Conference on the 70th Anniversary of the 1951 Geneva Convention

Die DGVN NRW veranstaltet gemeinsam mit unserem französischen Schwesterverband Association Française pour les Nations Unies (AFNU) eine Online-Konferenz zum 70. Jahrestag der Genfer Konvention. Diese findet am 19. Oktober von 17:00 bis 19:30 per Zoom statt.

Das Programm finden Sie anbei und können Sie hier herunterladen.

Programm

Opening: Members of the Board of directors of the German Association for the United Nations (DGVN) (Thomas Weiler & Isabelle Beaucamp) and of the President of the French Association for the United Nations (AFNU) (Bernard Miyet)

• Message from Filippo GRANDI, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

First part:

Moderator Anne KOCH (Foundation for Science and Politics SWP)

• 1. Europe and the "refugee crisis"; Catherine WITHOL DE WENDEN (CNRS emeritus research director & Sciences Po)
• 2. Strengths and weaknesses of the French asylum implementation system; Caroline LALY-CHEVALIER (UNHCR France)
• 3. Strengths and weaknesses of the German asylum implementation system; Roland BANK (UNHCR Germany)
• 4. The EU Legal Framework and the 1951 Refugee Convention: Bolstering, Broadening and Bordering; Cathryn COSTELLO (Professor at the Hertie School & Co-Director of the Centre for Fundamental Rights)

Second part:

Moderator Emmanuel DECAUX (Vice-President of AFNU, Professor Emeritus,President of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, President of the René Cassin Foundation)

• 1. The stakes of European solidarity in terms of refugee protection, the role of Frontex; Vincent CHETAIL (Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and Director of the Global Migration Centre - IHEID)
• 2. The new debates on the security dimension and the limits to the right of asylum; Pierre-Antoine MOLINA (Prefect, former Director-General for Foreigners in France, Ministry of Interior)
• 3. The challenges of cooperation with third countries (Libya, Turkey, etc.); Nele ALLENBERG (Head of the Domestic/European Human Rights Policy Department - German Institute for Human Rights (DIM))
• 3. Supervision by the European Court of Human Rights; Angelika NUßBERGER (Director of the Institute for Eastern European and Comparative Law, former Judge and Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights

Conclusion:

• Thibaut FLEURY GRAFF (Professor at the University of Paris Saclay - UVSQ)
• Dr. Anne KOCH (German Institute for International and Security Affairs - SWP)

ANMELDUNG:

Bitte melden Sie sich unter kontakt@dgvn-nrw.de an.

Sie können der Veranstaltung auch über den Livestream via Youtube auf AFNU TV folgen.