Nexus (2001)

The second Colloquium, convened in March 2001, issued "The Michigan Guidelines on Nexus to a Convention Ground", which define the meaning and application of the "for reasons of" clause in the refugee definition (now presented in English, French, Russian and Arabic.)

Contributing Legal Scholars

• T. Alexander Aleinikoff - Georgetown University
• Catherine Dauvergne - University of Sydney
• Suzanne J. Egan - University College Dublin
• Rodger P.G. Haines, Q.C. - Auckland University Faculty of Law and Deputy Chairperson of the New Zealand Refugee Status Appeals Authority
• James C. Hathaway - University of Michigan
• Michael Kagan - Cairo Asylum and Refugee Aid Project
• Walter Kälin - University of Bern
• Jens Vedsted-Hansen - Aarhus University