Research & Writing

Forthcoming

Delphine Nakache and Christiana Essie Sagay, “Migrants in Situations of Vulnerability” in Vincent Chetail and Giulia Raimondo (eds), Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration Law (Cheltenham and Camberley, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming)

 

Delphine Nakache, Anna Purkey, Christiana Sagay and Biftu Yousuf, “Accommodating Claims from Vulnerable Refugee Claimants in the Refugee Hearing: The Canadian Example” in Between Protection and Harm: Contested Vulnerabilities in Asylum Laws and Bureaucracies ed Luc Leboeuf, Cathrine Brun, Hilde Liden, Sabrina Marchetti, Delphine Nakache and Syvie Sarolea (forthcoming)

 

Articles

Christiana Essie Sagay, "Women Strapped with Bombs: 'Victim-Perpetrators' in the Boko Haram Insurgency – A Case of Gender Persecution" (2020) 1:1 J Intl Crim L 1. (Peer-reviewed) [Link]

  • Featured on Public International Law and Policy Group's War Crimes Prosecutions Watch e-newsletter Worth Reading on 21 December 2020. [Link]

 

Christiana Essie Sagay, "Twists and Swirls: Caregiving and Sexualization – Femininity Construct in Gendered Migration from Nigeria to Italy" (2021) 28:2 Ind J Global Leg Stud 81. (Peer-reviewed) [Link]

 

Contribution to UN Repertory of Practice

Christiana Essie Sagay, “Article 14” - Contribution to the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs” Supplement No. XII (2016-2020) (Spring 2022) [Link]

 

Works in Progress

Christiana Essie Sagay, Co-option of Labour Migration Policies: Are Bilateral Labour Agreements in the AU Really Ours?

Christiana Essie Sagay, Transnational Labour Mobility and The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration; A TWAIL Analysis.

Christiana Essie Sagay, Contemporary Labour Mobility Post GCM: Can BLAs Facilitate 'Subtle Acts of Care' for Labour Migrants Travelling from the African continent to the EU?

Christiana Essie Sagay, “Liberal is not Always Liberating,” Labour Mobility and the Mucky Waters Of Intra-Household Resource Distribution.

Christiana Essie Sagay, Transgressing Borders in Defining Labour Migration: A TWAIL Perspective on Transforming Legal Relations and Responsibilities in Africa

Policy Briefs

Delphine Nakcahe, François Crépeau, Anna Purkey, Dagmar Soennecken, Christiana Sagay, Oula Hajjar, Ritika Tanotra, and Biftu Yusuf, “Migrant Vulnerability in the Candian Protection Regime: The View of Migrants, Public Servants and on-the Ground Practitioners” (May 2023), online (pdf): Vulner Policy Brief [Link]

 

Delphine Nakcahe, Dagmar Soennecken, Christiana Sagay, Melissa Mary Anderson, François Crépeau, Edit Frenyo, Zainab Mahmood, Anna Purkey and Ritika Tanotra, “Vulner Policy Brief: Canada” (September 2021), online (pdf): Vulner [Link]

 

Technical Report

Delphine Nakcahe, Anna Purkey, Melissa Anderson, Ritika Tanotra, Dagmar Soennecken, Christiana Sagay, Oula Hajjar, Biftu Yousuf, and François Crépeau “Migrant Vulnerability in the Canadian Protection System: The View of Migrants, Public Servants and on-the-ground Practitioners” (November 2022), online (pdf): Vulner [Link]

 

Book Review

Christiana Essie Sagay, “Unveiling Nuances, Empowering Voices, and Challenging Dichotomies in South-South Migration Dynamics” Book Review of South-South Migrations and the Law from Below by Oreva Olakpe (2024) Afronomicslaw (online) [Link]

 

Opinion Piece

Christiana Sagay, "Nomad Visas and Economic Resurgence: Lessons from Estonia" (Jun. 26, 2020), online (opinion) Lawyer's Daily [Link]

 

Think Piece

Christiana Essie Sagay, Forging Pathways: A Comparative Analysis of IOM and AU's Approaches in Shaping Bilateral Labour Agreements 

 

Newsletter

Christiana Essie Sagay, “The Maputo Protocol: Empowering African Women Through Progressive Labour Mobility Rights” (October 2023), Newsletter of the African Union Special Rapporteur on Women and People Rights, 13  [Link]

 

Essay

Christiana Essie Sagay, Poverty and Immigration: How Lawyers Help to Make Dreams Come True (Winning Essay for the Poverty and Social Development Committee of the International Bar Association

 

Christiana Essie Sagay, What Would Really Make Drivers Stop Texting While Driving (TWD)? (Winning Essay for the MayFirm Bi-Annual Scholarship Competition)

 

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