Egypt: International law on migrant and refugee women and children
This course aims at giving the students a thorough overview and understanding of international law instruments pertaining to migration movements and to migrant and refugee women and children in particular. The course will have a human rights focus. The course will be structured around an examination of two groups and their rights; women and children. No single international treaty governs migration and migrants' rights, but that does not mean that there is no "international migration law".
International Law on Migrant and Refugee Women and Children
Sunday May 31 - Thursday June 4
Course description:
This course aims at giving the students a thorough overview and understanding of international law instruments pertaining to migration movements and to migrant and refugee women and children in particular. The course will have a human rights focus. The course will be structured around an examination of two groups and their rights; women and children. No single international treaty governs migration and migrants' rights, but that does not mean that there is no "international migration law". General Human Rights Conventions, such as the International Covenants on Civil, Political and on Economic, Social and Cultural rights are not only relevant for nationals but also for non-nationals who may count on the rights in these instruments for protection. Furthermore, specific instruments have been adapted to protect women and children, recognising their specific needs and corresponding rights and also the specific form of abuse from which these groups need particular protection. Likewise, specific vulnerable groups such as victims of trafficking may count on international instruments for protection. Both groups been characterised as "vulnerable" with particular needs and rights which derive particular attention - for example, the special rights of children who migrate in order to work or of women who are hired as domestic workers. The course will be legal and does require of the students that they have a basic knowledge of how international law operates, but will be structured so that also non-lawyers may follow without difficulty. Active participation will be required and the students will be asked to present short (1 page) papers as a reaction to the reading material they have been given and as a basis for discussion. Concrete cases before regional and international courts on migrants' rights will be used for students to actively debate for and against a certain sentencing. National legislation will be used as examples and should be evaluated in the context of international obligations.
Instructor: Dr. Kristina Touzenis, International Organization for Migration. Kristina Touzenis has an LLB and an LLM from the University of Copenhagen, specialized in International Public Law. She has focused her research and publications on the rights of women, children and migrants both in human rights law and in international humanitarian law. She has published a monograph on the rights of unaccompanied children in international and regional law. She currently works for the International Organization for Migration and teaches Masters Classes at the University of Trieste and regularly lectures at the University of Pisa.
Location
The course will take place in the American University in Cairo, Tahrir Campus, downtown from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuition
The tuition fee for each course is US $300 for international participants and LE 500 for Egyptian nationals.
Application procedures
Please fill in the online application form on CMRS website http://www.aucegypt.edu/ResearchatAUC/rc/cmrs/Pages/ShortCoursse2009.aspx and send your updated curriculum vitae to [email][email protected]
Deadline for applications is April 15, 2009