Martin Jones

I am a professor of international human rights law at the University of York I have taught and conducted research at a number of universities, including University of Hong Kong, York University (Canada), Georgetown University, University of Michigan, University of Melbourne and the American University in Cairo. Before becoming an academic, I practiced refugee law in Canada.

My research focuses on the role of the law in the protection of refugees and migrants. I am co-author of a textbook on refugee law and have worked with refugee lawyers litigating cases in more than a dozen jurisdictions. I have worked closely with civil society (being involved with the establishment and development of refugee legal aid programmes in a number of states in the Middle East and Asia) and have also consulted to UNHCR and governments.