Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In February 2012 the CPP submitted a research memorandum in response to a request from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
The Inter-American Court was established in 1969 through the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). The Court has jurisdiction to decide contentious proceedings against the American States which have accepted its jurisdiction and give advisory opinions on the interpretation of the ACHR.
The research team comprised seven students: five LL.M. students, Gavin Beard, Georgina Churchhouse, Maria Fanou, Kai Leung, Rowan Nicholson; and 2 Ph.D students, Naomi Burke and Sophie Eastwood. The team was supervised by two Ph.D students members of the CPP Executive Committee, Federica Paddeu and Claire Simmonds, and advised by Dr Stephanie Palmer and Dr Michael Waibel, all members of the Cambridge Pro Bono Project Executive Committee.
Cambridge/Michigan Roundtable on the Future of Refugee Convention Supervision
The Cambridge Pro Bono Project has completed three background papers exploring options for the reinforcement or reconceptualisation of international supervision of the 1951 Refugee Convention.
On 28/29 September 2012 the papers served as a point of departure for a Roundtable on the Future of Refugee Convention Supervision, held at Downing College in Cambridge. The Roundtable was co-convened by Professor James Hathaway, Director of the Program in Refugee and Asylum Law at the University of Michigan, and Justice Anthony North, Immediate Past President of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges. The Roundtable involved a small group of judicial and academic experts, including Baroness Brenda Hale of the United Kingdom Supreme Court, and the UNHCR's Director of International Protection, Volker Türk. The graduate law students who took lead roles in drafting the papers attended the Roundtable as rapporteurs.
In total, a team of fifteen Ph.D. and LL.M. students worked on the preparation of the three working papers. The team was led by Jason Pobjoy, the founding Chair of the Cambridge Pro Bono Project, and advised by Professor David Feldman. The supervisors of the three working papers were Alysia Blackham (Ph.D.), Claire Nielsen (Ph.D.) Katie O'Byrne (LL.M.), Josh Scheinert (LL.M.) and Joanna Whiteman (LL.M.). The lead researchers for the project were Daniel Costelloe, Konrad Duden, Sarah Grimmer, Callista Harris, Leigh Hudson, Tarini Mehta, Toni Palmer, Stuart Scott, Daniella Waddoup. Additional research assistance was provided by Alice Lam, Claire Simmonds, Janaki Tampi, Chanelle Taoi and Alex White.
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