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Events 2009

8 December 2009

Second Roundtable

"Conversations on the Global Governance of Migration"
The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) in partnership with the Programme for the Study of Global Migration, Tuesday 8 December 2009. [Conversations On the Global Governance of Migration: helping to build a process for achieving Global Governance].
[See the Report: Connecting the Dots: A Fresh Look at Managing International Migration]

 

30 November 2009

"Environment and Migration: The Evidence"
Dr. Tamer Afifi, Associate Academic Officer, United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). [Powerpoint Presentation]
 

26 October 2009

"Global Migration and the Crisis: Do We still Need Immigrants Now?"
Mr. Philippe Legrain, Journalist, Writer and Visiting Fellow at the European Institute (LSE). Organized with the Editions Markus Haller, publisher of the French version of Mr. Legrain’s book Immigrants - Your Country Needs Them (en français: Immigrants - un bien nécessaire)

23 June 2009

 The Programme for the Study of Global Migration co-organized a Workshop on "International Law and Climate Displaced People" in partnership with the Global Humanitarian Forum and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (ADH). 2009 Global Humanitarian Forum.  Programme - Background Note - Executive Summary

22 June 2009

 "Mapping the Detention of Migrants: Presentation of the New Website of the Global Detention Project"
Prof. David Sylvan, Professor of Political Science, HEID;
Mr. Jeff Crisp, Head of Policy Development and Evaluation Service, UNHCR;
Mr. Michael Flynn, Lead researcher, Global Detention Project;
Ms. Cecilia Cannon, Research assistant, Global Detention Project

 

17 June 2009

"Displacement, Security, Human Rights and Humanitarian Actions"
Dr. Jeff Crisp, Head of Policy Development and Evaluation Service, UNHCR;
Ms. Shaden Khallaf, Policy/Reporting Officer, MENA Bureau, UNHCR;
Ms. Sylvia Braun, Outreach/Liason Officer within the UNHCR/ICMC Deployment Scheme. [Programme]
Co-organized with the Graduate Institute Summer Programme

 

02 June 2009

"Displacement, Peace Process and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding"
Dr. Khalid Koser, Director, New Issues in Security Course, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) [PowerPoint Presentation]
A conference organized on the occasion of the publication of the latest issue of the Refugee Survey Quarterly (Vol.28, No 1)

 

26 May 2009

"Migration, Trade and Development"
Prof. James F. Hollifield, Professor and Director, John Goodwin Tower Centre for Political Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas (USA). [Watch the video online]

  

30 March 2009

"Assessing the Impact of the Current Economic/Financial Crisis on International Migration"
[Programme]

  

9 March 2009

"The Iraqi Refugees after the 2003 Invasion. A New Crisis in the Middle East"
Dr. Joseph Sassoon, Senior Associate Member at St Antony's College, Oxford (UK); Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University, Washington D.C (USA). [Short Bio]

 

 

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