(For more info., please contact Dominique Attala at
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(NOTE: This workshop was announced on the list
previously, but members may be interested to know that
a special course fee for students is now available.)
Palestinian Refugees and the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 12-13 May 2001
Course Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 21 St
Giles,Oxford
Course Fee: £75 (including course materials,
refreshments and light lunch); £40 for students
This two-day workshop places the Palestinian refugee
case study within the broader context of the
international human rights regime. It examines, within
a human rights framework, the policies and practices
of Middle Eastern states as they impinge upon
Palestinian refugees. Through a mix of lectures,
working group exercises and interactive sessions,
participants engage actively and critically with the
contemporary debates in the human rights movement and
analyse the specific context of Palestinian refugees
in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West
Bank, Gaza and Israel) in light of these debates.
The workshop commences with the historical background
of the Palestinian refugee crisis, with special
attention to the political and legal status of
Palestinian refugees in the region. The Palestinian
refugee case is placed in the context of refugee law,
the law of nationality and the human rights regime.
This is followed by a careful examination of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights including its
philosophical underpinnings. Debates which have
emerged in the contemporary human rights movement,
such as that between universalism and cultural
relativism, are discussed in the context of the
particularities of Arab and Israeli society. The key
themes, which have taken centre stage in the debate on
the Palestinian refugee crisis, are statelessness,
right of return, repatriation, compensation and
protection. These themes are critically examined along
with current discussions about the respective roles of
UNRWA and the UNHCR in the Palestinian refugee case.
Instructors: Fiona McKay, LLM is a qualified solicitor
and international human rights lawyer. She is
currently Deputy Director of the Kurdish Human Rights
Project. She has published widely on human rights
issues. Her most recent work includes The Palestinian
Arab Minority in Israel: Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights (1999), and Universal Jurisdiction in Europe
(1999).
Dr Randa Farah is a Palestinian social anthropologist.
Her doctorate, Popular Memory and Reconstructions of
Palestinian Identity was completed at the University
of Toronto in 1999. She has conducted research on
UNRWA and is currently working on issues related to
children and adolescents in Palestinian households.
She is a Research Associate of Queen Elizabeth House
and is based at the Refugee Studies Centre, University
of Oxford.
For further information, please contact:
Dominique Attala
Refugee Studies Centre
Queen Elizabeth House
21 St Giles
Oxford OX1 3LA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 270722
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 270721
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
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