Date: 9-10 October 2015
Venue: UCD Sutherland School of Law
UCD’s Sutherland School of Law is hosting the 18th UCD Irish European Law Forum, titled Europe’s Shared Burden: Collective Responsibility for Migrants at Sea. With keynote addresses from from both Peter Sutherland, UN Special Representative (SRSG) for International Migration and Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Professor of International Refugee Law, University of Oxford (TBC), the conference explores the legal, political, social and moral humanitarian catastrophe being witnessed in the Mediterranean region at present.
As well as keynote addresses, the two day event will also explore the challenges faced by migrants and asylum seekers arriving on European shores, with a core focus on responsibility for protection that emerges.
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