Organization: Refugee Studies Centre
Registration deadline: 27 Feb 2017
Starting date: 10 Mar 2017
Ending date: 11 Mar 2017
ABOUT THE COURSE
This two-day short course places the Palestinian refugee case study within the broader context of the international human rights regime. It examines, within a human rights framework, the policies and practices of Middle Eastern states as they impinge upon Palestinian refugees. Through a mix of lectures, working group exercises and interactive sessions, participants engage actively and critically with the contemporary debates in international law and analyse the specific context of Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank, Gaza and Israel).
The short course commences with the background of the Palestinian refugee crisis, with special attention to the socio-political historical context and legal status of Palestinian refugees in the region. This is followed by a careful examination of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights including its philosophical underpinnings and ensuing human rights instruments in international law. The key themes, which have taken centre stage in the debate on the Palestinian refugee crisis, are statelessness, right of return, repatriation, self-determination, restitution compensation, and protection. These themes are critically examined along with current discussions about the respective roles of UNRWA, UNHCR and the UNCCP in the Palestinian refugee case.
This course is suitable for: experienced practitioners; graduate researchers;
parliamentarians and staff; members of the legal profession; government officials; and
personnel of inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations.
INSTRUCTORS
Professor Dawn Chatty is Emeritus Professor in Anthropology and Forced Migration and Former Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, 2011-2014.
Professor Susan M. Akram is Clinical Professor at Boston University School of Law, teaching immigration law, comparative refugee law, and international human rights law.
How to register:
HOW TO APPLY
Apply via the online application form:www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/palestine
Maximum 27 spaces
For all enquiries, please contact:
Susanna Power: rsc-outreach@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Refugee Studies Centre
Oxford Department of International Development
University of Oxford
3 Mansfield Road, OX1 3TB, UK