Webinar: Who Do We Send Back? How Reforms to Article 3 and the Refugee Convention, and CAT Could Reshape UK Practice
Article 3 of the ECHR and has long set hard limits on who may be removed from the UK. Amid renewed political debate about reforming the asylum system, this webinar examines what change is legally possible, and what would happen in practice.
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Start Date
16th June 2026 at 6:00pm
End Date
16th June 2026 at 7:00pm
Location
Online Event
This session forms part of the Human Rights Law Reform: Convention, Common Law, and Parliament series.
This webinar will explore the legal and practical limits on removal from the UK, focusing on Article 3 ECHR, the Convention Against Torture, and the principle of non-refoulement under the Refugee Convention. In light of ongoing debates about asylum reform and the UK’s international obligations, it considers what scope there is for change, whether Parliament could narrow existing protections, and how far constraints on removal are embedded in domestic law.
Chaired by Micheál Ó Floinn (University of Glasgow)