DRAFTPROGRAMME*

TheRefugeeLawInitiativeAnnualConferenceoffersadedicatedannualforumtoshareanddebatelatestresearchandcutting-edgedevelopmentsinrefugeelawandprotection.Thisyear’sspecialtheme–‘MassInflux?Law,PolicyandLarge-ScaleMovementsofRefugeesandMigrants’-reflectsaneedtore-examinecomplexissuessurroundinglarge-scalesuddenmovementsofpersonsacrossborders,aswemovefromthe2016NewYorkDeclarationonRefugeesandMigrantstowardsadoptionoftheGlobalCompactsin2018.KeytoPanelSessions:Stream1 Thematic:Large-scalemovements–conceptualStream2 Thematic:Large-scalemovements–regionalStream3 Opentheme

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*Note:Allsessions,speakers,chairs,titlesandtimesasadvertisedareprovisionalandmaybesubjecttochangeorcancellationatshortnoticeduetocircumstancesoutsidethecontroloftheorganisers.

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Day1–Monday5June20170830-0915 Registration0915-0930 Opening

• DrDavidJamesCantor(RefugeeLawInitiative)0930-1030 DistinguishedKeynote–PlenarySession

• 'RefugeeRegime2.0:HowtheWorldHasChangedandWhatItMeansforRefuge'ProfessorAlexanderBetts(UniversityofOxford)

1030-1200 PanelSessionIStream1– ConceptualApproachesto‘MassInflux’Situations

Chair:(tbc)

• ‘The“MigratoryCrisis”:AGeohistoricalInterpretation’-ProfessorEtiennePiguet(UniversityofNeuchâtel)

• ‘UnderstandingtheInternationalandEuropeanResponsesto“Large-ScaleMovementofRefugeesandMigrants”:AHistoricalAnalysis’-ProfessorHemmeBattjes(VrijeUniversiteitAmsterdam)(tbc)

• ‘Refugees,Migrants,Neither,Both?CategoricalFetishismandthePoliticsofBoundinginEurope’s“MigrationCrisis”’-ProfessorHeavenCrawley(CoventryUniversity)

• ‘TemporaryRefugeinthePracticeof“MostAffected”States’-RamaSahtout(ExeterUniversity)

Stream2– MassMigrantFlows,InternationalObligationandInternalResistance:Trump’s

ExecutiveOrdersinCriticalPerspectiveChair:ProfessorJayaRamji-Nogales(TempleUniversity)

• ‘TheViewfromtheBellyoftheBeast:ResponsestoLarge-ScaleMovementsinUSLawandPolicy’-ProfessorJayaRamji-Nogales(TempleUniversity)

• ‘CurrentDevelopmentsinU.S.ImmigrationLawandPolicyinlightofInternationalRefugeeLaw’-DrFulviaStaiano(ItalianNationalResearchCouncil)

• ‘TheExtraterritorialEffectsofUSExecutiveOrdersinEurope:HumanRightsStandardsinaComparativePerspective’-ProfessorSiobhánMullally(UniversityCollegeCork)

• ‘UnintendedConsequences:DoProgressiveLegalDevelopmentsProtectingForcedMigrantsUndermineProtectioninOtherAreas?’-DrRalphWilde(UniversityCollegeLondon)

Stream3- ConfiningEUExternalBorderManagement:HumanRightsObligationsShared,

Diluted,Enforced?Chair:DrVioletaMoreno-Lax(QMUL)

• ‘ShiftingParadigms:IncreasedOperationalActionattheExternalBorderandtheUnravellingofEffectiveHumanRightsResponsibility’-JoycedeConinck(GhentUniversity)

• ‘FromResponsibility-ShiftingtoResponsibility-Sharing:EUMigrationPartnershipFrameworkandLegalConsequencesofContributiontoHumanRightsViolations’-CerenMutusToprakseven(QMUL)

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• ‘TheEuropeanBorderandCoastGuardRising:RecentDevelopmentsinthelightofEUAccountabilityStandardsandMechanisms’-HerbertRosenfeldt(UniversityofPassau)

• ‘AccountabilityoftheEuropeanBorderandCoastGuardAgency:TheLitigationRoute’-MarianaGkliati(LeidenUniversity)

1200-1300 Lunch1300-1430 PanelSessionIIStream1– InternationalLawandtheResponsetoLarge-scaleRefugeeArrivals

Chair:MartinTreadwell(NewZealandImmigrationandProtectionTribunal)

• ‘ThePrincipleofNon-RefoulementinMassInfluxSituations:AComparativeAnalysisofInternationalHumanitarianLaw,RefugeeLawandHumanRightsLaw’-ProfessorVincentChetail(GenevaGraduateInstitute)(tbc)

• ‘“SafeCountry”ConceptsintheContextofLargeArrivals’-DrMaría-TeresaGil-Bazo(NewcastleUniversity)

• ‘Non-StateAgentsandProtectionundertheRefugeeConventionasaMassInfluxIssue’-BruceBurson(NewZealandImmigrationandProtectionTribunal)

Stream2– ExternalisationofBordersandLarge-scaleMovementsofRefugeesandMigrants

Chair:(tbc)

• ‘TheKhartoumProcess:ThePromiseandPerilsofRegionalMigration'Management'Partnerships’-DrLutzOette(SchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudies,UniversityofLondon)

• ‘OutsourcingMigrationManagement:TheEU-TurkeyDeal’-DrMargariteHelenaZoeteweij-Turhan(UniversityofFribourg)(tbc)

• ‘FromTurkeytoLibya:TheEUMigrationPartnershipfromBadtoWorse’–DrMariagiuliaGiuffré(EdgeHillUniversity)

• ‘OutsourcingandtheHumanTradeofRefugees’-DrDanielGrinceri(IndependentResearcher)

Stream3- NewLitigationDynamicsintheRefugeeField

Chair:(tbc)

• ‘UNHCR’sJudicialEngagement:EnhancingtheProtectionofRefugees’HumanRightsthroughLitigation’-DeniseVenturiandDrEmanuelaParisciani(ScuolaSuperioreSant’Anna)

• ‘ConstitutionalLitigationoftheRighttoAsylum:LessonsforEuropefromLatinAmerica’-ProfessorStephenMeili(UniversityofMinnesota)

• ‘CrowdsourcingLegalAssistance:AHumanitarianResponsetoLarge-ScaleMovementsofRefugeesandMigrants’-ProfessorKifAugustine-Adams(BrighamYoungUniversity)

1430-1500 Coffee1500-1630 PanelSessionIIIStream1– “InChallengeLiesOpportunity”:CoherenceinRefugeeProtection–Reflectionson

“New”ApproachestoProgrammingforLarge-ScaleMovementsofRefugeesChair:GiovanniBaticci(DelegatetotheOECD)

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• ‘ProgrammingCoherencethroughaCommonVision:TheParametersforComprehensiveSolutionsProgrammingforRefugees’-JackieKeegan(ComprehensiveSolutions,UNHCR)

• ‘ThePoliticsofPolicyMaking:CountingAidandMakingDevelopmentCo-operationWorkforRefugees’-BrendaKillen(DevelopmentCooperationDirectorate,OECD)

• ‘BeyondtheRhetoric:Defininga‘Whole-of-Government’ApproachtoCoherentProgramminginRefugeeResponses’-BarbaraLecq(ProtractedCrisisHub,DFID)

• ‘PrivateFinancingforPublicGood:CatalysingInnovativeandStrategicLong-termSolutionstoAddressCriticalRefugeeChallenges’-XavierDevictor(GlobalProgramonForcedDisplacement,WorldBankGroup)

Stream2– MassDisplacementandRegionalProtectionFrameworksinAfrica

Chair:TamaraWood(UniversityofNewSouthWales)

• ‘The1969AfricanRefugeeConvention’sExpandedRefugeeDefinition:ScopeandApplicationinMassInfluxSituations’-TamaraWood(UniversityofNewSouthWales)

• ‘NewInsightsintoOldLaw:The1969OAURefugeeConvention’-DrMarinaSharpe(McGillUniversity)

• ‘Towardsthe1969RefugeeConvention’sFiftiethAnniversary’-Jean-FrançoisDurieux(RefugeeLawInitiative)

• ‘TheAfricanUnionConventionfortheProtectionandAssistanceofInternallyDisplacedPersons:ProspectsandChallenges’-DrAderomolaAdeola(McGillUniversity)

• ‘MassDisplacementinAfrica:TranslatingtheKampalaConventionintoPractice’-JulieTenenbaum(ICRC)

Stream3– IntegrationofRefugeesandMigrants

Chair:(tbc)

• ‘Debating“RefugeeIntegration”:EmergingPerspectivesfromLatinAmerica’-DrMarciaVeraEspinoza(SheffieldUniversity)

• ‘LabourMarketIntegrationofNewRefugees:EntryChannels,StrategiesandExperiences’-DrSoniaMorano-Faodi(OxfordBrookesUniversity)

• ‘“Grounding”Large-ScaleMovements:ChallengesandPotentialsofLocalMigrationGovernance’-DrEvaDickandDrBenjaminSchraven(GermanDevelopmentInstitute)

1630-1730 DistinguishedKeynote–PlenarySession

• ‘ProspectsfortheGlobalCompactonMigration:TowardsaMobilityAgenda?’ProfessorFrancoisCrépeau(UNSpecialRapporteurontheRightsofMigrants)

1730-1900 ConferenceDrinksReceptionandPosterSession

• Forallregisteredconferenceparticipants• PleaseseeListofPostersattheendofthisprogramme

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Day2–Tuesday6June2017

0930-1100 PanelSessionIVStream1– SharedProtection:RethinkingtheRoleoftheStateofOrigininInternational

RefugeeProtectionChair:Jean-FrançoisDurieux(RefugeeLawInitiative)

• ‘WhyandHowCanRefugeeProtectionbe‘Shared’byCountriesofOrigin?ContemporaryInsightsfromCentralAmerica’-DrDavidJamesCantor(RefugeeLawInitiative)

• ‘ProactiveResponsibilityandProtectionSharingInitiativesbyCountryofOrigin:TheCaseofColombia’-AndreaLari(IntegritasInternationalAdvisors)

• ‘ResponsibilityandProtectionSharingInitiativesfromaCountryofOrigin:SomeReflectionsfromAfghanistan’-EwenMacleod(PolicyDevelopmentandEvaluation,UNHCR)(tbc)

Stream2– Law,PoliticsandLarge-scaleRefugeeMovementsintheMiddleEastandSEAsia

Chair:(tbc)

• ‘RulesandExceptionsgoverningProtection:TheCaseofPalestinianRefugees’-FrancescaAlbanese(GeorgetownUniversity)

• ‘TheProtectionofSyrianRefugeesintheMiddleEast:What’sLawGottoDowithIt?’-ProfessorDallalStevens(WarwickUniversity)

• ‘RefugeesinJordan:BeyondtheFinancialBurden,CanTheybeanAssetwithaWin-WinDeal?’–DrOroubEl-Abed(BritishInstituteinAmman)

• ‘ReadingRejection:WhatdoestheRhetoricofSoutheastAsianDiplomacyTellUsabouttheRegionalResponsetotheRohingyaCrisis?’-TheophilusKwek(Oxford)

Stream3- SexualOrientationandGenderIdentityAsylumClaims:AEuropeanand

ComparativeViewChair:ProfessorNunoFerreira(UniversityofSussex)

• ‘TheEuropeanSOGIAsylumFramework:AEuropeanHumanRightsChallenge’-ProfessorNunoFerreira(UniversityofSussex)

• ‘ProvingtheUnprovable:AsylumforSexualMinoritiesintheUK’-DrMoiraDustin(UniversityofSussex)

• ‘LivingwithContradictions:TheIntersectionalExperienceofSOGIAsylumSeekersinGermany’-DrNinaHeld(UniversityofSussex)

• ‘BreakingClichés:TheItalianAttempttoSetHigherStandardsofProtectionforSOGIAsylumSeekers’-DrCarmeloDanisi(UniversityofSussex)

1100-1130 Coffee1130-1230 DistinguishedKeynote–PlenarySession

• ‘AttheHeartoftheProblem:AttentiontotheGlobalCrisisofInternalDisplacement?’AlexandraBilak(Director,InternalDisplacementMonitoringCentre)

1230-1330 Lunch

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1330-1500 PanelSessionVStream1– ClimateChange,DisastersandtheMassMovementofPersons Chair:DrCosminCorendea(UnitedNationsUniversity)

• ‘TheProgressionofClimateLaw,HumanRightsandHumanMobility’-DrCosminCorendea(UnitedNationsUniversity)

• ‘UNHCRPerspectivesforEnhancingLegalProtectionforPeopleDisplacedinthecontextofDisasterandClimateChange’-MarineFrank(UNHCR)

• ‘State-led,Regional,ConsultativeProcesses:OpportunitiesforDevelopingLegalFrameworksonDisasterDisplacement’-AtleSolberg(PlatformforDisasterDevelopment)

• ‘‘TheCaseforaRights-basedApproachtotheManagementofEnvironmentalMigration:SharingIOM’sExperiencefromOperationstoPolicyWork’’-DariaMokhnacheva(IOM)

Stream2– Crisis,Cross-borderMobilityandStateResponsesinEuropeandLatinAmerica

Chair:(tbc)

• ‘AEuropeanProtectionSpace?“BeneficiariesofInternationalProtection”andFreedomofMovement’-DrRuviZiegler(ReadingUniversity)

• ‘TheRe-NationalizationofMigrationPoliciesinTimesofCrisis’-DrJan-PaulBrekke(InstituteforSocialResearchOslo)andAnneStaver(IntergovernmentalConsultationsonRefugees)

• ‘SearchingforSafeHavensAcrosstheAtlantic:TheProtectionofSyrianRefugeesinLatinAmerica’-DrLuisaFelineFreier(UniversidaddelPacíficoPeru)

• ‘”Crisis”ontheSouthernUSBorderandtheConsequencesofExternalisedMigrationControlsinMexico’–VictoriaKnox(RefugeeLawInitiative)

Stream3- FlightfromArmedConflictandOtherSituationsofViolence:TheImpactofUNHCR

GuidelinesNo.12Chair:Jean-FrançoisDurieux(RefugeeLawInitiative)

• ‘Usingthe1951RefugeeConventionandtheRegionalRefugeeDefinitionstoProtect“WarRefugees”’-DrCornelis(Kees)WoutersandDrKatinkaRidderbos(DIP,UNHCR)

• ‘ImminenceofHarminSituationsofArmedConflict’-ProfessorHélèneLambert(WestminsterUniversity)

• ‘HasPeaceBrokenOut?ArmedConflictinInternationalProtectionLaw:AreThereRemainingAreasofDisagreement?’-DrHugoStorey(InternationalAssociationofRefugeeLawJudges)

1500-1530 Coffee1530-1630 DistinguishedKeynote–PlenarySession

• ‘RepercussionsoftheEuropean‘Crisis’forGlobalPoliticsonMigrationandDisplacement’ProfessorLorenLandau(AfricanCentreforMigrationandSociety,WitwatersrandUniversity)

1800-2000 ConferenceDinner

• Optional-separateregistrationrequiredbythosewishingtoattend

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Day3–Wednesday7June20170900-1030 PanelSessionVIStream1– Burden-sharinginthecontextofLarge-ScaleRefugeeMovements

Chair:(tbc)

• ‘TheSearchforCreativityinResponsetoCrisis:MovingBeyondDurableSolutions’-AmandaCellini(PeaceResearchInstituteOslo)

• ‘TheDeterminantsofRefugeeResettlementAdmissions:AnAnalysisoftheImpactofDomesticResponsibility-SharingintheUnitedStatesandCanada’-LauraRobbins-Wright(LondonSchoolofEconomics)

• '“What’sInAName?”Cooperation,Solidarity,BurdensandResponsibilitiesintheRefugeeRegime’-ClaireInder(UNHCR)

• ‘MeetingtheChallengeofRefugeeBurden-Sharing:EnhancingRefugeeMobilitythroughLegalMigrationSchemes’-DrIngridBoccardi(UniversityCollegeLondon)

Stream2- TrendstowardsSecuritisationinEuropeinthefaceofLarge-scaleMovements

Chair:(tbc)

• ‘MassInfluxorMassiveFailure?TheEUGovernanceCrisisofForcedMigration:ANew“CoercionforProtection”RefugeeRegime’-DrVioletaMoreno-Lax(QMUL)

• ‘TheEUHotspotApproachandExpansionofDeFactoImmigrationDetention’-IzabellaMajcher(GenevaGraduateInstitute)

• ‘MigrantRightsinanAgeofInternationalInsecurity:CompetingApproachesandDisjointedActionstoProtectMigrantswhileEnsuringNationalSecurity’-JamieBrown(CouncilofEurope)andSaagarikaDadu-Brown(IndependentResearcher)

Stream3- FlightfromArmedConflictandOtherSituationsofViolence:SelectedState

PracticeonAdjudicationofRefugeeClaimsChair:DrCornelis(Kees)Wouters(DIP,UNHCR)

• ‘TheDanishRefugeeAppealsBoard’sApproachinAppealsfromPersonsfleeingGender-basedViolenceinthecontextofArmedConflict’-ChristelQuerton(NewcastleUniversity)

• ‘FlightfromArmedConflictandOtherSituationsofViolence:FocusonItalianCaselawandPractices’-GiuliaVicini(UniversityofMilan)

• ‘AnalysisoftheFrenchPracticeontheAdjudicationofRefugeeClaimsrelatedtoSituationsofArmedConflictandViolence’-VéroniquePlanès-Boissac(IndependentResearcher)

• ‘TheGermanPracticeonProtectionClaimsrelatedtoSituationsofArmedConflictandViolence:TurningSubsidiaryProtectionintoPrimaryProtection?’–DrRolandBank(UNHCR)

1030-1100 Coffee

1100-1230 DistinguishedKeynote–PlenarySession

• ‘MassesandPower:WhatDoestheFutureHold?’DrVolkerTurk(AssistantHighCommissionerforProtection,UNHCR)

1230-1245 Closing

• DrSarahSinger(RefugeeLawInitiative)

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Day1PosterSession–SampleofPosters

• GiuliaBrancoliBusdraghi(UniversityofRome"LaSapienza”)–‘PotentialforResettlement

andPrivateSponsorship:TheCaseofItaly–CommunityofSant’Egidio’• DiegoCaballeroVélez(UniversityofGranada)–‘MemberStates’“PerceptionofThreat”to

IrregularMigrationFlowsasaDeterminantFactorofChangeinCooperationatEULevel:AComparisonbetweentheYugoslavMigrationCrisisandtheSyrianRefugeeCrisis’

• FredDunwoodieStirton(UniversityofBristol)–‘ForcedMigrantswithaDisability:AnAnalysisoftheUKandCanada’

• MargaretHunter(MAinRefugeeProtection,RLI)–‘UnaccompaniedChildrenintheUnitedStates:Vulnerability,ProtectionandtheLimitsofPoliticalHarm’

• BasharIbrahimAlHadla(IndependentResearcher)–‘TheViolationoftheRighttoAsyluminSerbia’

• DrDinaImamSupaat(UniversitiSainsIslamMalaysia)–‘RefugeeChildrenandtheProtectionunderthePrincipleoftheBestInterestsoftheChild’

• RoshanJainandRohanKumar(SaveethaUniversity)–‘RedefiningInternationalRefugeeRegimeandNeedforInclusiveness:ACaseStudyfromIndia’

• DrTallyKritzman-Amir(CollegeofLawandBusinessIsrael)–‘MassInflux’• StephanieLee(UniversityofNewSouthWales)–‘AchievingLocalIntegration:AnAnalysisof

Self-HelpMechanismsUtilisedbyRefugeesinMalaysia’• JennyPoon(UniversityofWesternOntario)–‘InternationalandRegionalResponsestothe

EUMigrantCrisis:TooLittle,TooLate?’• LenaRiemer(IndependentResearcher)–‘TheProhibitionofMassExpulsion–AHuman

RightsProtector?’• IremSengul(UniversityofWarwick)–‘QuestioningTemporaryProtectionasa

ContemporarySolutiontoLarge-ScaleMovements:TemporaryProtectioninPracticeinTurkey’

• AgnesSimic(MiddlesexUniversity)–‘LegalPractitionersasKeySitesofInformationProvisionintheAsylumProcess:RecognitionandRelevanceofAnotherCrucialRole’

• GinaStarfield(OxfordUniversity)–‘LitigatingChildren’sRightsAcrossBorders:DoestheZATandOthersv.SSHDRulingEnhanceAccesstoProtection??’