Global Detention Project

Info

Mapping the use of detention in response to global migration.

http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/

Geschichte

The Global Detention Project was initially developed in 2005 as a result of research undertaken by students at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The original intent was to create a tool for improving transparency of detention regimes by systematically documenting where and in what conditions migrants and asylum seekers are detained.

In 2006, the GDP received a start-up grant from the Geneva International Academic Network (RUIG-GIAN) to collaborate with the Graduate Institute's Political Science Department on completing a comprehensive assessment of the international scope of migrant detention practices. Since then, the GDP has received financial support from a host of other philanthropic organizations, including Loterie Romande, the Oak Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, Zennström Philanthropies, and the Swiss Network for International Studies.

During 2009-2014, the GDP was housed at the Graduate Institute's Programme for the Study of Global Migration (now the Global Migration Centre). During this period, the project grew from a small academic research project into an important source of information and analysis on detention regimes across the globe.

In May 2014, the GDP was launched as an independent nonprofit research centre.