The Bahamas: Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee

The Bahamas’ immigration policies and practices are notably strict, and many elements appear to violate the State’s commitments under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In a joint submission to the CCPR, the GDP and OBMICA highlight shared concerns in relation to the country’s implementation of the convention. […]

Read More…

The GDP Addresses the UN Committee on Migrant Workers: Mexico, Jamaica, Niger

On 7 April, the GDP’s Refugee Advocacy Co-ordinator Abdul Aziz Muhammat participated at a UN Committee on Migrant Workers at an informal briefing for NGOs and NHRIs. One of a small handful of NGOs providing input, his participation was an important opportunity to place immigration detention concerns directly in front of the Committee. In our […]

Read More…

Submission: Türkiye’s Implementation of the ECtHR’s Judgements Concerning “Akkad vs Turkey”

Since the ECtHR’s 2022 judgement concerning the case of Akkad v. Turkey, there continue to be important gaps in Turkish law, as well as between legal frameworks and day-to-day practice. In this submission, the GDP, CESSMA, and Mülteci-Der call on the Committee of Ministers to ensure Turkiye’s effective implementation of the judgement’s general measures. […]

Read More…

The Health Implications of Immigration Detention: A Global Problem 

Paper given by GDP Director Michael Flynn at the conference “Crimmigration through Time, Space, and Culture,” organised by the CINETS scholars network at Lewis & Clark Law School (Portland, Oregon, 1-2 March 2024) Introduction This paper provides a summary of key findings from an ongoing research project at the Global Detention Project aimed at broadening […]

Read More…

Immigration Detention in Taiwan: Detention “Shelters,” International Isolation, Growing Migration Pressures

December 2024: Immigration detention is an important tool of immigration control in Taiwan, where detainee numbers have steadily risen in recent years. Although conditions in Taiwan’s detention centres have frequently been criticised, they have received little international scrutiny because of China’s opposition to Taiwan’s UN membership. Taiwan also lacks an asylum system, though the need […]

Read More…

Urgent Appeal: Growing Threats to Refugees in Egypt

As new reports of massacres and famine emerge from the conflict in Sudan, Egypt seems poised to adopt a new asylum law that will threaten access to protection for those desperately fleeing the conflict while enabling their detention and refoulement without consideration of individual needs. […]

Read More…