Ian Matthew Kysel is a Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. He founded and directs the Transnational Disputes Clinic and co-directs the Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic. Professor Kysel also is a founder and director of the International Migrants Bill of Rights (IMBR) Initiative and core faculty member in the Migration and Human Rights Program. He currently holds an appointment as a non-resident fellow at The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School. Before joining Cornell, Professor Kysel was an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California and a fellow at the National ACLU and Human Rights Watch, and he practiced in Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration Group as well as its Public International Law practice. Professor Kysel received his Bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Data Driven
Event Overview
In this webcast, Cornell experts will examine how migrant stereotypes, discrimination, and xenophobia drive the militarization of borders and the ways in which migrant rights are — or are not — allowed and respected. Using insights from the first global Migrants’ Rights Database, the panel will explore how effectively states are protecting migrants' rights and complying with international law. They’ll also discuss how new research using these data offer crucial public policy evidence for developing an international law to protect all migrants.
This event is part of our Migrations series, sponsored by Cornell’s Migrations initiative.
What You'll Learn
- How the implementation of international agreements on migration and human rights differs among countries
- The kinds of data that scholars and practitioners use to address these differences
- How new research is contributing to the development of an international law to protect all migrants
Speakers
Justin Gest is an Associate Professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. His teaching and research interests include comparative politics, immigration, and demographic change. Professor Gest has authored five books as well as peer-reviewed articles in journals including Comparative Political Studies, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and the International Migration Review. He also has provided reporting or commentary for BBC, CNN, The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, The New York Times, Politico, Reuters, Vox, and The Washington Post. In 2014, Professor Gest received the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize, Harvard’s highest award for faculty teaching. A year earlier, he was awarded Harvard’s Star Family Prize for Student Advising. In 2007, Professor Gest co-founded the Migration Studies Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He received his Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and his Doctorate in Government from LSE.
Stephen Yale-Loehr is Professor of Immigration Practice at Cornell Law School and of counsel at Miller Mayer in Ithaca, New York. He also directs the Immigration Law and Policy Center at Cornell Law and is a faculty fellow for the Cornell Migrations initiative as well as a non-resident fellow at the Migration Policy Institute. Professor Yale-Loehr has practiced immigration law for over 35 years and is co-author of the leading immigration law treatise “Immigration Law and Procedure,” published by LexisNexis, as well as the co-author or editor of many other books. He is a national expert on immigration law and has often testified before Congress. Professor Yale-Loehr received his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School.
Ian Matthew Kysel is a Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. He founded and directs the Transnational Disputes Clinic and co-directs the Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic. Professor Kysel also is a founder and director of the International Migrants Bill of Rights (IMBR) Initiative and core faculty member in the Migration and Human Rights Program. He currently holds an appointment as a non-resident fellow at The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School. Before joining Cornell, Professor Kysel was an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California and a fellow at the National ACLU and Human Rights Watch, and he practiced in Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration Group as well as its Public International Law practice. Professor Kysel received his Bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Justin Gest is an Associate Professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. His teaching and research interests include comparative politics, immigration, and demographic change. Professor Gest has authored five books as well as peer-reviewed articles in journals including Comparative Political Studies, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and the International Migration Review. He also has provided reporting or commentary for BBC, CNN, The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, The New York Times, Politico, Reuters, Vox, and The Washington Post. In 2014, Professor Gest received the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize, Harvard’s highest award for faculty teaching. A year earlier, he was awarded Harvard’s Star Family Prize for Student Advising. In 2007, Professor Gest co-founded the Migration Studies Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He received his Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and his Doctorate in Government from LSE.
Stephen Yale-Loehr is Professor of Immigration Practice at Cornell Law School and of counsel at Miller Mayer in Ithaca, New York. He also directs the Immigration Law and Policy Center at Cornell Law and is a faculty fellow for the Cornell Migrations initiative as well as a non-resident fellow at the Migration Policy Institute. Professor Yale-Loehr has practiced immigration law for over 35 years and is co-author of the leading immigration law treatise “Immigration Law and Procedure,” published by LexisNexis, as well as the co-author or editor of many other books. He is a national expert on immigration law and has often testified before Congress. Professor Yale-Loehr received his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School.
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