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Papers 10th World Conference IARLJ
Advancing Refugee Law Around the World: Contemporary Challenges in Emergent and Established Asylum Systems
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Day 1
Day 1 Wednesday 22 October 2014
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| Session 2 Advancing Refugee Law Around the World: Contemporary Challenges in Emergent and Established Asylum Systems |
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| Key Note Address: Dr Volker Türk, Director of International Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), A Global perspective |
| Ahmed Arbee, Chairperson IARLJ Africa Chapter; reply (regional perspective) |
| Mr Guilhem Ravier, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Head of the Unit for Protection |
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| Session 3 Recent Developments related to Interception, Interdiction and Offshore Processing; Impact on Refugee Status Determination and Case Law |
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Speakers
Justice Debra Mortimer (Federal Court of Australia)
Professor Lilian Tsourdi (Brussels)
Mr Irfan Rahim, International Maritime Organisation (UK)
Mr Eng. Colomel Mohammed Abdo Haider Saeed, Coast Guards, Gulf of Aden, Yemen
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| Session 4 Access to Justice and Legal Aid for Refugees and Asylum Seekers; what can the Judiciary do? |
| Key Note Address Mr Martin Jones (UK) |
| Australia Judge Rolf Driver (Australia) |
| Americas Ms Deborah Morrish (Canada) |
| Respondent Jacob van Garderen, Director of Laywers for Human Rights (LHR) (SA) |
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| Session 5 Comparative Refugee Status Determination |
| Africa: Ms Clementine Nkweta-Salami (UNHCR Southern Africa Regional Representative) |
| Americas: Ken Sandhu (Interim Chair Person Immigration & Refugee Board, Canada |
| Europe: Professor Philippe De Bruycker (Brussels) |
| Africa: Justice Fred Ochieng (Kenya) |
| Australasia: Ms Rea Hearn Mackinnon (Refugee Review Tribunal, Nauru) |
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Day 2
Day 2 Thursday 23 October 2014
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| Session 7 Convergence and Consistancy in Processes and Case Law; identification of areas of divergence |
| Key Note Address: Justice Bernard McCloskey (UK) |
| Speakers: Justice Russel Zinn (Canada) and Justice Dato Mah Weng Kwai (Malaysia) |
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| 09:45 - 11:05 Session 8 Country Experiences on Legislation regarding Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Reform of Asylum Systems in North Africa: Prof. Amor Boubakri (Tunisia) |
| Panel discussions |
| Africa |
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs: Ms Fatima Chohan (SA) |
| Americas |
Mr Ross Pattee (Canada) |
| Europe |
Judge Martine Denis-Linton (France); Judge Bostjan Zalar (Slovenia), Judge Bernard Dawson (UK) |
| Australasia |
Ms Kay Ransome (Australia) |
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| 11:20 - 12:00 Session 9 Regional Chapter Reports |
| Australasia |
Rolf Driver |
| Americas |
Lois Figg |
| Africa |
Ahmed Arbee |
| Europe |
Hugo Storey |
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| 14:45 - 15:45 Session 11 Consolidated Working Parties Report |
| Presentation by the respective coordinators of the Working Parties |
 Vulnerable Persons; COI ; Human Rights Working Party; Exclusion Clauses |
Day 3
Day 3 Friday 24 October 2014
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09:00 - 10:30 Session 12 The Role of Regional Human Rights Courts and Regional Arrangements for the Advancement of International Refugee Law
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| Professor Pene Mathew (Australia) |
| Justice Bernard Ngoepe, past member of the African Court of People's and Human Rights (SA) |
| Judge Robert Barnes Inter American Human Rights Court (Canada) (TBC) |
| Mr Stefano Piedimonte Bodini, European Court of Human Rights |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 Session 13 Closing Ceremony |
| Keynote Message |
Minister Hafedh Ben Salah, Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Transitional Justice of Tunisia |
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