Dr Clara Della Croce

Clara Della Croce’s areas of expertise are international migration law, refugee and immigration law, human rights law, European law and development law.

Clara joined SOAS after working for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva and the Organization of American States (OAS), Washington DC dealing with legal technical assistance on trade in services within the framework of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). She also spent time at the European Commission in Brussels working on aspects of EU external relations and previously worked in Brazil and the UK as a commercial and shipping lawyer.

For more than a decade Clara has also worked supporting migrants, refugees, immigration detainees and foreign national prisoners. Clara’s current work focuses on the intersection between theoretical and practical issues relating to asylum, immigration, and human rights. She is the Clinical Legal Education /Pro-bono Director for the School of Law, Gender and Media, leading the SOAS Detention Law Clinic and the SOAS ECF Clinic.

Clara convenes the following modules: Asylum and Immigration Law, Access to Justice and Legal Skills I and II, UK Human Rights Law, Introduction to European Law. She also co-convenes International Migration Law.