ELENA, the
European Legal Network on Asylum, is a forum for legal
practitioners who aim to promote the highest human rights standards for the
treatment of refugees, asylum seekers and other persons in need of
international protection in their daily counselling and advocacy work.
The ELENA network
extends across most European states and involves some 2,000 lawyers and legal
counsellors.
ELENAÕs objectives
are pursued by:
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Providing and reinforcing contact between practising
lawyers and legal counsellors in different European countries who work on
asylum cases;
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Facilitating the exchange of information and
experience between these lawyers and legal counsellors;
á
Studying the implementation of national and
international law relating to refugees;
á
Organising seminars on specific topics relating to
refugees law and making results available to practising lawyers;
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Promoting the development of national networks of
lawyers specialising in asylum law.
European
Legal Network on Asylum
International Introductory Course
on Refugee and Asylum Law
2 Ð 5 September 2004
Hotel Grand Warsaw, Poland
European Council
on Refugees
and Exiles
ELENA is pleased to announce the return of the highly acclaimed
International Course on Refugee and Asylum Law!
The course
will introduce international refugee law in relation to current asylum trends
in Europe and will be dedicated to the study of the main articles of the 1951
Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees and relevant human rights
treaties.
The course will include lectures by
James Hathaway and Walter KŠlin, experts in international refugee and asylum
law. The course will be conducted
in English.
The course is
aimed at legal counsellors and lawyers from across Europe who defend or who are
interested in defending cases concerning refugees and asylum seekers.
REGISTER NOW!
It is
expected that this course will be over-subscribed and places are limited. Closing date for registrations is 23
July 2004. Applications will be
dealt with in order of receipt.
All interested legal counsellors and lawyers are advised to register
early to avoid disappointment.
Draft Programme for the ELENA International
Introductory Course on Refugee and Asylum Law
Thursday
2 September 2004
17.00-19.00 Registration
20.00 Welcome
Dinner
Friday 3 September 2004
(In plenary session) Lecturer: James Hathaway
09.00 Ð 09.30 Welcome
and Presentation
09.30 Ð 11.00 Introduction
to the 1951 Geneva Convention Refugee Definition
11.00
Ð 11.30 Coffee
Break
11.30 Ð 13.30 The
1951 Geneva Convention Refugee Definition:
1)
Alienage
2)
Genuine Risk
13.30 Ð 14.30 Lunch
14.30 Ð 16.00 Refugee
Definition continued:
3) Risk to basic human rights
16.00 Ð 16.30 Coffee
Break
16.30 Ð 18.30 Refugee
Definition continued:
4) Failure of state protection
Free Evening
Saturday 4 September 2004
(In plenary session) Lecturer: James
Hathaway
09.00 Ð 10.30 Refugee
Definition continued:
5)
Nexus to civil
or political status
10.30 Ð 11.00 Coffee
Break
11.00 Ð 12.30 Refugee
Definition continued:
6)
Needs and
deserves protection Ð Arts. 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F
12.30 Ð 14.00 Lunch
(In plenary session) Lecturer: Walter KŠlin
14.00 Ð 15.30 The
principle of non-refoulement: Article 33, 1951 Geneva Convention
15.30 Ð 16.00 Coffee
Break
16.00 Ð 18.00 Prohibition
of refoulement in international human rights law: Art. 3, European Convention
for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Art. 3, Convention
against Torture; Art. 7, International Covenant against Torture; Art. 7,
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
20.30 Social
Evening
Sunday 5 September 2004
(In plenary session) Lecturers:
James Hathaway and Walter KŠlin
09.00 Ð 11.00 ÒReform
of the asylum process and the changing face of international protectionÓ Ð An outline of recent international developments
and proposals currently under consideration, followed by an exchange of
information among participants
11.00 Ð
11.30 Coffee
Break
11.30 Ð 12.30 Morning session continued
12.30 Close
and Departure
REGISTRATION
FORM
Please write or type clearly below
First
name: Mr/Ms.............................................................................
Last
name:........................................................................................
Job Title:........................................................................................................................................
Law Firm/Organisation:............................................................................................................
Address:..........................................................................................................................................
Postal Code and City:...............................................................................................................
Country:..........................................................................................................................................
Telephone number:......................................................................................................................
Fax number:..................................................................................................................................
E-mail:.............................................................................................................................................
I have special dietary needs. Please detail...............................................
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Please return this form by 23 July 2004 to the:
EUROPEAN
COUNCIL ON REFUGEES AND EXILES
Attn.: Ms
Sarah-Jane Savage
103 Worship
Street, LONDON, EC2A 4DF, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44
(0) 20 7377 7556
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7377 7586
E-mail: sjsavage@ecre.org
Registration Fee
The fee for participation for lawyers and NGO
staff is £350 sterling and £400
sterling for government officials. This is a residential course and the
fee will cover seminar costs, accommodation, meals as per the programme and
documentation.
On
receipt of the registration form, we will send you confirmation, programme
information and details on payment methods.
