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A big thank you to PILnet for spotlighting our takeover of the Rights in Exile platform! We warmly invite any organization interested in joining or supporting us in this important work to get in touch. Let’s collaborate to make a difference! #RightsInExile #ThankYouPILnet #Collaboration #HumanRights

🎉⚖️Wir suchen Unterstützung für unser Detention Team!⚖️🎉 Du möchtest dich für Menschenrechte einsetzen und bist bereit, Geflüchtete in Not zu unterstützen? Dann  bewirb dich jetzt und werde Teil von AsyLex!💪 #JobOpportunity #Menschenrechte #DetentionTeam

Great way to end the week! 🌞 Last Friday, AsyLex had the pleasure of holding a workshop with Bain & Company as part of their Community Impact Day. Our Head of Operations Delphine, Fundraising/Corporate Finance volunteer Mia, and Vice President Nathalie, presented our work and current fundraising strategy, followed by a productive brainstorming session with the Bain Team on how to enhance our corporate fundraising approach. A huge thank you to the Bainies who contributed last Friday 🙏 We thoroughly enjoyed the discussion and appreciate your support - can't wait to translate the insights into actionable items!

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 📣 UPDATES ON THE RIGHTS IN EXILE PLATFORM 📣 🌍 During this first months managing the Rights in Exile platform, we have been working on updates to make the information and resources as engaging and easily accessible as possible. Follow our work and explore the new platform features at www.rightsinexile.org (or through www.asylex.org)! 🙏 As we continuously work on establishing meaningful collaboration to enhance the platform’s resources and reach, we want to make a huge shout out to our partners who are making this transition possible: 📚 A&O Shearman, Herbert Smith Freehills and Norton Rose Fulbright who have been instrumental for the seamless continuation of the Rights in Exile project, and we are delighted to continue partnering with their pro bono teams. 🌐SMART Global (https://lnkd.in/eZnfnd2v) and Mukhtar Hussain (https://lnkd.in/eAqU3x89) who are brilliantly providing the tech support needed to enable a smooth migration from AMERA International to AsyLex. 📩 If you provide legal aid to asylum seekers and refugees or share our vision and are interested in the RiE platform, we invite you to become part of this exciting mission. Please send us a message at [email protected] and help us grow this network.

Switzerland's Commitment to Human Rights: Time for Action ⌛A year has passed since the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) shared its crucial observations on Switzerland's 8th periodic report. Yet, the implementation of these recommendations is still lacking. 📃 At AsyLex, as part of the NGO Human Rights Platform Switzerland, we've been closely monitoring the situation and have contributed to an alternative report (https://lnkd.in/evXgAb7B). Our findings reveal alarming concerns in the asylum system and the principle of non-refoulement: 🚨 Asylum seekers who have previously experienced inhumane treatment, particularly in Croatia and Greece, but who are nevertheless returned under the Dublin system, face re-traumatisation, which is particularly acute in the absence of medical care in Croatia and Greece. This is unacceptable and traumatic and may in certain cases violate the principle of non-refoulement.❌ ⚠️ Despite CAT highlighting these critical issues, Switzerland has not taken effective measures to address them. 📢Call to Action: It's time for action! Effective implementation of CAT recommendations requires a collaborative effort between the government and civil society 🤝. We are ready and eager to engage constructively to ensure Switzerland upholds the highest standards of human rights protection. 🛡️ For more details, read the attached media release from the NGO Platform (in German)

📚Join us at AsyLex Academy! 📚 Are you interested in migration and asylum law? 🏛 At the upcoming Academy, we delve into Administrative Detention with special guests Prof. Dr. Peter Uebersax and Thomas Hugi Yar. Don‘t miss out! Our educational event is open to all AsyLex members and anyone passionate about these topics. 📝 register now via [email protected]

Great news! 🎉 Our client, who was wrongfully detained under the Dublin III regulation, has been released by court order. This victory underscores the importance of judicial review in detention cases. 🗓 If you would like to learn more about administrative detention, join us at the next AsyLex Academy on 21 September in Zurich. For details, contact [email protected] #JusticeServed #LegalAdvocacy

🚀 New Success Story! 🚀 ⚖ We won a case defending a young Afghan who was wrongfully detained under ‘temporary detention' (Art. 73 AIG). The court ruled that this version of administrative detention violated international law as it is a Dublin Case. 🗓 If you would like to learn more about administrative detention, join us at the next AsyLex Academy on 21 September in Zurich. For details, contact [email protected]. #dublin #detention #JusticeServed #HumanRights #AsyLex #educate

🌍  We are excited to announce that as of 1 July 2024, our team at AsyLex has taken over the Rights in Exile platform from AMERA International! 🙏 We want to thank AMERA International and everyone who has been a part of building the Rights in Exile and are excited for the opportunity to keep this invaluable platform alive! 📚 The platform has become a point of reference on refugee legal aid globally, and we aim to continue building it and strengthening access to justice for refugees, following the brilliant legacy of AMERA International and its founder, Dr. Barbara Harrell-Bond. 🌐 From now on, the platform will be accessible at the new URL www.rightsinexile.org (or through www.asylex.org). 🔧 Over the next months, AsyLex will focus on building capacity and restructuring the management of the platform. In the spirit of Rights in Exile's establishment by Barbara Harrell-Bond and colleagues as a global movement for refugee rights, AsyLex aims to create a collaborative management model for the platform, where individuals and organisations from the refugee legal community can join forces and contribute to enhance the platform's resources and reach 🚀 💼 Our ultimate goals are to meet the needs of its users and to build a closely connected, sustainable legal community 🤝 📩 If you provide legal aid to asylum seekers and refugees or share our vision and are interested in the RiE platform, we invite you to become part of this exciting mission. Please send us a message at [email protected]  and help us grow this network.