Flávia Oliveira Ribeiro
Flávia graduated in Law from the São Paulo State University (Brazil) in 2020 with a thesis on “Brazilian Migration Policy: A Human Rights Perspective in the Face of the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism”. In the same year, she was admitted to the Brazilian Bar. In 2023, she received her Master’s Degree in Law from the São Paulo State University with the thesis “Between Constitutional Protection and Legal Protection: A Jurisprudential Analysis of the Rights of Migrants in Brazil”. She received a national scholarship (CAPES) for her Master’s degree. As an additional training, Flávia attended the course on International Refugee Law at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (Sanremo, Italy) (2023) and the Pre-College Program in International Politics and Law at Boston University (USA) (2010).
Her professional experience includes a judicial clerkship, volunteering at the Caritas Refugee Welcome and Counseling Service in São Paulo (Brazil), and working as a teaching assistant on International Refugee Law, and working as part of a human rights curatorial team. As a researcher, she contributed to the organization of events such as the 2023 United Nations Global Refugee Forum in Geneva (Switzerland) within the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN) and the 19th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) Conference in 2022, for which she received the UNHCR Sérgio Vieira de Mello Academic Chair Award.
Since 2024 she is a research assistant at the Academy for European Human Rights Protection at the University of Cologne and is writing her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Dr. DDr. h.c. Angelika Nußberger M.A.
Research Areas
- Public International and European Law
- International Human Rights Law
- International Refugee Law
- International Humanitarian Law
Current Research Project
Flávia is currently writing her PhD thesis on the criminalization of humanitarian assistance in the Mediterranean.
Description
Her research focuses on the impact of the criminalization of humanitarian assistance on human rights defenders and the refugees and migrants they assist. Many NGOs have suspended their search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean due to the criminalization of their activities and reduced funding.
European Union policy has contributed to this by defining the facilitation of unauthorized entry, transit and residence as a crime. In practice, however, this humanitarian work is not seen as the exception it should be, even though it fulfills legal obligations that states have assumed under international law.
In addition to examining the normative development of this criminalization and the responsibility of states to protect refugees, migrants, and human rights defenders, the research project includes a qualitative analysis of relevant jurisprudence. Interviews will also be conducted with NGO representatives and lawyers to assess the impact of this criminalization on the protection of refugees, migrants and human rights defenders.
Publications
Books
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Ribeiro, Flávia Oliveira (2023). Between Constitutional and Legal Protection: A Jurisprudential Analysis of Migrants’ Rights in Brazil. Master's Thesis in Law. São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil (Original in Portuguese).
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Ribeiro, Flávia Oliveira (2020). The Brazilian Migration Policy: A Human Rights Perspective in the Face of Right-Wing Extremist Rise. Bachelor's Thesis in Law. São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil (Original in Portuguese).
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Jubilut, Liliana Lyra; Garcez, Gabriela Soldano; Jarochinski Silva, João Carlos; Alves, Angela Limongi Alvarenga & Ribeiro, Flávia Oliveira (2023). Human Rights, Vulnerabilities and Citizenship. Boa Vista: Editora UFRR (Original in Portuguese).
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Jubilut, Liliana Lyra; Casagrande, Melissa Martins; Garcez, Gabriela Soldano; Creuz, Derek Assenço & Ribeiro, Flávia Oliveira (eds.) (2022). 19th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference - Keynote Speeches. Santos: Editora Universitária Leopoldianum.
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Jubilut, Liliana Lyra; Casagrande, Melissa Martins; Garcez, Gabriela Soldano & Ribeiro, Flávia Oliveira (eds.) (2022). 19th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference - Accepted Abstracts. Santos: Editora Universitária Leopoldianum.
Articles
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Borges, Daniel Damásio; Rodrigues, Maria Eduarda & Ribeiro, Flávia Oliveira (2023). International Health Regulations and International Human Mobility: An analysis of the Brazilian case during the Covid-19 pandemic. Brazilian Journal of Political Studies, n. 127, p. 173-206 (Original in Portuguese).
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Jubilut, Liliana Lyra & Ribeiro, Flávia Oliveira. Brazil's Use of Grave Human Rights Violations as Grounds for Refugee Status on the 25th Anniversary of the Brazilian National Committee for Refugees. Périplos - Journal of Migration Studies (forthcoming) (Original in Portuguese).
Blogpost
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Jubilut, Liliana Lyra & Ribeiro, Flávia Oliveira (2024). Humanitarian Visas as an Externalization of Border Control? Considerations from the Brazilian Experience. Externalizing Asylum: A compendium of scientific knowledge.
Book Chapters
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Jubilut, Liliana Lyra & Ribeiro, Flávia Oliveira (2023). Insights into Patterns and Trends in the Protection of Refugees in the Context of the Invasion of Ukraine: Good Practices and Negative Aspects. In: Peterke, Sven & Jardim, Tarciso Dal Maso. The War in Ukraine and the International Law: Current Debates. Editora CRV, p. 389-414 (Original in Portuguese).
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Ribeiro, Flávia Oliveira & Borges, Daniel Damásio (2022). Brazilian Migratory Policy: Signs of the Rise of the Right-wing Extremism. In: Jubilut, L. L.; Garcez, G. S.; Jarochinski Silva, J. C.; Lopes, R. de O.; Fernandes, A. Human Rights, Vulnerabilities and Forced Migration. Boa Vista: Editora UFRR, p. 766-790 (Original in Portuguese).
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