Re-Interpreting the Refugee Definition: Global Displacement in 2016

Wednesday 8 June 2015
University of Sheffield, School of Law
Bartolomé House, Winter Street, Sheffield S3 7ND

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME (DRAFT)

09.45-10.15 / Registration and coffee
10.15-10.30 / Welcome and opening remarks
10.30-12.00 / SESSION 1
New conceptual challenges in forced migration
Chair: Dr Sarah Singer (Refugee Law Initiative, University of London)
Discussant: Nikolas Feith Tan (Danish Institute for Human Rights and Aarhus University)
·  Muireann Meehan-Speed (University of Oxford)
‘Rights in Crisis in Refugee Protection’
·  Thekli Anastasiou (University of Sheffield)
‘How traditional notions of “refugee” and “migrant” in international law fail to accommodate novel developments: migration in the context of climate change’
12.00-12.45 / Lunch
12.45-14.30 / SESSION 2
Domestic and regional approaches to refugee protection
Chair: Dr Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Discussant: Thekli Anastasiou (University of Sheffield)
·  Dr Sarah Singer (Refugee Law Initiative, University of London)
‘Desert Island Detention: how detention affects asylum seekers’ ability to present and support their asylum claims’
·  Nikolas Feith Tan (Danish Institute for Human Rights and Aarhus University)
‘Protection nowhere? The Cambodia solution and the future of refugee responsibility sharing’
·  Dr Ruvi Ziegler (University of Reading)
‘Detention of asylum-seekers in the Israeli High Court of Justice: The absent-present 1951 Convention’
14.30-15.00 / Coffee break
15.00-16.30 / SESSION 3
Particularly vulnerable refugees
Chair: Dr David James Cantor (Refugee Law Initiative, University of London)
Discussant: Dr Ruvi Ziegler (University of Reading)
·  Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci (British Institute of International and Comparative Law and The People for Change Foundation)
‘Protecting Trafficked Persons Through Refugee Protection’
·  Stephanie Motz (University of Lucerne)
‘Medical Refugee Claims and Resource Constraints’
16.30-17.45 / SESSION 4
Reflections from ‘Senior Scholars’ - Current challenges in global displacement
Chair: Dr Bríd Ní Ghráinne (University of Sheffield)
·  Dr David James Cantor (Refugee Law Initiative, University of London)
‘Refugees, migrants, large-scale movements... anybody remember IDPs? Reflections from Central America’
·  Dr Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law)
‘The end of the deterrence paradigm?’
17.45-18.00 / Closing remarks
18.00-18.45 / Drinks reception
18.45 / Taxis depart for dinner
19.00 / Dinner at [location TBC] (by invitation)