Eric Fripp

Eric Fripp is a Visiting Fellow at the Refugee Law Initiative within the School of Advanced Study, University of London. As a practicing barrister of the Bar of England and Wales, he specializes in high-profile cases concerning refugees, immigration, nationality, and human rights law.

His research focuses on Human Rights, Refugee Law, Immigration Law, Nationality Law, and Statelessness, with international recognition as an authority on nationality-statelessness interactions under the Refugee Convention 1951. Key scholarly contributions include authoring Nationality and Statelessness in the International Law of Refugee Status (2016) and serving as General Editor for The Law and Practice of Expulsion and Exclusion from the United Kingdom (2014), reflecting deep expertise in deportation mechanisms and citizenship deprivation.