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The Queen Mary LLM in Immigration Law Programme has the pleasure to invite you to the forthcoming discussion and Q&A session with Jean-François Durieux, former Director of Programme Support and Management, UNHCR, on:
UNHCR at Work, and as a Workplace: A view from the Inside
[http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/events/items/163877.html ]
WHEN: Thursday 26 November 2015, 16.00 to 17.30
WHERE: Room 3.1, Centre for Commercial Law Studies
Queen Mary University of London
67-69 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3JB
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Students interested in pursuing a career in the field of forced migration, and those interested in learning more about UNHCR’s work.
Register at: www.qm-durieux-2015.eventbrite.co.uk
ABOUT THE EVENT
Jean-François Durieux, former Director of Programme Support and Management, will present the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and his own experience within the organisation over more than three decades. The session will provide an overview of the past and current challenges confronting UNHCR, a fairly unique UN agency combining a protection mandate with an expanding role as a humanitarian relief provider in times of emergency and crisis. Building on this introduction, the second part of the event will be devoted to a reflection on what it means, and what it takes, to work in UNHCR and to make (or not) a career in the humanitarian field. Jean-François will draw on his own experience in this respect, providing a first-hand account of a life-long career and reviewing some of the internship and other employment opportunities within UNHCR. An informal discussion with attendees, offering a unique opportunity to ask questions and engage in a debate, will close the final part of the event.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jean-François Durieux is a graduate of Facultés Universitaires St-Louis in Brussels, Belgium, and obtained a Law Degree from the Catholic University of Louvain. He has taught international law at the Refugee Studies Centre (Oxford) 2007-2009, and again 2011-2012. In 2011, Mr Durieux completed a 30-year career with UNHCR, during which he served in Africa, Asia, North America and Latin America, as well as at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva, notably in the Division of International Protection and in the Regional Bureau for Europe. His last position in the organisation was that of Director in the Division of Programme Support and Management. Mr Durieux’s research in the 1990’s was mainly policy-oriented and “operational”, addressing the protection challenges faced by UNHCR in the regions in which he worked, and at the global level. In recent years, his research interest has focused on legal responses to mass influxes of refugees, including a comparison of African and European regimes and a reflection on the legal implications of refugee emergencies and protracted situations. He has recently co-edited, with Dr David Cantor, a book based on the discussions at the 2013 conference ‘Refuge from Inhumanity’, which he co-hosted in Oxford. He is currently Director of the International Refugee and Migration Law programme of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, in Sanremo (Italy). He is also contributing, both as a module convenor and as a tutor, to the distance-taught MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies of the University of London, under the auspices of the Refugee Law Initiative.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
All best wishes,
Violeta
Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax
Director LLM in Immigration Law | Co-Director Centre for European and International Legal Affairs (CEILA)
Co-Chair, The Refugee Law Observatory | Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Migration Law Section Co-Convener
EU Asylum Law Coordinator, Refugee Law Initiative
Queen Mary, University of London (Mile End Campus)
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