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Dear colleagues, Please find below a kind reminder of the upcoming Nordic Asylum Law Seminar. REMINDER: Nordic Asylum Law Seminar 7-8 May 2015 (Uppsala, Sweden) The Lund/Uppsala Migration Law Network (L/UMIN) in co-operation with the Faculty of Law, Uppsala University, has the great pleasure of inviting you to the 2015 Nordic Asylum Law Seminar. Deadline for registration is 25 March, 2015. The Nordic Asylum Law Seminar offers a forum for exchange and dialogue on issues related to domestic, European and international refugee and asylum law between scholars, governments, judicial institutions, practising lawyers and civil society in the Nordic and Baltic context. The Seminar is co-sponsored by the European Refugee Fund and the Swedish Migration Board. The overarching theme for the 2015 Nordic Asylum Law Seminar is Unequal Treatment: The Root of All Claims for Protection?. The chosen theme is to be interpreted broadly and to include material as well as procedural aspects of determination of refugee or complementary protection status. The Seminar consists of plenary sessions with renowned keynote speakers and workshops where papers will be commented and discussed. Keynote speakers and commentators include: • Michelle Foster, University of Melbourne • Morten Kjaerum, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, University of Lund • Gregor Noll, University of Lund • Elina Pirjatanniemi, Åbo Akademi University • Thomas Spijkerboer, VU University Amsterdam • Alice Edwards, UNHCR The seminar is free of charge for all participants. Please note however that L/UMIN is not able to assist with funding for accommodation, travel etc. An updated program and practical information is available at www.migrationlawnetwork.org. Please contact the organisers at [log in to unmask] if you have any queries. Please feel free to forward the invitation to anyone you think might be interested in participating. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by Forced Migration Online, Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department of International Development, 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. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Posting guidelines: http://www.forcedmigration.org/research-resources/discussion/forced-migration-discussion-list-posting-guidelines Subscribe/unsubscribe: http://tinyurl.com/fmlist-join-leave List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html RSS: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?RSS&L=forced-migration Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/refugeestudies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/refugeestudiescentre