The misuse of migration law and does the rule of law apply on the high seas? – Satvinder Juss speaks at CLC 2025

Satvinder Jus is presenting at the 24th Commonwealth Law Conference 2025 in Malta.

Date: 9 April

Session: E7 “I had no choice but to flee, can I seek to live here?” The misuse of migration law and does the rule of law apply on the high seas?

Time: 10.30 – 12.00

Venue: The Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre, St Julian’s Bay, Malta

Details: Laws intended to protect the most vulnerable, including in times of war. Adequate legal information to ensure these laws can be properly applied.

The session will reference the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (Article 18); The Geneva Convention of 1951; The Temporary Protection Directive and Laws protecting unaccompanied children.

This session will examine the misuse of migration or border protection powers by governments across the Commonwealth for political purposes, and the role of the legal profession in upholding these long-standing protections – often against the seeming will of the public.