THE DYNAMICS OF REFUGEE PROTECTION IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION Emerging Issues for the Teaching of Refugee Law THE REFUGEE LAW READER November 12-14, 2008
AGENDA November 12, Wednesday 18:30 Launch of the 5th Edition of The Refugee Law Reader Keynote Address by George Okoth-Obbo, Director of International Protection, UNHCR 19:30
Cocktail Reception
November 13, Thursday 9:30– 10:00
Registration and Coffee
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome Rosemary Byrne, Senior Lecturer, Trinity College; Editor-In-Chief, The Refugee Law Reader
10:15 – 12:15
First Session: Redirecting Research: Interdisciplinary Responses to Legal Questions Speakers:
François Crépeau, University of Montréal Helene Lambert, University of Westminster Eiko Thielemann, London School of Economics and Political Science
12:15 – 13:15
Lunch
13:15 – 15:00
Second Session: Re-evaluating EU Harmonization Midstream
Speakers:
Zeta Georgiadou European Commission Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security Madeline Garlick, UNHCR Regional Representation to the European Union Boldizsár Nagy, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Budapest
15:00 – 15:15
Coffee Break
15:15 – 17:15
Third Session: Intersections with Forced Migration: Security and Development Speakers:
17:15 – 18:00
Jean-Francois Durieux, Refugee Studies Center, University of Oxford Barabara Harrell-Bond, Refugee Programme, Fahamu Luis Peral, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris
Keynote Address by Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, All Souls College, University of Oxford
November 14, Friday 9:30 – 11:00
Emerging Research issues 1: Workshop for Research Presentation Thomas Spijkerboer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Freedom and Constraint: Asylum Judgements of the European Court of Human Rights Lieneke Slingenberg, Vrije Universitet Amsterdam Reception of asylum seekers and the 1951 Refugee Convention Grusa Matevzic, Central European University Compliance of EU Member States with International Refugee and Human Rights law after
the implementation of exclusion clauses of Qualification Directive
11:00 – 11:20
Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:45
Emerging Research issues 2: Workshop for Research Presentation Maria-Teresa Gil-Bazo, Newcastle Law School The Transformation of State Sovereignty and the Status of Refugees in European Law Sari Sirva, Turku University Reuniting Refugee Families- the Finnish Approach Cosmin Corendea, Golden Gate University School of Law Human Security in the Pacific: the climate Refugees of Sinking Islands
12:45 – 13:00
Closing Remarks
13:00
Lunch