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;
á
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
refugee 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
Presented
by Professor James Hathaway
9-12 September 2005
Hotel Olympia
Valencia, Spain
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 be presented by
Professor James Hathaway, a leading expert 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 15
July 2005. Applications will be
dealt with in order of receipt.
All interested legal counsellors and lawyers are advised to register early
to avoid disappointment.
Friday 9 September 2005
17:00 Ð19:00 Registration
20:00 Welcome
Dinner
Saturday 10 September 2005
Course Lecturer: Professor James Hathaway (In plenary session)
09:00 Ð 09:30 Welcome
and Introduction to ELENA & ECRE (Chris Nash, Legal Officer/ELENA
Co-ordinator, ECRE)
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
Sunday 11 September 2005 (In plenary session)
09:00 Ð 11:00 Refugee
Definition continued:
5)
Nexus to civil
or political status
11:00 Ð 11:30 Coffee
Break
11:30 Ð 13:00 Refugee
Definition continued:
6)
Needs and
deserves protection Ð Arts. 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F
13:00 Ð 14:30 Lunch
14:30 Ð 16:00 The
structure of rights entitlement under the 1951 Geneva Convention
16:00 Ð 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 Ð 18:00 The duty of
non-refoulement: Art. 33 of the 1951 Geneva Convention
20:00 Social
Evening
Monday 12 September 2005 (In plenary session)
09:00 Ð 11:00 Case
Studies: understanding the distinction between non-refoulement and asylum, and
identifying indirect risks of refoulement
11:00 Ð
11:30 Coffee
Break
11:30
Ð 12:30 Situating
the duty of non-refoulement in relation to more general human rights
obligations Ð The prohibition
of refoulement under international human rights law (Art 3 ECHR; Art 3 CAT; Art
7 ICCPR)
12:30 Close
and Departure
REGISTRATION
FORM
PLEASE WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS OR TYPE
First
name: Mr/Ms (delete as
necessary).................................................
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 15 July 2005 to the:
EUROPEAN
COUNCIL ON REFUGEES AND EXILES
Attn.: Julie
Churchill
103 Worship
Street, LONDON, EC2A 2DF, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44
(0) 20 7377 7556
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7377 7586
E-mail: jchurchill@ecre.org
Registration Fee
The fee for participation for lawyers and NGO
staff is £395 sterling and £450
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.
