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2009 Law & Policy Conference: "Refugee Protection around the World: Durable Solutions or Durable Suffering?"

The 2009 Human Rights Law & Policy Conference
Refugee Protection around the World:
Durable Solutions or Durable Suffering?

Monday, June 22, 2009
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Minneapolis, MN

       

The Advocates for Human Rights will host the seventh annual human rights law and policy conference, Refugee Protection around the World: Durable Solutions or Durable Suffering? on Monday, June 22, 2009, at the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney, LLP. 

This year’s conference will bring together local, national and international experts and advocates to examine the current refugee protection system, its shortcomings, and possible durable solutions. Morning plenary sessions and a panel discussion will address topics such as:

  • International refugee law
  • The refugee experience from a personal perspective
  • The outsourcing of refugee protection
  • Refugee “warehousing”
  • Local integration
  • Forced repatriation
  • Refugee resettlement in the U.S.

Afternoon plenary sessions will discuss the Sudanese refugee situation and international refugee protection mechanisms. The plenary sessions will lay the framework for afternoon working sessions that will focus on two refugee case studies (Sudan and Liberia) in which participants will brainstorm viable alternatives to improve the refugee protection system and ideas to mobilize for change.

6.0 CLE credits have been applied for. A CEU certificate of attendance will be provided.

Click here for a complete conference schedule.

The conference schedule includes:

8:30 - 9:00     Registration

9:00 - 9:15     Welcome

9:15 - 9:30     Morning Plenary I: The Refugee Journey: A Personal Story

9:30 - 10:00   Morning Plenary II: The Refugee Journey and the Law  

10:00 - 10:15 Break

10:15 -12:15  Panel Discussion: The Refugee Journey: Pitfalls, 
                      Protection, Prevention

12:15 - 1:00   Lunch

1:00 - 1:45    Afternoon Plenary I: The Refugee Journey: Lessons from
                    Darfur

2:00 - 2:30    Afternoon Plenary II: Refugee Protection Mechanisms

2:30 - 3:30    Working Sessions: Strategies for Developing Durable
                     Solutions

3:30 - 3:45    Break

3:45 - 5:00   Working Plenary: Mobilizing for Change