Julia Muraszkiewicz

Bio: Julia Muraszkiewicz is an academic researcher from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The author has contributed to research in topics: Human rights & Refugee. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 11 publications receiving 69 citations.

Is the law an ass when it comes to mules? How Indonesia can lead a new global approach to treating drug traffickers as human trafficked victims

Abstract: Indonesia has enacted laws which provide mandatory protection for victims of human trafficking. It also has mandatory drug laws which, in some cases, lead to the death penalty. This legislative conflict together with investigative and prosecutorial failure risks the execution of human trafficked victims who are used as drug mules in organized crime. In countries where there is no statutory defence to criminal conduct, there is a need to approach criminal conduct in a way that protects victims. This includes mechanisms to ensure non-prosecution and non-punishment. The recent reprieve for Mary Jane Veloso, albeit temporary at the time of writing, is an opportunity for Indonesia to lead a new global approach to victim protection.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Communications Intern Position - Careers Centre - ANU - Careers Centre - ANU

Abstract: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific based in Bangkok, Thailand is recruiting students for their internship programme. This program is for all students currently enrolled in or accepted to postgraduate or Masters programmes.

Child Migration and Biopolitics : Old and New Experiences in Europe

Abstract: This book provides a fresh interdisciplinary analysis into the lives of migrant children and youth over the course of the twentieth century and up to the present day. Adopting biopolitics as a theoretical framework, the authors examine the complex interplay of structures, contexts and relations of power which influence the evolution of child migration across national borders. The volume also investigates children’s experiences, views, priorities and expectations and their roles as active agents in their own migration. Using a great variety of methodologies (archival research, ethnographic observation, interviews) and sources (drawings, documents produced by governments and experts, films and press), the authors provide richly documented case studies which cover a wide geographical area within Europe, both West (Belgium, France, Germany) and East (Romania, Russia, Ukraine), South (Italy, Portugal, Turkey) and North (Sweden), enabling a deep understanding of the diversity of migrant childhoods in the European context.

Des droits sociaux pour l'intégration des réfugiés en Europe : les droits à la santé, au logement, à l’éducation et au travail des personnes ayant besoin d’une protection internationale, dans les Droits de l’homme et le Droit des réfugiés

Abstract: L’integration des refugies requiert l’acces aux soins et au logement, la scolarisation, la formation professionnelle et l’entree sur le marche du travail. La question est, en somme, celle de la garantie de leurs droits sociaux. Pour y repondre, cette these pose les jalons de la protection des droits a la sante, au logement, a l’education et au travail de chacune des categories de personnes ayant besoin d’une protection internationale. Les principales normes des Droits de l’homme et du Droit des refugies adoptees dans le cadre des Nations unies, du Conseil de l’Europe et de l’Union europeenne sont ainsi, pour la premiere fois sur ce sujet, confrontees, lues en combinaison et mises en perspective avec les reformes a venir. Il en ressort, en particulier, une cartographie des garanties offertes en fonction des statuts migratoires et situations personnelles, la definition des criteres generaux determinants emerges de la comparaison des systemes, ou encore des arguments juridiques innovants.

Child Migration and Transnationalized Violence in Central and North America

Abstract: In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of unaccompanied migrant children attempting to enter the United States. In 2014, total numbers peaked at 68,000 apprehensions, mostly from Central America and Mexico. Since then, rising immigration enforcement strategies within Mexico have decreased the ability of unaccompanied migrant youth to reach the US border. However, underlying factors driving child migration have not changed. Children continue to flee high levels of violence, particularly from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, which are currently among the most violent nations in the world. Yet, violence does not end for youth once they leave the borders of their countries; as youth ride buses, trains, boats and trucks north, they continue to encounter it along every step of the way. Due to increasing militarization and punitive immigration policies in the United States, migrant children contend with further violence when they cross the US/Mexico border. In this paper, we examine how varied nuanced manifestations of violence shape migrant children’s lives and experiences. While youth may be able to escape immediate and corporeal violence, we explain how different forms of violence influence not only their decisions to leave, but also their journeys and encounters with Mexican and US immigration policies. We argue for a more spatially expansive understanding of violence that considers how state policies and practices extend far beyond national borders to negatively affect migrant children’s lives. Resumen: En los ultimos anos, ha habido un aumento dramatico en el numero de ninos migrantes no acompanados que tratan de entrar en los Estados Unidos. En 2014, el numero total alcanzo un maximo de 68,000 aprehensiones, en su mayoria de Centroamerica y Mexico. Desde entonces, el aumento de las estrategias de control de inmigracion en Mexico han disminuido la capacidad de los jovenes migrantes no acompanados de llegar a la frontera con Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, los factores subyacentes que impulsan la migracion infantil no han cambiado. Los ninos siguen huyendo de altos niveles de violencia, en particular de El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala, que actualmente estan entre los paises mas violentos del mundo. Sin embargo, la violencia no termina para los jovenes una vez que salgan de la frontera de sus paises; como los jovenes toman autobuses, trenes, barcos y camiones al norte, ellos lo siguen encontrando a lo largo de cada paso del camino. Debido al aumento de la militarizacion y las politicas punitivas de inmigracion en los Estados Unidos, los ninos migrantes luchan contra mas violencia cuando cruzan la frontera de Estados Unidos/Mexico. En este trabajo, examinamos como matizados y variadas manifestaciones de violencia forman las vidas y experiencias de los ninos migrantes. Mientras que la juventud puede ser capaz de escapar de la violencia inmediata y corporal, explicamos como las diferentes formas de violencia no solo influyan su decision de salir, sino tambien sus viajes y encuentros con las politicas de inmigracion de Mexico y EEUU. Argumentamos a favor de un entendimiento mas amplio y espacial de la violencia que tiene en cuenta como las politicas y practicas estatales se extienden mucho mas alla de las fronteras nacionales para afectar negativamente la vida de los ninos migrantes.