Palestinian Refugees and International Law: Weekend Workshop
18 March – 19 March 2011
The Danish Institute in Damascus
8-10 Suq al-Souf,
Suq Madhat Pasha
Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
Fee: £200 ($300)
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 international law and analyse the specific context of
Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the
West Bank, Gaza and Israel).
The workshop commences with the background of the Palestinian refugee
crisis, with special attention to the socio- political historical
context and legal status of Palestinian refugees in the region. This is
followed by a careful examination of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights including its philosophical underpinnings and ensuing human
rights instruments in international law. The key themes, which have
taken centre stage in the debate on the Palestinian refugee crisis, are
statelessness, right of return, repatriation, self-determination,
restitution compensation and protection. These themes are critically
examined along with current discussions about the respective roles of
UNRWA, UNHCR and the UNCCP in the Palestinian refugee case.
Instructors
Dr Dawn Chatty is University Reader in Anthropology and Forced Migration
and Deputy Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
She is a social anthropologist and has conducted extensive research
among Palestinian and other forced migrants in the Middle East. Some of
her recent works include Children of Palestine: Experiencing Forced
Migration in the Middle East (ed. with Gillian Lewando-Hundt), Berghahn
Press, 2005, and Dispossession and Displacement in the Modern Middle
East, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Dr. Lena El-Malak is a freelance consultant in public international law
and is currently working as a research coordinator for the Foundation
for the Future. She has worked in the External Relations Department of
UNRWA and in the Durable Solutions Department of UNHCR in Amman, Jordan.
She completed a doctoral thesis on 'The Right to Reparation of
Palestinian Refugees' at the School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS), University of London. She holds a Masters of Law (LLM) from
SOAS. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Dr Susan M. Akram is Clinical Professor at Boston University School of
Law, teaching immigration law, comparative refugee law, and
international human rights law She is a graduate of Georgetown
University Law Center, Washington DC (JD), and the Institut
International des Droits de l‘Homme, Strasbourg (Diploma in
international human rights). She is a past Fulbright Senior Scholar in
Palestine, teaching at Al-Quds University/Palestine School of Law in
East Jerusalem
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Application
Maximum twenty places on the workshop For further information contact:
Heidi El-Megrisi,
Refugee Studies Centre,
Oxford Department of International Development,
University of Oxford,
3 Mansfield Road,
Oxford OX1 3TB,
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)1865 270723
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