The overall theme of the 2017 Asylum Law Seminar, which is hosted by the University of Iceland Human Rights Institute and the Nordic Institute for Migration and Refugee Policy, in cooperation with the Icelandic Research Fund Centre of Excellence on Mobilities and Transnational Iceland, is “Migration management and human rights – Refugee protection in crisis”.  The chosen theme is to be interpreted broadly, but focus will be given to the situation in Europe and especially the Nordic countries. The seminar will include scholars, policy makers, politicians, judges, NGO representatives, state officials and other stakeholders.