Development of a Master level programme: ‘ International Law and Forced Migration Studies’ Erasmus Project

Project Title

Development of a Master level programme: ‘ International Law and Forced Migration Studies’

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

With new challenges also at hand of mixed human migratory pattern, the call is loud and clear for India, Myanmar and Malaysia to equip themselves with more empathetic refugee and migrant policies and start to develop a national legislative framework that will protect asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) based on international norms and regulations. Without the law, refugees lack legal status, lack basic human rights, and are vulnerable to exploitation. They are trafficked, subject to arbitrary arrest and detention, left destitute and homeless, and on top of it all, are vilified as “illegal immigrants. Without the law there is no solution and refugees are left in indefinite limbo. For these reasons, the project will aim to push for the adoption in Partner Countries of a meaningful, comprehensive, domestic legal framework that is consistent with international standards and ensures refugees are actually protected. It will do so by: 1) Improving legal practitioners’ knowledge and expertise on International law and forced migration via the development and delivery of an LLM program to help them become competent in the implementation of the International and national refugee legislative framework in their Partner countries 2) Increasing the capacity of the academic staff of Partner HEIS and improve their level of competences and skills through the exchange of specialised knowledge on the subject area and through the development of a LLL Programme customized to their needs and needs of the 21st century and 3) Enriching the modernisation of Partner HEIs through the promotion of transnational cooperation in the field of international law and forced migration data analysis on domestic developmental concerns and by exchanging good practices in the subject area between EU, PC HEIs, legal practitioners, social actors, European and international refugee organisations and relevant policy makers.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 920925 Eur

Project Coordinator

MANDALAY UNIVERSITY & Country: MM

Project Partners

• NOVEL GROUP SARL
• UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA
• UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA
• UNIVERSITAT FUR WEITERBILDUNG KREMS
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO
• MARWADI UNIVERSITY
• TAUNGGYI UNIVERSITY