Budapest Seminar Agenda Final

‘INDIVIDUAL THREAT’ AND THE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Seminar and Roundtable THE REFUGEE LAW READER May 16, 2008

AGENDA 8:45 – 9:00

Welcome and Introduction Rosemary Byrne, Senior Lecturer, Trinity College; Editor-In-Chief, The Refugee Law Reader

9:00 – 11:00

First Session: Interpreting Individual Threat: The 1951 Convention and The Qualification Directive Speakers:  Adriano Silvestri, Legal Officer, Protection Operations and Legal Advice Section, UNHCR  Stefan Kok, Head of Policy Unit, Dutch Refugee Council Roundtable Discussion

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00

Second Session: Individual Threat: Assessing the Evidence Speakers:  Gábor Gyulai, Program Coordinator and Training Officer, Hungarian Helsinki Committee  Rosemary Byrne, Senior Lecturer, Trinity College; Editor-In-Chief, The Refugee Law Reader  Jens Vedsted-Hansen, Professor, University of Aarhus; Editor, The Refugee Law Reader Roundtable Discussion

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:15

Third Session: Jurisprudence on Individualization – Cases of the European Court of Justice, European Court of Human Rights, and the Committee against Torture Speakers:  Nuala Mole, Director, Advice on Individual Rights in Europe (AIRE Center)  Elspeth Guild, Professor, University of Nijmegen; Editor, The Refugee Law Reader Roundtable Discussion

15:15 – 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 – 17:15

Fourth Session: Roundtable Discussion: Individual Threat in Context: Obstacles to the Implementation of European Asylum Law

17:15 – 17:30

Closing Remarks