Egypt: Advanced international refugee law
The course will cover various advanced topics in international refugee law. Topics to be covered include ethical and professional obligations while representing clients undergoing refugee status determination; the \"nexus\" requirement of the refugee definition; the expanded grounds for protection under the OAU Convention and UNHCR\'s mandate; the possibility of socio-economic \"persecution\"; the distinction between prosecution and \"persecution\"; the non-refoulement and expulsion provisions of the Convention; refugee rights guaranteed by the Convention; and, the interaction between the Convention and domestic and international human rights protections.
Advanced International Refugee Law
Sunday June 7 - Thursday June 11
Course description:
The course will cover various advanced topics in international refugee law. Topics to be covered include ethical and professional obligations while representing clients undergoing refugee status determination; the \"nexus\" requirement of the refugee definition; the expanded grounds for protection under the OAU Convention and UNHCR\'s mandate; the possibility of socio-economic \"persecution\"; the distinction between prosecution and \"persecution\"; the non-refoulement and expulsion provisions of the Convention; refugee rights guaranteed by the Convention; and, the interaction between the Convention and domestic and international human rights protections. The focus of the course will be on these topics as they may arise during the representation of refugee claimants. Each of the topics will be covered using case-studies drawn from the Global South.
Participants in the course should already have a basic to intermediate understanding of international refugee law (or be prepared to engage in a specified course of pre-study of the topic).
Instructor: Martin Jones. Martin Jones, Research Associate, Centre for Refugee Studies at York University and Director of Research and Training for the Southern Refugee Legal Aid Network.
Martin Jones practiced refugee law in Canada for seven years during which he represented hundreds of claimants at all stages of the refugee status determination process. He was chair of the 11th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration and chaired the founding meeting of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. Martin co-authored a textbook on Canadian refugee law, and has published in various scholarly journals including the International Journal of Refugee Law and the European Journal of Migration and Law. He is Managing Editor of Refuge, a scholarly periodical on refugee studies. Martin has taught at the American University in Cairo, the University of East London, Queen\'s University (Canada) and has held visiting researcher positions at Georgetown University, the University of Michigan and the University of Melbourne. He has acted as a consultant to refugee legal assistance organizations in Canada, Egypt, Turkey and Hong Kong. He presently directs the research and training initiatives of the Southern Refugee Legal Aid Network. He is co-founder and vice-chairman of the Egyptian Foundation for Refugee and Migrant Rights which provides representation to refugees and migrants in matters before Egyptian courts.
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]cmrs@aucegypt.edu
Deadline for applications is April 15, 2009