The London International Human Rights Congress 2011
"Immigration & Integration in an Age of Austerity: Challenges and Opportunities"
Tuesday, November 22nd |
Wednesday, November 23rd |
Thursday, November 24th |
Friday, November 25th |
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09:00 | Registration | Registration | ||
9:30 | (9:45) Welcome Words | Lecture & Discussion Speaker: H.E. Amb. Ion Jinga (Ambassador of Romania to the United Kingdom) Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
Human Rights and International Economic Litigation (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Lucas Bastin (Latham &Watkins Associate) Location: Latham & Watkins London Office |
Welcome Words Speaker: Prof. Carla Figuera (Professor, Goldsmiths University of London) Location: Goldsmith?s University of London |
10:00 | Immigration & Integration in an Age of Austerity: Challenges & Opportunities (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Diane Abbott (MP) (Member of the British Parliament) Location: The Charity Center |
Zimbabwe?s Diaspora: Reasons & lesson?s (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Roy Bennett (Treasurer of the Movement for Democratic Change of Zimbabwe) Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
Human Rights: an Ambiguous Legacy (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jack OBE Spence (Professor, Department of War Studies, King?s College London) Location: Latham & Watkins London Office |
From Catgate to Colnbrook: Is the Expansion of Immigration Detention Compatible with Human Rights and Austerity? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Jerome Phelps (Director of Detention Action) Location: Goldsmith?s University of London |
10:30 | The EU, the Rise of the Far Right and Implications for the Future (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: John Cryer (MP) (Member of the British Parliament) Location: The Charity Center |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Matt Cavanagh (Associate Director for UK Migration Policy, Institute for Public Policy Research) Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
Lecture & Discussion - Continue |
Lecture & Discussion - Continue |
11:00 | The Death of Multiculturalism? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Mona Deeley (Director, Zenith Foundation) Location: The Charity Center |
Selling Places: Auctioning off the right to live in the UK - a good 2nd best immigration policy (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Mark Littlewood (Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs) Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
Challenges and Opportunities that Immigration and Integration offer in the 21st Century (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Mark Hendrick (MP) (Member of the British Parliament) Location: Latham & Watkins London Office |
Achievements in Human Rights in Kyrgzstan (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H. E. Baktygul Kalambekova (Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the United Kingdom) Location: Goldsmith?s University of London |
11:30 | The Challenges of Integration & Migration in an Age of Austerity (Interactive Panel Discussion) Speakers: Diane Abbott (MP) John Cryer (MP) Mona Deeley Mark C. Donfried Location: The Charity Center |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Linda Melvern (British Investigative Journalist) Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
Lecture & Discussion - Continue |
Human Rights and Austerity: The Path Ahead (Interactive Panel Discussion) Speakers: Prof. Carla Figuera Gwendolen Morgan Jerome Phelps H. E. Baktygul Kalambekova Prof. Leila Simoni Talali Location: Goldsmith?s University of London |
12:00 | Panel Discussion - Continue |
Lecture & Discussion - Continue |
Lunch Break- light Lunch will be provided by Latham & Watkins | Panel Discussion - Continue |
12:30 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
13:30 | Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Peter Eigen (Founder, Transparency International) Location: The Charity Center |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Elena Kastelli (Lecturer, University of Newcastle) Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
The Value of Regulating Immigration Advisers (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Suzanne McCarthy (Immigration Services Commissioner, United Kingdom) Location: Latham & Watkins London Office |
Human Rights: Legal Framework and Public Law (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Gwendolen Morgan (Solicitor, Public Law and Human Rights department, Bindmans LLP) Location: Goldsmith?s University of London |
14:00 | Recovering from the Economic Downturn - Is Immigration Part of the Solution? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Don Flynn (Director, Migrants' Rights Network) Location: The Charity Center |
Women?s Rights without Borders: Women Refugees and Feminism (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Natasha Walter (Founder, Women for Refugee Women) Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
Immigration Versus Human Rights - A False and Dangerous Divide (Interactive Panel Discussion) Speaker: Mark Donfried Prof. Dr. Jack OBE Spence Suzanne McCarthy Yehoeshahfaht Ben Israel Mark C. Donfried Location: Latham & Watkins London Office |
Lecture & Discussion - Continue |
14:30 | Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Melody Hossaini (Director, InspirEngage) Location: The Charity Center |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Helen Goodman (MP) (Member of the British Parliament) Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
Panel Discussion - Continue |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: H.E. Amb. Acisclo Valladares Molina (Ambassador of Guatemala to the United Kingdom) Location: Goldsmith?s University of London |
15:00 | (15:15) Break | Break | Break | Break |
15:30 | (15:45) Transit Migration And Human Rights (Lecture) Speaker: Juncal Gilsanz Blanco Location: The Charity Center |
The Influence of Media in Cultural Diplomacy (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Heather Blake (UK Representative for Reporters without Borders) Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
Business & Human Rights (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Hussein Haeri (Associate Solicitor, Latham & Watkins LLP) Location: Latham & Watkins London Office |
Lecture & Discussion - Continue |
16:00 | (16:10) I will not take off my clothes; the Application of International Obligations and the Wearing of the Niqab in Australian courts (Lecture) Speaker: Dr. Jessica Walker Location: The Charity Center |
Multiculturalism versus Universalism: More about ?London Olympics 2012: Justice for Women?? (Lecture) Speaker: Annie Sugier Rights Displaced: The Effects Of Long-Term Encampment On The Human Rights Of Refugees (Lecture) Speaker: Svetlana Sytnik Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
The Integration of the African Diaspora in the UK: An Overview (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Yehoeshahfaht Ben Israel (The Head of the ICD Human Rights Program) Location: Latham & Watkins London Office |
Organizing for a Change - Reweaving the Fabric of Society (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Neil Jameson (Founding Executive Director , Citizens UK) Location: Goldsmith?s University of London |
16:30 | Lecture & Discussion Speaker: David Russell (Director, Survivors Fund) Location: The Charity Center |
(16:40) Multi-Confessionalism in Medieval and Ottoman Bosnia-Herzegovina (Lecture) Speaker: Stephen Wynne Location: Embassy of Romania in London |
Hard Times and Ethnic Employment Situation in Britain and the USA 1972-2011 (Lecture) Speaker: Professor Yaojun Li Location: Latham & Watkins London Office |
Combating Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Ecuador?s Refugee Population: A Proposal for a Gender-Focused Approach to Local Integration (Lecture) Speaker: Johanna Gusman Inferences about the Egyptian Nation while Deconstructing the Arab-Western Opposition (Lecture) Speaker: Jaanika Erne Location: Goldsmith?s University of London |
17:00 | Evening Activity | Travel Time to Latham & Watkins Law Firm | Evening Activity | Conference Concludes |
18:00 | The ICD Human Rights Initiatives Location: Latham & Watkins London Office |