Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Refugee rights: beyond the 1954 Convention
Yakin Ertürk
Date: 05:00pm, Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Presenter/Convenor: Professor Yakin Ertürk
Location: Holywell Music room, Holywell Street, Oxford
About Yakin Ertürk
Yakın Ertürk (Turkey) received a PhD in development sociology from Cornell University in 1980. She served as a faculty member at the Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey (Sept 1986-Oct 2010).
In addition to her academic career she has worked for various national and international agencies on rural development and women in development projects (1986-2003) and provided training to public and civil actors on human rights and development issues. She also undertook numerous international assignments, including as:
. Director of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Oct 1997-Feb 1999);
. Director of The Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) at UN Headquarters in New York (Mar 1999-Oct 2001);
. UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women (SRVAW) (2003-2006);
.Member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry of the June 2010 events in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan (Oct 2010-April 2011);
. Member of the International Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syrian Arab Republic of the UN Human Rights Council (12 Sept 2011-23 Mar 2012).
In her capacity as the SRVAW she undertook 17 country visits at the invitation of the governments concerned. Since November 2009 she has been serving on the Council of Europe, Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT).
Register for the event: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/harrell-bond-registration-2013
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