Summer School 2013 on Human Rights, Migration and Globalization

8 - 12 July 2013, NUI, Galway
Deadline for registration: 30 June 2013

The Irish Centre for Human Rights will host its inaugural Summer School on Human Rights, Migration and Globalization from 8 to 12 July 2013. The inaugural year’s subtopic is Defining and Promoting Human Rights of Migrants in an Era of Globalization. The five days of intensive sessions will be led by leading specialists including Professor Francois Crépeau, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants.

The Summer School will familiarise participants with the sources of migrants’ rights and the available protection mechanisms. It will also provide participants with an understanding of the major tensions underlying the issue of the protection of migrants’ rights and of how globalization shapes these tensions.
The programme will include social activities that will allow participants to network with each other and the panel in a relaxed environment. The Summer School is open to anyone interested in the contemporary challenges of migration and human rights protection. Participants will have an opportunity to propose their research ideas for discussion.

The provisional programme is now available!
Monday, 8 July 2013
08:15 – 09:00
Arrival and registration

09:00 – 09:20
Welcome address
Ekaterina Yahyaoui and Prof. Michael O’Flaherty

09:20 – 09:50
Round of short presentations of participants

09:50 – 10:30
Keynote introductory: Migrants’ rights are human rights
Prof. M. O’Flaherty

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30
TBC
Maria Stavropoulou

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch

13:30 – 15:00
Human rights of migrants: Problems, processes and perspectives: A forward looking discussion/group research exercise

15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00
Presentations by attending participants

17:30 – 19:00
Reception

Tuesday, 9 July 2013
08:30 – 09:00
Arrival

09:00 – 10:30
Global trends in the practice of immigration detention
Mariette Grange

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30
Detention forms and conditions: Irish experience
Peter Fitzmaurice

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch

13:30 – 15:00
Presentations by attending participants

15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00
Presentations by attending participants

Wednesday, 10 July  2013
08:30 – 09:00
Arrival

09:00 – 10:30
Criminalization of migration and irregular migration
Prof. Francois Crépeau

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30
From migrants to minorities and back
Noelle Higgins

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch

13:30 – 15:00
Gender and migration
Ekaterina Yahyaoui

15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00
Presentations by attending participants

Thursday, 11 July 2013
08:30 – 09:00
Arrival

09:00 – 10:30
Trafficking and mmuggling of migrants: A human rights perspective
Prof. Tom Obokota

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30
Group exercise on trafficking and smuggling of migrants
Prof. Tom Obokota

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch

14:15 - 14:30
Assembly for departure to Cnoc Suain

14:30 – 15:00
Coach to Cnoc Suain

15:00 – 16:45
Irish cultural experience at Cnoc Suain

17:00 – 17:30
Return to Galway

19:00
Dinner at House Hotel

Friday 12 July 2013
08:30 – 09:00
Arrival

09:00 – 10:30
Advocating for social justice and human rights- the experience of MRCI
Siobhan O’Donoghue

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30
Session on advocacy for human rights of migrants
Siobhan O’Donoghue

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch

13:30 – 15:00
Experience of the Special Rapporteur on human rights of migrants
Prof. Francois Crépeau

15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00
Closing discussion/conclusions of the group research exercise
More information and registration