Information Prepared by: Dr Jane Herlihy Email: j.herlihy@csel.org.uk Biography: Dr. Jane Herlihy is the Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law (CSEL). She is a Chartered Consultant Clinical Psychologist and has been writing and conducting research into the decision-making process in refugee status claims since 2000. She has a part…
Information Prepared By: Mary Anne Kenny Email: m.kenny@murdoch.edu.au Biography: Associate Professor School of Law, Murdoch University, Western Australia Mary Anne Kenny is an Associate Professor in the School of Law at Murdoch University in Australia. She is the Programme Manager of the Graduate Certificate in Australian Migration Law and Practice. She teaches in the areas of…
Information compiled by: Courtney Welton-Mitchell Email: courtneymitchell13@gmail.com The author/provider of MLRs There are no national or international standards or requirements demanded of the author of MLRs. However, as with COI, the MLR author’s credentials and reporting must be deemed authoritative and credible by the RSD decision-maker. In the UK, authors of MLRs are frequently…
Information compiled by: Courtney Welton-Mitchell Email: courtneymitchell13@gmail.com Biography: Courtney Welton-Mitchell is the director of the Humanitarian Assistance Applied Research Group at the University of Denver and is a licensed clinician. The provision of medical evidence in Refugee Status Determination procedures is frought with challenges. Despite the challenges posed, medical reports documenting asylum seekers’ physical and/or…