Refugee Rights in Europe: current weaknesses, possible ways forward
19 May 2017, 1.30pm - 6.30pm
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Workshop
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Brainstorming workshop
Refugee Rights in Europe: current weaknesses, possible ways forward
Convenors: Professor Alexandra Xanthaki (Brunel University London) and Professor Panos Koutrakos (City, University of London)
PROGRAMME
13.30 - Welcome
• Professor Alexandra Xanthaki (Brunel University London)
13.40 - European and International Approaches: current weaknesses
• Chair: Professor George Pavlakos (University of Glasgow)
• Dr Nadine El Enany (Birkbeck University): The Migrant and the Refugee: Law and the Production of Race
• Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax (Queen Mary, University of London): The CEAS' Crisis: Coercion-based Protection?
• Professor Panos Koutrakos (City, University of London): EU Law issues
14.40 - States practice: current weaknesses- possible solutions
• Chair: Alexandra Xanthaki (Brunel University London)
• Ms Maria Voutsinou (Legal Advisor, Ombudsman, Greece): The Greek experience
• Professor Daniel Wilsher (City, University of London): The UK Experience
• Dr Ioannis Kalpouzos (City, University of London): The Australian experience: A Role for the International Criminal Court?
15.40 - Coffee break
16.10 - Refugee Children
• Chair: Alexandra Xanthaki (Brunel University London)
• Professor Helen Stalford (University of Liverpool): Refugee children in the UK
• Mr Kenneth Hansen (Faros NGO, Greece): Unaccompanied refugee children in Greece
• Dr Derek Groen (Brunel University London): Ways forward: Estimating the humanitarian impact of border closure decisions using refugee movement simulations
17.10 - Refugees and public perceptions
• Chair: Panos Koutrakos (City, University of London)
• Dr Yasmin Ibrahim (Queen Mary, University of London) and Dr Anita Howarth (Brunel University London): Expanding borders, contracting humanitarianism
• Professor Aristotle Kallis (Keele University): On Islamophobia and the refugee
• Dr Eleni Polymenopoulou (Brunel University London): Hate speech and the Refugee crisis
18.30 – Conclusions: Ways forward for a research agenda on refugee rights
Programme for Refugee Rights in Europe: current weaknesses, possible ways forward
Organised by Brunel University London; City, University of London; in association with the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
This workshop is free but advance booking is required