The last three months have been marked by
consequential events involving immigration and deportation law. Some of the
se included the executive order on birthright citizenship\, forceful deport
ation practices\, and the use of deportation as a tool for promoting non-im
migration policies. These events raise important legal questions such as wh
ether countries have unlimited ability to deport non-citizens as a function
of the precept of state sovereignty. While states exercise a great deal of
latitude in shaping immigration law and policy\, their powers are also not
unconstrained. State prerogatives are generally limited by rule of law\, c
onstitutional rights\, as well as customary international law and treaty no
rms connected with expulsion of non-citizens and human rights.
Join us
for an event that brings together a panel of authors of a prospective book
on comparative migration law on deportation to explore the experience of d
eportation law and practice at an international level. Moderated by Profess
or Gerald Neuman\, members of the panel\, composed of scholars and practiti
oners from Australia\, China\, and France and an upcoming judge of European
Court of Human Rights\, will share their thoughts and findings in the area
.
Panelists
Sanzhuan (Sandra) Guo (PhD)\, a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School Human Rights Program. Is an Associate Professor from Fli nders University\, Australia. She is an accredited immigration law speciali st in Australia and the Rapporteur of the International Law Association (IL A) Committee on International Migration and International Law. She is a qua lified lawyer in China\, USA and Australia. She was the Co-Convener of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) Workshop project on ‘A C ritical Lens on Mass Deportation of Non-citizens: Law\, Crimes and Technolo gy’ (2024).
Marinella Marmo (PhD) is a Professor of Criminology at Flinders University Australia. She is a leading scholar on deportation\, hu man mobility and modern slavery. Her research has been cited by academics a nd senior policymakers worldwide. She is a Chief Investigator of Australian Research Council’s Discovery Project on Criminal Deportation (2021-2026) a nd Co-Convener of the ASSA Workshop project on ‘A Critical Lens on Mass Dep ortation of Non-citizens: Law\, Crimes and Technology’ (2024).
Thib aut Fleury Graff (PhD) is a Professor of International Law at Paris Panthéo n-Assas University (France). He is also an international expert for the Uni ted Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)\, the Co-Chair of the IL A Committee on International Migration & International Law and of the RefWa r Project (ANR 2019-2024).
Vasilka Sancin (PhD)\, a professor and th e head of Department of International Law of the University of Ljubljana\, will start her judgeship with the European Court of Human Rights in May 202 5. She served (2019-2022) as a Member and Vice Chair of the Human Rights Co mmittee\, the treaty body of ICCPR. She is the Co-Chair of ILA Committee on International Migration and International Law.
Professor Gerald L. Neuman (moderator) is the Director of the School’s Human Rights Program\, and the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International\, Foreign\, and Co mparative Law at HLS. Neuman teaches courses in international human rights law\, immigration and nationality law\, and U.S. constitutional law. From 2 011 to 2014\, he served as a Member of the UN Human Rights Committee. Neuma n holds a JD from HLS and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy.
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