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Publications & Events
March 2010 Newsletter
Profiles on Turkey, Estonia, and Denmark […]
February 2010 Newsletter
Profiles on Mauritania, Ireland, and Belgium. Presentation “The Politics of Privatised Immigration Detention” […]
December 2009 Newsletter
Profiles on Malta, Sweden, and Netherlands […]
November 2009 Newsletter
Working paper “Migration and Detention: Mapping the International Legal Terrain”. Profiles on Libya, Ukraine, and Greece. […]
Migration and Detention: Mapping the International Legal Terrain
This working paper maps the web of international and regional instruments and mechanisms that together make up the legal framework relevant to the phenomenon of migration-related detention, or the deprivation of liberty of non-citizens because of their status. This effort serves a number of purposes: First, it demonstrates the broad expanse of international instruments, above and beyond the core […]
September 2009 Newsletter
Working paper “The Privatization of Immigration Detention: Towards a Global View”. Profiles on Bahrain, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Senegal, and Slovakia. Presentation at Texas Southern University. […]
The Privatization of Immigration Detention: Towards a Global View
The phrase “private prison” has become a term of opprobrium, and for good reason. There are numerous cases of mistreatment and mismanagement at such institutions. However, in the context of immigration detention, this caricature hides a complex phenomenon that is driven by a number of different factors and involves a diverse array of actors who […]
June 2009 Newsletter
Profiles on Hong Kong, Malaysia, and South Korea. Public event on the GDP’s new website. Coop Radio (Canada) interviews Michael Flynn. Lac Leviathan’s article con GDP. […]
