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International Conference on Refugees and International Law: The Challenge of Protection Friday 15th & Saturday 16th December 2006 Oxford, United Kingdom Lecture Theatre, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford Refugee protection has undergone numerous developments. The increase in the numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) over past decades and the responses by States pose new challenges to protection under international law. The Refugee Studies Centre wishes to provide a forum to identify and address challenges to refugee protection from the perspective of the individual as a subject of rights in international law. This initiative aims to enhance the understanding of the complex issues that arise from current challenges to protection and to facilitate collective intellectual efforts in this field, contributing to the development of creative solutions. Further information is available at: http://refugeelaw.qeh.ox.ac.uk/ This Conference marks the beginning of events organised to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Refugee Studies Centre. The RSC wishes to promote the debate among academics, governments, international organisations, NGOs, practitioners, policy-makers and others on issues of refugee protection by bringing discussions on refugee protection within the broader framework of related areas of international law, including international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Further details and registration forms are available at: http://refugeelaw.qeh.ox.ac.uk/events Key speakers include: Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford. Professor Walter Kälin, Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and Member of the UN Human Rights Committee. Call for papers: Papers are invited on issues of refugee protection under international law, including on institutional arrangements for the protection of forced migrants; the refugee as a subject of international law; interception and protection/non-refoulement in the high seas; protection/non-refoulement in situations of armed conflict/occupation; responsibility of States and International Organisations; and the exercise of extraterritorial State jurisdiction. Please send abstracts (200 words maximum) together with your registration form by 21 August to Dr Marķa-Teresa Gil-Bazo at: [log in to unmask] Further details and registration forms are available at: http://refugeelaw.qeh.ox.ac.uk/events ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources.