To mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Convention on Refugees and in anticipation of Human Rights Day on December 10, the Vienna Center for Migration and Law (VCML), UNHCR Austria, and the Research Institute for Migration and Refugee Research and Management (FORM) are hosting the symposium “75 Years of the 1951 Refugee Convention: Human Rights, Effectiveness, and Enforcement.”
The symposium focuses on a human rights-based and effective framework for refugee protection, as well as the legal and practical challenges of its enforcement. The symposium consists of two panels: The opening panel will set the substantive framework and focus on issues related to the human rights-based approach and the effectiveness of international refugee protection. A subsequent panel discussion will bring together different perspectives from legal practice, the judiciary, and the work of NGOs to discuss challenges in enforcing international protection standards.
Further information about the event can be found here.