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International Summer School in Refugee Law and Rights!

About the school

Due to ongoing wars and prolonged hostilities in several parts of the world, the number of persons seeking an international protection in the EU countries has rapidly grown, making access to asylum and a full refugee protection an important but challenging task. Based on previous success of CESI International Summer Schools in refugee protection (2012-2015) at University of Sarajevo, this year’s International Summer School in Refugee Law and Rights, transferred to Palacký University Olomouc with long-standing tradition of humanitarian studies, will once again offer both general training in refugee law and a specific case-study analysis of the access to asylum and application of asylum rights in four countries of the Central and Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia and the Czech Republic. The training offered on this school focuses on the legal procedures for assisting refugee asylum claims, including practices of taking testimonies, finding COI information and documenting families. It also includes a comprehensive one-day simulation of the humanitarian relief and assistance response. Principal aim is to advance the skills for protecting asylum seekers and to help exchange and build expert and cooperation networks in responding to the current challenges of access to international refugee protection in the EU countries.

Summary

When: August, 10th – August, 19th, 2018
Registration deadline: May 31st
Credits: 12 ECTS
Early bird price: EUR 250 (prior May 15th)
Late registration price: EUR 350 (after May 15th)
Organiser: Humanitarian Studies Section, Palacký University Olomouc

Applicants

The school is open to students and professionals from all academic disciplines and backgrounds. Our participants typically include staff from main refugee and humanitarian international organisations, regional and local refugee, human rights and humanitarian NGOs, government officials working on refugee protection, scholars and researchers working directly on forced migration issues as well as practicing lawyers, advocates, journalists and activists working on refugee protection and the human rights of forced migrants.

Learning environment

The Summer School employs an interactive learning environment using combination of lectures, documentary films, debates and open discussions, enabling participants to both contribute to and gain an in-depth knowledge of asylum adjudication procedures. Instructors at the school are experienced and committed lawyers, scholars, practitioners and activists in the field that will bring a comparative and locally focused perspective to the international protection debate.

Programme

The training programme will cover the following modules:

I – General part

  • Assessment of 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol
  • The Relevance of International Human Rights Law to Flight from Persecution
  • UNHCR Guidelines on International Protection: “Membership of a particular social group” within the context of Article 1A (2).
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child: Unaccompanied Minor/Separated Children
  • UNHCR Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
  • The ethics of Refugee Law
  • Psycho-Social Issues: Medical Evidence in Asylum and Human Rights Appeals
  • Use of Country of origin Information assessment
  • Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures

II – Regional focus / Central and Southeastern Europe

  • EU Asylum law and current challenges
  • Transit migration/’Corridor response’ and restricting practices of accessing asylum, including the push backs and detention practices
  • Asylum system and Refugee Status Determination procedures: country-specific focus on functionality and challenges
  • EU Refugee Relocation Scheme: country-specific focus and analysis

III – Simulation exercise of a refugee crisis

Instructors

  • Dr Marko Szilveszter Macskovich, Global Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva
  • Prof. Dr Iris Goldner Lang, Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, UNESCO Chair on Free Movement of People, Migration and Inter-Cultural Dialogue, Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb
  • Dr Selma Porobic, Head of the Humanitarian studies section, Assistant Professor in International Humanitarian and Social Work, CMTF, Palacký University Olomouc
  • Dr Kveta Princova, External lecturer, Humanitarian Studies Section, CMTF, Palacký University Olomouc and Caritas College, Olomouc
  • Dr Agnieszka Zogata-Kusz, Assistant Professor in International Humanitarian and Social Work, CMTF, Palacký University Olomouc
  • Mgr Veronika Stastna, Assistant Professor in International Humanitarian and Social Work, CMTF, Palacký University Olomouc
  • Mgr Radostina Pavlova, Juris Doctor, Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, Expert and Advocacy Officer at the Center for Legal Aid – Voice in Bulgaria (CLA)
  • Mgr Friedrich Altenburg, Head of Centre for Migration, Integration and Security, Migration and Globalisation Department, Danube University Krems, Austria
  • Kristýna Andrlová, Protection Associate, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Czech Republic
  • Other guest lecturers invited for the panel debates/ TBC

How to apply

We invite you to register by sending the completed application form together with the motivation letter, CV the signed terms & conditions form, and a copy of your passport to selma.porobic@upol.cz and agnieszka.zogata@upol.cz before the 31st of May, 2018.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 31st 2018

Admission fee
Early registration prior May 15th 250 EUR; Late registration after May 15th 350 EUR. Admission fee covers the full school programme with materials, supervision, tutoring, lunches during the 10-days long training, simulation excercise during the 10-days in-door training and outdoor activities.

Part of our policy is to support the refugee organisations in both staff capacity building and enabling them the establishment of a wider support and cooperation network for the greater benefit of serving refugees. For this reason, we can offer a school fee discount to participants from the organisations working directly with refugees.

Payment details & Terms and conditions
Application form
Scholarship opportunities
Limited number of scholarships for students is available. For more information, please contact us prior March 20th.

For More info refer the link below:

Source: https://refugees.upol.cz

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