In its response to the CMW’s List of Issues, Niger fails to adequately address several issues concerning Articles 16-22, while also confirming practices which specifically violate the Convention. […]
Publications & Events
Mexico: Oral Presentation to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers
Mexico has used immigration detention measures on a scale that may be unique in the world, placing hundreds of thousands of at-risk people in often deplorable facilities. […]
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. […]
Rule 9.2 of the Committee of Ministers’ Rules for the Supervision of the Execution of Judgments, on the implementation of Akkad vs Turkey
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (read full submission) 1. In line with Rule 9 of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements, CESSMA, Mülteci-Der and the GDP hereby present a communication regarding the execution of the general measures in the European Court of […]
The CMW Reaffirms Key Norms in its General Comment on the Global Compact for Migration
In January, the CMW released its much anticipated “General Comment No.6”. The GDP, which provided both written and oral interventions during the drafting stages, is pleased to observe that several key issues have been explicitly referenced in the final document. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Saudi Arabia: Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
ISSUES RELATED TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS INCLUDING DISCRIMINATORY LABOUR POLICIES, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, AND ARBITRARY DETENTION AND DEPORTATION MEASURES 1. INTRODUCTION This submission has been prepared by Migrant-Rights.org and the Global Detention Project (GDP) for consideration by the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) at its 114th session where it will […]
Human Rights of Migrants in Transit: The Need for Independent Monitoring
Hybrid Side Events the 57th Session of the Human Rights Council Tuesday, 8 October at 15:00-16:00, room XXV Migrants continue to face widespread and systematic human rights violations and abuses in transit that remain inadequately monitored, documented, or addressed, feeding impunity and exacerbating the dehumanization of migrants. The Human Right Council adopted resolution 53/24 on prevention and […]
