Nordic Asylum Law Seminar 2013

Programme

JUNE 6

09.30-10.00 Registration

10.00-12.30 Plenary

Welcome

Thematic Introduction by Dr. Vigdis Vevstad, University of Bergen

Theme 1: “The Global effects of European Asylum Law”

Presenter: Dr. Hélène Lambert, University of Westminster
Commentators: Dr. Jens Vedsted-Hansen, Aarhus University and
Dr. Gregor Noll, Lund University

Discussion

Theme 2: ”The Criminal Refugee”

Presenter: Dr. Joseph Rikhof, University of Ottawa
Commentator: Dr. Terje Einarsen, University of Bergen
Discussion

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.30 Workshops (to run in parallel)

Workshop 1: The EU and Nordic asylum law and policy

Workshop 2: Exclusion from refugee status/subsidiary protection: lawyers and decision-makers from the administrations present trends in Nordic countries.

Workshop 3: tba

19.00 Dinner

JUNE 7

09.00-10.30 Plenary

Theme 3: ”Refugee Status and Discreet Behaviour” – European legal developments

Presenters:
Dr. Rebecca Stern, Uppsala University: Normative developments in international law and Swedish court practice
Dr. Jesper Lindholm, Aalborg University: Danish administrative practice in the light of international law
Øyvind Øyen, Immigration Appeals Board (UNE): Norwegian policy development in light of European and Norwegian legal practice
Discussion

In this session we hope to illuminate questions related to refugee status and the requirement of discrete behaviour in relation to sexual orientation and the manifestation of religious and political beliefs. In addition to the presentations covering practice in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, we invite inputs from other Nordic countries during the plenary discussion.

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.30 Workshops, continued

Workshop 3: Asylum applicants with special needs

Workshop 4: Generalized violence and the need for international protection

Workshop 5: Protection of environmental refugees

12.30 -13.00 Plenary

Conclusions

13.00-14.00 Lunch