Colloquium of September 30 – sources and documentation

6 October 2022 | Formation

To contribute to reflection and initiate a dialogue, NANSEN organised a study day focusing on the link between vulnerability, credibility and the asylum procedure. You can find our key findings and the contributions of several speakers here. The full programme is...

Apartheid in Gaza? The need for international protection of Palestinians from Gaza.

2 August 2022 | Palestine

Here, NANSEN discusses the report on the situation of Palestinians in Israel published by Amnesty International in February 2022. NANSEN examines the refugee law implications of Amnesty International’s findings that Israel operates an apartheid system. The Note...

Asylum – Afghanistan – the importance of country information

23 June 2022 | Afghanistan

In this note, NANSEN examines the use of guidelines published by the UNHCR and the European Asylum Agency (EUAA). It discusses these guidelines in general and, more specifically, in the context of applications for international protection made by Afghan asylum...

Recognition of the need for protection of the Bidoon of Kuwait

15 June 2022 | Kuwait

The Bidoon of Kuwait are exposed to numerous structural abuses. We have already analysed in detail the evidence of their statelessness. Here, we present the arguments in support of their need for international protection. These arguments were used in an intervention...

Female genital mutilation and refusal of protection: what are the arguments?

15 June 2022 | Female genital mutilation, Women

NANSEN has analysed,  based on the Council for Alien Law Litigation case law, the obstacles to the granting of international protection to victims of genital mutilation and those who fear it.  The main aim of this Note, which is now available in French, is to provide...