Romit Bhandari
Senior Lecturer
Critical Approaches to International Law
Department of Law, Justice and Policing , Royal Docks School Of Business And Law
Romit is broadly interested in forced migration and postcolonialism. He has developed a specialism in International Refugee Law as well as International Human Rights Law.
His first book examined how powerful states used the law to both contain refugees within their region of origin and promote the language of humanitarianism. Work is currently underway on a second book, Rethinking the Foundations of Refugee Law, with Professor and Upper Tribunal Judge Satvinder Juss.
Qualifications
- LLB Law with German Law
- Diploma in German Law
- LLM Public International Law
- PhD in International Law
OVERVIEW
Romit has acted as a subject expert on the Rule of Law for the United Nations Migration Network Hub (2021 – present). He acts as an expert reviewer for the International Journal of Refugee Law (2020 – present). He also conducts research for the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges (2018 –2022).
He has previously taught at Coventry University, King's College London, the University of Essex and Birkbeck University. He was the Deputy Director of Essex's Human Rights Summer School. He has acted a Research Associate on two separate projects at King's College London. He has also worked as a consultant for the BBC and a policy analyst for several Africa-focused political organisations.
CURRENT RESEARCH
Research and impact
Romit first book examined how powerful states used the law to both contain refugees within their region of origin and promote the language of humanitarianism.
Work is currently underway on a second book, Rethinking the Foundations of Refugee Law, with Professor and Upper Tribunal Judge Satvinder Juss.
Most recent research
- Human Rights and the Revision of Refugee Law, Bhandari, R., 1 Sep 2020, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 220 p. (Law and Migration) https://www.routledge.com/Human-Rights-and-The-Revision-of-Refugee-Law/Bhandari/p/book/9780367541613
PUBLICATIONS
- Rethinking the Foundations of Refugee Law, Bhandari, R. & Juss, S., 2023, (In preparation) Edward Elgar.
- A Critical Evaluation of the Human Rights Paradigm, Bhandari, R., 20 May 2021, Human Rights and The Revision of Refugee Law. Bhandari, R. (ed.). 1 ed. Taylor and Francis, p. 134-140 7 p.
- Human Rights and the Revision of Refugee Law, Bhandari, R., 1 Sep 2020, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 220 p. (Law and Migration)
- New EU migration pact driven by political compromise, not humanitarianism (theconversation.com) 25 September 2020
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