News - No Pal. Refugees in Israel

The not-so-good news, this workshop:

Palestine Refugees and International Law

Date: 12:00am, Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 12:00am, Sunday, March 11, 2012
Presenter/Convenor: Refugee Studies Centre
Location: QEH, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB

The workshop 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 and Gaza).

The workshop 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.

Instructors
Professor Dawn Chatty is University Professor in Anthropology and Forced Migration and Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. She...has conducted extensive research among Palestinian and other forced migrants in the Middle East...[and] Dr Susan M. Akram is Clinical Professor at Boston University School of Law, teaching immigration law, comparative refugee law, and international human rights law...She is a past Fulbright Senior Scholar in Palestine, teaching at Al-Quds University/Palestine School of Law in East Jerusalem.

Want to attend?

Fee: £300. Maximum twenty-five places on the workshop.
For further information contact: Heidi El-Megrisi
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB, United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)1865 281728
Email: rsc-outreach@qeh.ox.ac.uk

And the good news?

Seems there are no "Palestinian refugees" in Israel.

That's progress.

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