLaw engaging lawyers, social scientists & activists. Thank U @AJIL_andUnbound & co-editors Jaya Ramji-Nogales & Ale Délano Alonso for great collaboration. Stay tuned! More to come!

The US has offered its "legal justification" for killing drug traffickers on the high seas. I put that in scare quotes because the argument is incoherent -- self-defence against non-state actors based on the "unwilling or unable" test. How is this wrong? Let's count the ways.

The @EU_Commission has closed its call for feedback on the mandate of @Frontex. Together with @ProfMorenoLax & @MarianaGkliati, I submitted the 112 Joint Guidelines on Shared Responsibility for EIBM. 📄 Full text of the Guidelines: shorturl.at/a79t5

📢Apply for the 24-month Postdoc position on “Governing Migration Across Borders” at the Migrations and Society Research Unit (URMIS) ⏳Application deadline: Aug 1, 2025 📅Preferred start date: October 2025 🔗All the details:

PRESS RELEASE: The #ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change on 23 July 2025 at 3 p.m. (The Hague). Watch live on @UNWebTV. Link to the press release: go.icj-cij.org/3TYEeOt

Seven years after receiving the complaint of SS and Ors v Italy (App No 21660/18), the European Court of Human Rights has announced that it will publish its judgment on 12 June 2025, 10am CEST.

Violent Pullback in the making! People escaping #Libya are facing a forced return by the so-called #Libyan coastguard. We condemn this practice and #Frontex involvement. We demand that they are brought to Europe. Our solidarity is with the people on move and the crew of #Madleen!

#FMR 75 on Dangerous Journeys is online. It is a powerful call to reduce #deaths and #disappearances of #migrants and #refugees. With insights and ideas from policymakers, practitioners, advocates, and academics. Take a look. What is your next step? bit.ly/45AQv2F

Solidarity with all members of @RescueMed who face criminalisation in Italy for rescuing people at risk of drowning.

From 4–9 May, @QMUL co-hosted the first Global Migration Spring School with @Cornell at our Malta Campus in Gozo. Professionals and researchers from around the world explored urgent migration issues through interdisciplinary lens. 🔗Read more: qmul.ac.uk/media/news/202…

📢 Don't miss it‼️(B)OrderS screening of ‘Escaping Libya’s Detention Industry’⚡️New film by @Forensis & @LFJL exposing abuses faced by #migrants in #Libya. Panel: @LFJL, @Forensis & @Sara_Creta 🗓️ 28 April | Bloc Cinema @QMUL 🖊️ Registrations still open: shorturl.at/dI5VI

QMUL is being transformed by a 1000 cuts without a vision & without staff input --management only opening 'consultations' when it's too late & the only convo is about severance Our uni deserves a strategy, and deserves staff treated with dignity. Vote in the consultative ballot

🚨 Il “clima di terrore” tra i lavoratori dei centri per migranti in Albania altreconomia.it/il-clima-di-te… Riservatezza e “obbligo di fedeltà” sono alcune delle clausole che i dipendenti di Medihospes hanno dovuto sottoscrivere per poter lavorare. #Migranti #CPR #Albania

Grateful to @HertieCFR in Berlin for hosting this week a thought-provoking keynote discussion on the challenges faced by human rights defenders. The situation may be bleak, but there are more people now working for human rights than ever before, and therein lies the hope.

Oxford's Refugee Studies Centre and the International Journal of Refugee Law are seeking prospective authors to participate in an online workshop in December. Details here: rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/call-for-…

Happening tomorrow! Will be web streamed

Upcoming (B)OrderS Workshop 💢 Join us 24 March @QMUL to discuss #Vulnerability, Special Procedural Needs & #NewPact on #Migration and #Asylum ⚠️ Registrations Open shorturl.at/PvPz5 🖊️

There's a brand new AJIL Unbound sympoisum available, featuring an extremely talented line-up discussing an important and timely topic. Click the link below to begin reading! cambridge.org/core/journals/…

A mum claims she was dismissed from her job on "grounds of attendance" at Edge Hill University when she was going through cancer treatment - "the most vulnerable point of her life” liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…