Roni Amit
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Roni Amit is a Post-Doctoral fellow at ACMS and has a background in International Human Rights Law. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Washington and a Law Degree from New York University. Her research focuses on rights protection, administrative justice, legal processes and developments in the areas of refugee rights and detention.

Publications

Amit, R. (2011).  The Zimbabwean Documentation Process: Lessons Learned. ACMS Research Report. 1-29.
Amit, R. (2011).  The First Safe Country Principle in Law and Practice. 1-7.
Amit, R. (2011).  No Refuge: Flawed Status Determination and the Failures of South Africa's Refugee System to Provide Protection. International Journal of Refugee Law. 23(3), 458-88.
Amit, R. (2011).  Winning Isn't Everything: Courts, Context and the Barriers to Effecting Change through Public Interest Litigation. South African Journal on Human Rights (SAJHR). 27, 8-38.
Amit, R. (2011).  New laws mean new hurdles for asylum seekers [25 March 2011]. IRIN [online] .
Amit, R. (2010).  Protection and Pragmatism: Addressing Administrative Failures in South Africa’s Refugee Status Determination Decisions. FMSP Research Report. 1-83.
Amit, R. (2010).  Lost in the Vortex: Irregularities in the Detention and Deportation of Non-Nationals in South Africa. FMSP Research Report. 1-76.
Amit, R. (2010).  Book Review: Jeff Handmaker, Advocating for Accountability: Civic-State Interactions to Protect Refugees in South Africa. South African Journal on Human Rights (SAJHR). 26, 586-592.
Amit, R. (2010).  Where did all the foreigners go? [29 November 2010]. Mail & Guardian.
Amit, R., Vigneswaran D., Monson T., & Wachira G. M. (2009).  National Survey of the Refugee Reception and Status Determination System in South Africa. FMSP Research Report. 1-65.