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Collaborations:
- Women in Refugee Law (WiRL)
- Asylum Research Centre (ARC)
- Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
- Refugee Law Initiative
- Women for Refugee Women
- British Red Cross
- Refugee Council
- Humans for Rights Network
Research staff:
- International Refugee Law
- International Human Rights Law
- Common European Asylum System
- Comparative Research
- Feminist Approaches
- Judicial Decision-Making
- Contemporary Armed Conflicts
Teaching staff:
- Qualifications:BA, MA, LLM, GDL, BPTC, Barrister (Middle Temple), PhD
- Position:Wallscourt Fellow in Law
- Department:FBL - Law
- Telephone:+4411732 87738
- Email:Christel.Querton@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
My research focuses on international refugee law in particular the protection of persons fleeing contemporary armed conflicts and refugee women. My work is informed by comparative (mainly within Europe) and feminist methods. My monograph Conflict Refugees was published with Cambridge University Press in 2023. I have also published in the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, the International and Comparative Law Quarterly and the Refugee Survey Quarterly. My PhD (AHRC funded, 2020) compared judicial interpretation of international refugee law in the appeals of Afghan, Iraqi and Syrian nationals determined in six jurisdictions (BE, DK, FR, ES, NL & UK).
Projects:
I co-convene the Women in Refugee Law (WiRL) Network, aiming to recentre refugee women within refugee law, policy and practice. WiRL organises events and facilitates the exchange of information and resources.
UWE Accelerator Programme (2022-2025): To support academics in their research career and to become future leaders.
UWE Vice-Chancellor Early Career Award (2021-2022): The project aimed to evaluate country guidance issued by the European Union Agency for Asylum. A Panel Discussion in September 2022 included the Agency, UNHCR, the European Council for Refugees and Exiles and academics. See the recording here. The research was published open access in the Refugee Survey Quarterly and in a briefing.
Affiliations/Responsibilities:
- Member of the Research in Public International Law (UWE)
- Member of the Global Migration Network (UWE)
- CBL Ethics Committee member (UWE)
- Research Affiliate at the Refugee Law Initiative (University of London)
- Editorial Board Member of the Refugee Law Initiative's Working Paper Series (2018-2022)
- Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (2013-2021)
- Bar European Group (2016-2020)
Prior to entering academia, I was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2013 (Middle Temple Diplock Scholarship 2012) and practised as an asylum, immigration and human rights barrister from Lamb Building in London. In addition to experience in legal practice, I have strong ties to the charity sector. I was an Advisory Committee member of the Women's Project at Asylum Aid (2012-2019) and a founding Trustee of the Asylum Research Centre Foundation (2016-2020). I previously worked at Asylum Aid (2010-2012) and Wilson Solicitors LLP (2009-2010).
Area of expertise
International Refugee Law, Human Rights Law, Public Law, UK Asylum Law, Judicial Review, Gender, Armed Conflicts
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