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Apr
Beyond Containment – Confronting Racial Hierarchies in International Law: The Past and Present of the Refugee Regime – Portending a Problematic Future?
[Jinan Bastaki is an Associate Professor of Legal Studies at New York University, Abu Dhabi] During the UN General Assembly high-level week (September 2025), the US Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, delivered a presentation entitled “The Global Refugee and Asylum System: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It.” He made five points: a) every nation has the right to...