This webinar is brought to you by the Garden Court Chambers Immigration and Public Law Teams on International Women's Day 2022.
#BreakTheBias #IWD2022
The Nationality and Borders Bill will “disproportionately adversely disadvantage women and girls”. In a legal opinion prepared for the charity Women for Refugee Women, Stephanie Harrison QC, Emma Fitzsimons, Ubah Dirie and Hannah Lynes of Garden Court Chambers, state that a number of measures within the Bill are incompatible with existing UK policy, case law, and international standards on refugee protection and human rights law, and are, therefore, open to legal challenge as discriminatory. The Bill undermines legal protections against gender-based violence and domestic abuse. Read the legal advice here: [ Ссылка ]
Their legal opinion concludes:
“It is clear that the Bill will have multiple adverse impacts and create additional obstacles to women and girls seeking international protection in the UK. These measures individually and cumulatively increase the risk of claims being wrongly rejected and the UK acting in breach of the Refugee and/or Human Rights Convention.”
Join us on International Women's Day 2022 to discuss the Bill and the disproportionate and discriminatory impact it will have on women.
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Speakers Profiles
Stephanie Harrison QC, Joint Head of Chambers, Garden Court Chambers (Chair)
Described as a "brilliant advocate", Stephanie is a leading public law practitioner who has appeared at all court levels. Her multi-disciplinary practice spans the breadth of public law and civil liberties. Stephanie's cases include those arising from unlawful detention, national security, official misconduct, abuse of power, child sexual exploitation, equality and discrimination, minority rights, education law and civil rights protest and injunctions.
Emma Fitzsimons, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Emma Fitzsimons is an immigration and public law barrister, practising in immigration and asylum, unlawful detention, trafficking, age assessments and community care. Emma regularly appears on behalf of unaccompanied minors, trafficking victims and vulnerable adults in the First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal and Administrative Court. She also has experience of fresh claim and certification judicial review challenges, as well as urgent removal cases. She has experience acting for age disputed asylum-seeking children and has acted in judicial review proceedings seeking appropriate bail accommodation for vulnerable detainees.
Ubah Dirie, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Ubah Dirie is recognised as a tenacious and client-focused advocate who specialises in advice, representation and advocacy in all areas of immigration, asylum, nationality, EU free movement, deportation and detention. She is frequently instructed to represent vulnerable individuals including victims of trafficking, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and those with complex mental health issues or without capacity. Ubah also has a particular interest in immigration matters involving EEA nationals and their family members. She has gained extensive experience in representing third-country nationals in retained rights appeals and sham marriage cases.
Priscilla Dudhia, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, Women for Refugee Women
Priscilla is the Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at Women for Refugee Women - a London-based charity that supports refugee women to tell their own stories and advocate for a humane asylum system in the UK. She focuses on influencing government policy and is currently leading the organisation’s campaign against the Nationality and Borders Bill.
