UNHCR, together with NUST and partner academic institutions, has concluded a focused three-day workshop that brought law professors from across Pakistan to deepen their knowledge of Refugee Law and its classroom delivery.
The workshop refreshed core principles including the right to seek asylum, the principle of non-refoulement and the 1951 Refugee Convention while examining the rights afforded to refugees under international standards. Participants explored how these legal foundations apply in Pakistan’s historical and contemporary context, drawing on up-to-date teaching methodologies to translate doctrine into classroom practice.
Sessions combined theoretical review with practical insights into actual refugee claims, enabling faculty to better prepare students for the realities of legal representation and policy engagement. Emphasis on modern pedagogical approaches aimed to equip law schools with tools to teach Refugee Law more effectively and to foster critical case analysis in legal curricula.
The workshop closed with forward-looking discussions on clearly defined methods of engagement for the next generation of lawyers, stronger collaboration between law schools and humanitarian actors, and a commitment to innovative training methods that will support refugee rights across Pakistan.
Organisers offered thanks to all participants for their commitment to refugee protection and acknowledged the support provided by Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Germany and the Netherlands in making the International Refugee Law training possible.
