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

Palestine Refugees and International Law
March 2014 TBC
The British Institute, Amman, Jordan

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).

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Past courses

Palestinian Refugees and International Law

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

This two day, non-residential course, presented by some of the leading experts on this issue, covers 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; international relations and political aspects of state formation, national identity and citizenship; and distinctions between de facto and de jure statelessness. Case studies are drawn from current statelessness situations around the world.

Psychosocial Programme in Emergencies: What are we Learning from Practice

This workshop 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 

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.

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