Short Courses
The RSC’s short courses, usually held over a weekend, give up to 50 people the opportunity to receive additional professional training and develop expertise in particular refugee-related areas.
Forthcoming Courses:
Statelessness and International Law 27-28 October 2012
The issue of statelessness is rising steadily on the agenda of the United Nations, regional institutions, governments and civil society. There is also an increasing body of theoretical and empirical research looking at citizenship and lack thereof from various perspectives. It is within this context that the Refugee Studies Centre offers its third short course on statelessness and international law.
This two day, non-residential course will be presented by some of the leading experts on this issue. It will be participative and interactive, involving practical examples and case studies. The course will cover various thematic areas, including an overview of the problem of statelessness in today’s world; the politics and ethics of statelessness; the international legal framework governing statelessness; and UNHCR’s statelessness work. Case studies will be drawn from current statelessness situations in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Co-conveners and Tutors
Jean-François Durieux, Lecturer in International Refugee and Human Rights Law, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Marina Sharpe, DPhil candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Marina is a lawyer qualified in New York and England & Wales. She spent several years working and consulting for refugee rights organizations in Uganda and the UK before commencing her doctorate, which focuses on standards of treatment for refugees in Africa. She regularly contributes to Refugee Studies Centre initiatives and was the lead tutor on the statelessness module of the Centre’s 2011 International Summer School in Forced Migration.
Guest Lecturers
Matthew Gibney, University Reader in Politics and Forced Migration, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Guy Goodwin-Gill, Senior Research Fellow and Professor of International Refugee Law, All Souls College, University of Oxford
Mark Manly, Head, Statelessness Unit, UNHCR
For whom?
This course is suitable for experienced practitioners, graduate researchers, parliamentarians and staff, members of the legal profession, government officials, personnel of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, advocates and stateless persons.
Cost
£350 The fee includes tuition, lunch and all course materials. Participants will need to meet their own travel and accommodation costs and arrange any UK entry requirements.
£200 Discounted rate available to full-time students. (Limited spaces and proof of student status required.)
Application
Past courses courses include:
Palestinian Refugees and International Law
Convenors: Professor Dawn Chatty (RSC) and Susan Akram (Boston University)
This two-day non-residential 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 engaged 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).
Statelessness and international law
Convenors: Dr Alice Edwards and Prof Guy Goodwin-Gil
Covering the international legal framework for the prevention and reduction of
statelessness, and the status of stateless persons; international
relations and political aspects of state formation, national identity
and citizenship; distinctions between de facto and de jure
statelessness. Issues are complemented with a range of case studies.
Palestinian refugees and international law
Convenors: Dr Dawn Chatty and
Leila Hilal
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.
Psychosocial programme in emergencies: What are we
learning from practice
Convenors: Dr Mike Wessels
and Dr Maryanne Loughry
Provides an
overview of the field of psychosocial assistance along with insights from
practice and exercises based on IASC guidelines on mental health and
psychosocial support in emergency settings.
The law of refugee status
Convenor: Prof James C. Hathaway
This comprehensive workshop on the scope of the
refugee definition gives participants the opportunity, through a mix of
lecture and working group exercises, to grapple with difficult issues of
application of the legal norms in the context of factual scenarios
based on actual refugee claims.
For further information contact
Ms Heidi El-Megrisi
International Summer School and Conferences Manager
Tel: +44 (0)1865 281728/9
Fax: +44 (0)1865 281730
Email: rsc-outreach@qeh.ox.ac.uk
