Global Migration Law Hub

GMLH supports the global community through informing ongoing global migration processes via academic and policy-oriented research and publications.  

Our publications 

• Arbaoui, Younous, and Amina Semaoui. 2024. "Global Migration Law in Tunisia: The Potential of the Global Compact for Migration to Support the Ratification of the United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers Rights" Laws 13, no. 6: 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws13060073. 📥 Download the article here.
• Arbaoui, Younous. 2024. Summary Report of The International Roundtable on Global Migration Law in the European Union. 24.11.2023. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 📥 Download the summary report here.
• Bast, Jürgen, Endres de Oliveira, Pauline, & Janna Wessels. 2024. Enhancing the Rights of Protection-seeking Migrants through the Global Compact for Migration: the Case of EU Asylum Policy. International Journal of Refugee law 35 no. 4: 461-474. 📥 https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eead007
• Bast, Jürgen, Wessels, Janna and Farahat, Anuscheh. 2024. The Dynamic Relationship Between the Global Compact for Migration and Human Rights Law. MenschenRechtsMagazin 29 no: 1, 23-43. 📥 https://doi.org/10.60935/mrm2024.29.1.2
• Atak, Idil, Grundler, Maja, Endres de Oliveira, Pauline, Bast, Jürgen, Guild, Elspeth, Maple, Nicholas, Vanyoro, Kudakwashe, Wessels, Janna and Jona Zyfi. 2023. Reviewing the reviews: the Global Compacts' added value in access to asylum procedures and immigration detention. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 5, Article 1264942. 📥 https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2023.1264942
• Arbaoui, Younous. 2022. The Impact of the Marrakech Compact for Migration in Morocco: The Role of the Government and of Civil Society. Verfassung in Recht und Übersee 55, Nr. 1 (1. January): 19–43. doi:10.5771/0506-7286-2022-1-19 📥 Download the article here.

Other

• Podcast discussion with Edgar Corzo Sosa, a committee member of the Committee on Migrant Workers, concerning the International Convention on Migrant Workers (CMW), the Committee for Migrant Workers, and its partnership with the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). The file is available for download here.

Thee GMLH allows the cross-fertilization of ideas and agendas between national, regional and international stakeholders and networks and between global migration processes. To this aim, the GMLH holds a variety of events (online and in person), such as conferences, webinars, seminars, expert roundtables and meetings addressing topical issues related to global migration law. These events involve multi-stakeholders and academics from all parts of the world working in the field of global migration law. 

Networks

• Global Rights-Making Network
  • The "Making Rights Reality: The Human Rights of Undocumented Migrant Workers" conference was held from 17 to 19 June 2024 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, organized by the Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law (ACMRL). During this conference, participants established the Global Rights-Making Network. The network aims to prepare international shadow reports on undocumented migrant workers' rights to accompany national reports submitted to the United Nations. The inaugural online meeting of the Global Rights-Making Network took place in November 2024, bringing together 44 participants from five continents. As its first project, the network will contribute to the 2026 International Migration Review Forum, a quadrennial event in New York focusing on the Global Compact on Migration.

Past Events

• UN Expert Consultation on Public Policies to Address Xenophobia and its Impact on Human Rights in Brussels
  
• Expert Meeting on the CERD-CMW Joint General Recommendation/Comment on Public Policies for Addressing Xenophobia and its Impact on Human Rights at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Find more information here.
  
• International Roundtable at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: Global Migration Law in the EU
  • The Roundtable, held on 24 November 2023, explored the impact of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and the International Convention on Migrant Workers (CMW) on European migration law. More information can be read here.
  • Please see the Summary of the Roundtable as well as PowerPoint presentations from the roundtable sessions.
    

The GMLH builds the capacity of policy makers, civil society, practitioners, and other stakeholders on the global migration law system, its use and its impact on various policy and advocacy areas, by offering practical training courses on the work and functioning of global migration law. Our work:

1. Online Course: Global Migration Law in Action - Register now! (available in EN/FR/AR)

• Are you working on migration and human rights? Do you want to deepen your expertise on the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW)? Join our online course, Global Migration Law in Action, hosted by the Global Migration Law Hub at the Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law (ACMRL, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)—one of the best research and teaching centers in migration and refugee law worldwide. This is a rare opportunity to gain insider knowledge from top experts in the field. For more information and the link to register, please see our flyer.
  
• Travaillez-vous sur les questions de migration et de droits humains ? Souhaitez-vous approfondir votre expertise sur le Pacte mondial pour les migrations (Pacte) et la Convention internationale sur la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille (Convention) ? Rejoignez notre cours en ligne, Le Droit Mondial de la Migration en Action, organisé par le Global Migration Law Hub du Centre d'Amsterdam pour le Droit de la Migration et des Réfugiés (ACMRL, Université VU Amsterdam) – l'un des meilleurs centres de recherche et d'enseignement en droit de la migration et des réfugiés au monde. Profitez de cette occasion unique pour acquérir des connaissances auprès des meilleurs experts du domaine. Pour plus d'informations et le lien d'inscription, veuillez consulter notre flyer.
  

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لمزيد من المعلومات ورابط التسجيل، يرجى الاطلاع على النشرة الإعلانية.

2. Student Research Programme in collaboration with the United Nations Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW)

• The Student Research Programme provides a unique opportunity for students of our Masters ‘International Migration and Refugee Law’ (IMRL) to apply their academic knowledge in a practical setting while supporting the important work of the UN CMW, giving them a hands-on role in global migration governance. It is a particularly valuable experience for students with an interest in migration law, human rights and international law-making. Find further information here.
• For the second time, students of the International Migration and Refugee Law Master’s programme at VU Amsterdam had the opportunity to participate in a session of the UN CMW, which took place in Geneva from 7^th to 17^th April 2025. As part of the Student Research Programme, Annabella O’Sullivan, Connor Newell, Jette Kok, and Zineb Ez-Zkak, engaged in discussions on the rights of migrant workers and their families and contributed to research on the country reports examined during the 40th session of the UN CMW. Discover more about their experience on the ACMRL website.

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) is the body of independent experts that works to protect the rights of the millions of migrant workers around the world. 

For more information, please visit their website.

The Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) is a multidisciplinary regional center of graduate education, research, and outreach on international Migration at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP). It works on establishing linkages between education and research by building the capacity of students and young researchers to create a pool of qualified researchers and practitioners in refugee and migration from the region.

For more information, please visit their website.

The Centre for Global Studies (CGS) is part of the College of Social Sciences and, as its name suggests, is dedicated to global studies, focusing on research activities linked to sectoral priorities in collaboration with partnerships. 

For more information, please visit their website.

The Clinique Juridique Hijra (CJH) association was created in September 2015 by a group of young legal researchers and students in Tangier. 

For more information, please visit their website.

The Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI) unites researchers focused on diverse aspects of European law and internationalisation trends, such as global trade and human rights. It fosters academic research, including postgraduate studies, organizes seminars and conferences, and welcomes visitors aiming to conduct research in this field.

For more information, please visit their website. 

The Institute aims to contribute to the solution of social and political problems related to national and international legal phenomena. Its work is particularly focused on the study, teaching, promotion and knowledge of phenomena of legal relevance. To achieve this, it carries out comparative and interdisciplinary research, which enables it to generate and distribute expert knowledge of academic excellence.

For more information, please visit their website.

The Network on Migration and Global Mobility (MIGLOBA) at the University of Antwerp is an interdisciplinary platform that brings together researchers working on migration and global mobility. It aims to foster academic dialogue and collaboration between researchers, policy-makers and civil society, addressing the multiple impacts of migration on social welfare, education, labour markets, health care, housing, media and political representation. 

For more information, please visit their website.

Everaert Advocaten is recognised nationally and internationally as one of the leading firms in migration law in the Netherlands.

For more information, please visit their website.