BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:be92cf67247e636a59298621a4c5b870 CATEGORIES:Conferences CREATED:20190401T150546 SUMMARY:Conference : Beyond 50 and 10, beyond the rhetoric International Conference on the protection of forced migrants in Africa DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\n\n\n\nThe Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria is pleased to announce a two-day conference on the protection of forced migrants in Afri ca and hereby invite proposals for papers. \n\nDate: 6 - 7 September 2 019\nVenue: University of Pretoria \nDeadline for submission:30 A pril 2019 \n\n\n\nDownload call for abstracts     Regis ter for Conference\n\nAim of the Conference \n\nIn 1969 and 2009, resp ectively 50 and 10 years ago, the African Union (AU) (and its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)) adopted two instruments on forced migration in Africa: The OAU Convention on the Specific Problems of Refugee s in Africa (African Refugee Convention) and the AU Convention for the Prot ection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (IDP or ‘Ka mpala’ Convention). While the aim of the African Refugee Convention is to p rovide guidance to states on the protection of persons who have been displa ced from other states, the Kampala Convention provides guidance on the prot ection of persons displaced within the borders of a particular state.\n\n\n Although both instruments have been recognized as ground-breaking African f rameworks, the issue of forced displacement remains a daunting challenge on the continent.\n\n\nTo take stock and critically reflect on the experience of the intervening 50 and 10 years, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty o f Law, University of Pretoria, will host a two-day Conference, on 6 and 7 S eptember 2019 on the theme: “Beyond 50 and 10, beyond the rhetoric: The pro tection of forced migrants in Africa”.\n\n\nThe focus of the Conference is to critically examine the extent to which these frameworks (African Refugee and IDP Conventions) meaningfully address forced migration at the regional , subregional and national level in Africa.\nPapers that bring original con tributions to knowledge, that move beyond superficial discussions on the na ture of the forced migration crisis, and that seek to answer pertinent ques tions relating to the protection of forcibly populations (both from theoret ical and empirical perspectives), are invited, in particular.\nParticipants \n\nThe Conference will also be open to attendees who are not presenting pa pers. There will be no registration fee and tea and lunches will be free fo r all participants.\n\n\nPlease note: In-coming participants will have to c over and arrange their own transport and accommodation\nRegistration\n\nCli ck Here to Register\n\n\n\nApplication Deadline: 30 April 2019.\n\n\nP lease note: There is no registration fee but participants who are not prese nting papers will be responsible for their own transport and accommodation. \nContact the organisers\n\nFor queries about the Conference, please contac t:\n\n\nDr Romola Adeola \nromola.adeola@up.ac.za \nwww.chr.up.ac.za\n\n\nJ oin the conversation\n\n\nThis conference will be making use of the #Africa nMigrantsMatter hashtag.\n\n\nJoin the conversation on the following s ocial media channels:\n\n\n @CHR_HumanRights    @Centre forHumanRights   @centreforhumanrights\n DTSTAMP:20260703T165058Z DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190906T080000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190907T170000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR