Fridtjof Nansen, WWI, and the Beginning of the Modern Refugee Regime
This week–on November 11–marked the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I. In terms of refugee law, the Great War is usually eclipsed by WWII, which gave rise to the Refugee Convention (in 1951). The Convention forms the basis for our international and domestic humanitarian law up until today. But the First World War was also foundational … Read more