Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax, Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, was the chair of a panel at the international conference, On the Borders of Refugee Protection? The Impact of Human Rights Law on Refugee Law – Comparative Practice and Theory. The panel, titled ‘European Jurisdiction’, included as speakers Raza Husain QC of Matrix Chambers, Professor Dr Roger Ererra, judge of the French Conseil d’Etat, and Dr Ronaldn Bank and Dr Cathryn Costello, both from the University of Oxford. The conference took place at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London on 13-14 November 2013.