Maja Janmyr

Title: Researcher

Phone: +47 55 58 96 86

E-mail: Maja.Janmyr@jur.uib.no

Visiting address: Magnus Lagabøtesplass 1

My research focuses on public international law; the interplay between international human rights-, humanitarian-, and refugee law; law and anthropology; international legal method; critical human rights; and socio-legal approaches. 

I am currently a researcher on the project Migration to Norway: Flows and Regulations (http://samfunnsforskning.no/Prosjekter/Samarbeidsprosjekter/Migration-to-Norway-Flows-and-regulation). In 2012, I defended my PhD dissertation Protecting Civilians in Refugee Camps. Issues of Responsibility and Lessons from Uganda. I hold a degree in international law from the University of Örebro, and have studied Peace and Conflict Studies at Uppsala University. I have international experience from sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Publications in Cristin

Select academic publications

Protecting Civilians in Refugee Camps: Unwilling and Unable States, UNHCR and International Responsibility (2014) Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (Brill).

“Revisiting the Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Refugee Camps”, forthcoming book chapter (2014) in Durieux J.F. & Cantor D., Refuge from Inhumanity: Enriching refugee protection standards through recourse to international humanitarian law. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (Brill).

“Refugees and Peace”, forthcoming book chapter (2014) in Bailliet C. & Larsen K.M., The International Law of Peace. Oxford University Press.

“Norway’s Readmission Agreements: Spellbound by European Union Policies or Free Spirits on the International Field?” (forthcoming European Journal of Migration and Law 2014).

"Recruiting Internally Displaced Persons into Civil Militias: the Case of Northern Uganda" (submitted for publication 2013).

Protecting Civilians in Refugee Camps: Issues of Responsibility and Lessons from Uganda, PhD dissertation, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen (2012).

”Eyal Weizman: The Least of All Possible Evils. Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza”, Babylon. Tidsskrift om Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika, 2012.

 

Select media participation, popular dissemination, op-eds and analysis pieces

"Uattraktive sanksjonsmuligheter mot brudd på flyktningkonvensjonen" Op-ed in Dag og Tid (31 January 2014) (http://redir.opoint.com/?key=J2BmGE4kGJt82zesuBXM)

"Flyktningrettens «varige løsninger» gir mager trøst for syriske flyktninger". Op-ed in Aftenposten (21 January 2014) (http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/Flyktningrettens-varige-losninger-gir-mager-trost-for-syriske-flyktninger--7441490.html#.Uuuc1pPEXzZ)

”Vil regjeringen koble returavtaler og bistand?". Op-ed in Dagbladet (28 Oct. 2013) (http://samfunnsforskning.no/Prosjekter/Samarbeidsprosjekter/Migration-to-Norway-Flows-and-regulation/News/Vil-regjeringen-koble-returavtaler-og-bistand)

"Ung og lovende". Interview in Bergens Tidende (20 Oct. 2013) (http://www.uib.no/filearchive/unge-talenter.pdf)

”Illusoriske garantier”. Op-ed in Bergens Tidende (29 Aug. 2013). (http://www.samfunnsforskning.no/Prosjekter/Samarbeidsprosjekter/Migration-to-Norway-Flows-and-regulation/News/Illusoriske-garantier)

”Nye, radikale løsninger for Libanons syriske flyktninger”. With Magnus Dølerud. Op-ed in Bergens Tidende (7 July 2013). (http://www.bt.no/kronikk/Radikale-losninger-trengs-2930630.html)

“Doktorbølga: Sprengte jussens grenser“. Interview in Hubro (29 Apr. 2013). (http://www.uib.no/aktuelt/37329/sprengte-jussens-grenser)

“Flyktningleirer gir inntrykk av å være trygge havner, men er ofte åsted for grove overgrep. Hvem bærer ansvaret?”. Op-ed in Klassekampen (23 Nov. 2012).

“FN klarer ikke att beskytte flyktningerne gott nok“ Interview in Nyhetsmorgen/Dagsnytt, NRK P2 (27 Dec. 2012).

“Høykommissær har forsømt vern av flyktninger“. Interview in Bistandsaktuelt (29 Nov. 2012).

”Rätten till självbestämmande: folkrättens kronjuvel eller luftslott?”. Popular article in Replikk (No. 34, 2012).

”Sudan Referendum: Why neighbouring nations need to be alert”. Op-ed in Daily Monitor (20 Nov. 2010).

“Sikkerheten i flyktningeleir“. Interview in Sånn er livet, NRK P2 (15 Dec. 2010).

“Flyktningar utan rettstryggleik“. Interview in På Høyden (12 Aug. 2010).

”Urovekkende utvikling i Uganda”. Op-ed in Bistandsaktuelt (24 May 2010).

”Homo-hets som PR-stunt”. Op-ed in Perspektiv (No. 2, 2010).

 

 

2013 Lecturer, Master course, ‘War, Violence and Health’ (INTH340), Center for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

2013 Lecturer in International Legal Method on PhD Research School Seminar ‘David-Doublet’, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

2011 Guest lecturer in undergraduate course ‘Introduction to Public International Law’ (Folkrätt 30 hp), College of Defence, Stockholm, Sweden.

2011 Examiner, ‘Human Rights and the Welfare State’ (JUS250-2-C), Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

2010 Examiner, ‘Human Rights Law’ (JUS276-2-A), Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

2008– 10 Lecturer, undergraduate course ‘Rettstat og menneskerettigheter’ (rule of law and human rights) (JUS135), Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.