Idil Atak
Dr. Idil Atak is a professor at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law. Before joining 成人大片, Atak worked as a legal expert in the Turkish Foreign Ministry and as a deputy to the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the Council of Europe. Atak earned her PhD at Universit茅 de Montr茅al鈥檚 Faculty of Law and was a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow at McGill University鈥檚 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. She currently serves as a director-at-large for the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS). Atak was a member of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration鈥檚 (IASFM) executive committee and a past president of the CARFMS. She served as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Migration and Border Studies (IJMBS) from 2017 to 2020.
Books
Graham Hudson and Idil Atak (eds.) Migration, Security and Surveillance: Rescaling Governance at the Global and Local Levels (Oxford: Routledge, 2022).
Idil Atak and James C. Simeon (eds.), The Criminalization of Migration: Context and Consequences (Montreal: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2018).
Idil Atak, L鈥檈urop茅anisation de la lutte contre la migration irr茅guli猫re et les droits humains. Une 茅tude des politiques de renvois forc茅s en France, au Royaume-Uni et en Turquie (Bruxelles: Bruylant, 2011).
Special Issues of Journals
(2024) 8:3/4. 鈥溾��, Editorial, International Journal on Migration and Border Studies, Special Issue (with Claire Ellis).
鈥淭he Criminalization of Migration鈥� (2018) 4:4 International Journal on Migration and Border Studies Special Issue (with Graham Hudson & Delphine Nakache).
(2015) 17:1 脡thique publique (with Speranta Dumitru).
Papers in Refereed Journals
Data collection and reporting on human trafficking in Canada (2025) Frontiers in Human Dynamics 6:1426605. doi: 10.3389/fhumd.2024.1426605 (with Sasha Baglay).
(2024) Canadian Journal of Law and Society/Revue Canadienne Droit et Soci茅t茅 (with Sara Asalya & Jona Zyfi).
(2024) Intergentes -The McGill Journal of International Law & Legal Pluralism, 1-7 (with Fran莽ois Cr茅peau).
(2024) Journal of International Migration and Integration, 1-25 (with Sasha Baglay & Varka Kalaydzieva).
鈥�: The Global Compacts' Added Value in Access to Asylum Procedures and Immigration Detention鈥� (2023) 5 Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 1-16 (with Maja Grundler, Pauline Endres de Oliveira, J眉rgen Bast, Elspeth Guild, Nicholas Maple, Kudakwashe Vanyoro, Janna Wessels & Jona Zyfi).
鈥� Advancing Foreign Policy Objectives and the Status Quo?鈥�, Refugee Survey Quarterly (2023), 1-22 (with Claire Linley-Moore & Julie (Ha-Young) Kim).
, Refuge: Canada鈥檚 Journal on Refugees, (2022) 38(2), 1鈥�13. (with Graham Hudson).
"Les Nations Unies et les enjeux de la migration", (2021) Revue qu茅b茅coise de droit international, Hors-s茅rie, 199-212.
, (2021) 68 Forced Migration Review, 33-35 (with Claire Ellis and Zainab Abu Alrob).
(2021) 34(3) Journal of Refugee Studies, 2593鈥�2612, (with Zainab Abu Alrob and Claire Ellis).
"L鈥橝gence Frontex, la police europ茅enne aux fronti猫res au d茅fi du respect des droits humains des migrants" (2020) Revue qu茅b茅coise de droit international, Hors S茅rie 70 ans de la Convention europ茅enne des droits de l鈥檋omme : L鈥橢urope et les droits de la personne, 369-393 (with Ndeye Dieynaba Ndiaya).
(2019) 31:4 International Journal of Refugee Law, 464-491 (with Graham Hudson and Delphine Nakache).
(2019) 56 Canadian Yearbook of International Law, 292-327 (with Lorielle Giffin).
鈥淧laying with Lives under the Guise of Fair Play: The Safe Country of Origin Policy in the EU and Canada鈥� (2018) 4:4 International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 345-359 (with Jona Zyfi).
(2018) 56:6 International Migration, 176-190.
(2018) 37:1 Refugee Survey Quarterly, 1-24 (with Graham Hudson and Delphine Nakache).
芦 La mesure relative au 鈥� pays d鈥檕rigine d茅sign茅s 鈥� : Une analyse des liens entre les politiques d鈥檃sile et la migration irr茅guli猫re au Canada 禄 (2018) 171:1 Migration Soci茅t茅, 19-34.
鈥淕lobal Migration Governance: Avoiding Commitments on Migration, Yet Tracing a Course for Cooperation鈥� (2016) 34:2 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 110-143 (with Fran莽ois Cr茅peau).
Chapters in Books
Idil Atak (2026). 鈥淭he Criminalization of Migration鈥�, in Alexander C. Diener and Joshua Hegen (Eds.) Oxford Intersections: Borders. 1-20
Idil Atak (2025). 芦 L鈥檃rticle 6 de la Charte Canadienne des Droits et Libert茅s : La libert茅 de circulation et d鈥櫭﹖ablissement 禄 in Errol Mendes and St茅phane Beaulac (Eds.) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Charte Canadienne des Droits et Libert茅s (6th Edition, LexisNexis). 619-666.
Idil Atak (2025). 芦 La protection des r茅fugi茅s au Canada : comparaison des syst猫mes de r茅installation et d鈥檃sile 禄 in Ad猫le Garnier, Sarah Dubuc and Christina Clark-Kazak (Eds.) La Migration Forc茅e au Canada (McGill-Queen's University Press). 261-277
Mireille Paquet, John Shields, Idil Atak, Meghan Joy, and Graham Hudson (2025). 鈥淢unicipal 鈥淪anctuary鈥� Policies in Canada: A View from Immigrant-Serving Organizations鈥� in Valerie Preston, John Shields, and Tara Bedard (Eds.) Social Resilience and the Urban Migrant Experience (McGill-Queen's University Press). 27-41
(2024). 鈥淩efugee Protection in Canada: A Comparison of Resettlement and In-land Asylum Systems鈥� in C. Clark-Kazak & J. Hyndman (Eds.) Forced Migration in/to Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement (McGill-Queens University Press). 235-249.
(2024). 鈥淎n International Human Rights Framework for Migration in a Globalising World鈥� in A. Triandafyllidou (Ed.) Migration and Globalisation Handbook (Second Edition, Edward Elgar Publishing).
(2024). 芦 Les Nations Unies et les enjeux de la migration 禄 in S. Paquin et K. Plouffe-Malette (Eds.) Organisations Internationales. Droit et Politique de la Gouvernance Mondiale (Montr茅al, Presses de la SQDI), 233-243.
鈥淎sylum in the 21st Century: Trends and Challenges,鈥� in A. Triandafyllidou (Ed.). Handbook on Immigration and Refugee Studies, (Oxfordshire, Routledge, 2023), 358-370 (with Fran莽ois Cr茅peau).
鈥淭he Externalization of Canada鈥檚 Border Policies: Extending Control, Restricting Mobility,鈥� in E. Martani and Denise Helly (Eds.). Asylum and Resettlement in Canada. Historical Development, Successes, Challenges and Lessons Learned, (Milan, FrancoAngeli Publishing, 2022), 118-140 (with Claire Ellis).
鈥淩efugee System as a Bordering Site: Security, Surveillance and the Rights of Asylum Seekers in Canada,鈥� in G. Hudson and Idil Atak (Eds.), Migration, Security and Surveillance: Rescaling governance at the global and local levels, (Oxford: Routledge, 2022), 25-46 (with Claire Ellis and Zainab Abu Alrob).
鈥淪anctuary Cities and Covid-19: The Case of Canada,鈥� in A. Triandafyllidou (Ed.), Migration and Pandemics. Spaces of Solidarity and Spaces of Exception (Springer. IMISCOE, 2021), 85-102 (with Mireille Paquet, No茅mie Beno卯t, Meghan Joy, Graham Hudson and John Shields.
鈥溾�橝 Responsible and Committed City鈥�: Montr茅al鈥檚 Sanctuary Policy,鈥� in H. Sanders and L. Faret (eds.), Cities Protecting Migrants: Critical Perspectives on Urban Sanctuary and Hospitality in the Americas (London: Palgrave MacMillan Publishing, 2021), 105-130.
鈥淢igrants as Refugees,鈥� in C. Costello, M. Foster and J. McAdam (eds.), The Oxford Handbook on International Refugee Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021), 134-151 (with Fran莽ois Cr茅peau).
鈥淭oronto鈥檚 Sanctuary City Policy: Rationale and Barriers,鈥� in J. Darling and H. Bauder (eds.), Sanctuary Cities and Urban Struggles: Rescaling Migration, Citizenship and Rights (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2019), 105-130.
, in M. Ruiz, C. Menjivar and I. Ness (eds.), Handbook on Migration Crises (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019).
鈥淟egal Status and Vulnerabilities,鈥� in T. Basaran and E. Guild (eds.), Global Labour and the Migrant Premium, The Cost of Living Abroad (London and New York: Routledge, 2018), 10-17 (with Fran莽ois Cr茅peau).
"Immigration et r茅fugi茅s", Fascicule 19 (Revised and Updated. First publication 2011), in Jurisclasseur Qu茅bec - Droit constitutionnel, Feuilles volantes (Montreal: LexisNexis, 2018), 82.
鈥淎n International Human Rights Framework for Migration in a Globalising World,鈥� in A. Triandafyllidou (ed.), Handbook of Migration and Globalisation (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018), 17-37.
鈥淎 Legacy of Fragmentation,鈥� in Th. Cottier and K. N. Schaefer (eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law (Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017), 494-496 (with Fran莽ois Cr茅peau).
"La lutte contre migration irr茅guli猫re en Europe et au Canada: Une 茅tude comparative de l鈥檈fficacit茅 et de l鈥檌mpact du droit d鈥檃sile" in N. Neuwahl (ed.), Coherence and Incoherence in Migration Management and Integration (Montreal: Themis, 2017), 25-53.
Research Reports
鈥溾�楳igrants in Vulnerable Situations鈥� and the Global Compact for Safe Orderly and Regular Migration鈥� (2018) 273 Queen Mary University of London Working Paper Series (with Delphine Nakache, Elspeth Guild and Fran莽ois Cr茅peau).
鈥溾�楳aking Canada鈥檚 Refugee System Faster and Fairer鈥�: Reviewing the Stated Goals and Unintended Consequences of the 2012 Reform鈥� (2017) 2017:3 Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) Working Paper Series (with Graham Hudson & Delphine Nakache).
鈥�(No)Access T.O.: A Pilot Study on Sanctuary City Policy in Toronto, Canada鈥� (2017) 1 Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement (RCIS) Working Paper, (with Graham Hudson, Michele Manocchi and Charity Ann Hannan).
SSHRC Horizon 2020, 鈥淭he Right to International Protection: A Pendulum Between Globalization and Nativization?,鈥� 2020-2023, principal investigator
Early Researcher Award, Government of Ontario, 鈥淏alancing Security and Human Rights,鈥� 2019-2024, principal investigator
SSHRC Insight, 鈥淪ecuritization of Migration and Asylum in Canada: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Consequences and Human Rights Impact,鈥� 2014-2020, principal investigator
SSHRC Insight, 鈥淓xamination of Protection and Assistance Measures for Foreign Nationals Trafficked to Canada,鈥� 2019-2023, co-applicant
SSHRC Insight, 鈥淧athways Into and Out of Irregularity for Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada: A Cross-Jurisdictional Analysis,鈥� 2018-2023, co-applicant
SSHRC Insight, 鈥淪anctuary Cities in Canada: A Socio-Legal Study,鈥� 2018-2023, co-applicant
Best International Thesis Award, Centre d鈥櫭塼udes et Recherches Internationales, Universit茅 de Montr茅al (C脡RIUM), 2012
| Degree | Institution |
|---|---|
| LLD (Doctor of Laws) | Universit茅 de Montr茅al |
| MA (Master of Arts, Social Sciences) | University of Marmara |
| BA (Bachelor of Arts, Public Administration and International Relations) | University of Bogazici |