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Jane McAdam presenting
'Seeking Refuge in Human Rights?: Subsidiary
Protection in the European Union'. Seated
are (left to right) Tomas Urubek, and chair
Salim Murad. |
This two-day conference examined the implications
of the recent expansion of the EU upon asylum
and migration in both the policies and practices
of sending, receiving and transit states. The
conference was jointly organised by the Czech
Helsinki Committee, the Human Rights Education
Centre, Charles
University at Prague, and the Refugee
Studies Centre, University of Oxford in the
framework of project Hybrid Information Delivery
for Academics and Practitioners in the Field of
Forced Migration in Central and Eastern Europe,
funded by European
Union.
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Speakers and presentations
Asylum in an Expanded Europe
Prof. Rosemary Byrne, Institute
for International Integration Studies, Trinity
College Dublin
Paper
(PDF file 569 KB)
Europe’s Asylum and Migration Dilemmas
Prof. Stephen Castles, Director,
Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Migration as a Challenge for the 21st Century, and the Limits of the Human Rights Paradigm
Jan Jařab, Government Commissioner
for Human Rights, Czech Republic
Transcript
(PDF file 96.5 KB)
Developing refugee law clinics in Europe's transitioning
countries
Boyan Konstantinov, Legal Assistance
through Refugee Clinics/Hungarian Helsinki Committee
Presentation
slides (PDF file 172 KB)
Integration in the Expanded European Union
Richard Lewis, ex-Deputy Head
of the Immigration and Asylum Unit, European Commission
Presentation
slides (PDF file 76 KB)
Border controls and reception measures for asylum
seekers in Greece: A critical review of institutional,
administrative and normative arrangements
Petros T. Mastakas, Director,
Greek Council for Refugees
The Harmonization of Polish immigration policy
to comply with EU legislation
Małgorzata Matysek, Masters student
in Political Science, Warsaw University
Transcript
(PDF file 176 KB) | Presentation
slides (PDF file 185 KB)
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Jana Chrzova, Executive
Director of the Czech Helsinki Committee
addresses the conference. Seated are (left
to right) Prof. Rosemary Byrne, Richard
Lewis (chair), and Prof. Stephen Castles. |
Seeking Refuge in Human Rights?: Subsidiary Protection
in the European Union
Jane McAdam, Doctoral Candidate
and Lecturer in Law, Lincoln College, Oxford University
Paper
(PDF file 252 KB)
Asylum in Central Europe as viewed from an identity
perspective
Salim Murad, Lecturer in Political
Science, Department of Social Studies, University
of South Bohemia
Colloqui
paper (PDF file 315 KB)
Exclusion of Suspected Terrorists from Asylum:
Trends in European and International Refugee Law
Ben Saul, Tutor in Public International
Law, Oxford and former Lecturer, Refugee Studies
Centre, Oxford
Paper
(PDF file 158 KB)
Migration in the Prespa cross border region
Despina Spyrri, Research Fellow,
South East Europe Research Centre
UNHCR's views on asylum procedures in new Europe
Herman Stuurwold, UNHCR Country
representative, Czech Republic
Transcript
(PDF file 178 KB) | UNHCR
Working Paper (PDF file 98 KB)
Living in the Refugee Camp: A Case of Chechen
Asylum Seekers in the Czech Republic
Alice Szczepaniková, Masters
student in the Department of Gender Studies, Central
European University, Budapest
Transcript
(PDF file 150 KB)
The impact of the EU enlargement on relations
with Wider Europe countries in the context of
the new EU policy towards countries outside the
enlarged EU
Mr Tomas Urubek, Department for
Asylum and Migration Policies of the Czech Ministry
of the Interior
Conference organisers
 Refugee
Studies Centre, University
of Oxford
The RSC is part of the University of Oxford's
International Development Centre at Queen Elizabeth
House. Its objectives are to carry out multidisciplinary
research and teaching on the causes and consequences
of forced migration; to disseminate the results
of that research to policy makers and practitioners,
as well as within the academic community; and
to understand the experience of forced migration
from the point of view of the affected
populations.
Czech
Helsinki Committee, Prague
The Czech Helsinki Committee is a non-governmental
non-profit organisation for human rights. It
is a member of the International Helsinki Federation
for Human Rights (IHF) based in Vienna, associating
Helsinki Committees from 39 OSCE member countries.
 Human
Rights Education Centre, Charles
University, Prague
The oldest university in central Europe, Charles
University Charles University is composed of
17 relatively independent and self-governing
faculties, which are located in Prague, Pilsen
and Hradec Kralove.
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