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| <TITLE>International Refugee Law and U.S. Asylum Policy</TITLE> | |
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| <CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Fourth Annual Conference | |
| of the Library of International Relations</FONT></FONT></CENTER> | |
| <CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>at Chicago-Kent College | |
| of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology</FONT></FONT></CENTER> | |
| <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=+2>International | |
| Refugee Law</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> | |
| <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=+2>and | |
| U.S. Asylum Policy</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> | |
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| <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Friday, October 9, | |
| 1998</FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> | |
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| <CENTER><AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="6,239,276,294" HREF="http://www.asil.org"><AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="320,280,507,296" HREF="http://www.kentlaw.edu/glpi"><AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="319,258,420,276" HREF="http://www.kentlaw.edu/glpi/globalsoundings.html"></MAP><A HREF="#schedule">Conference | |
| Schedule</A> | <A HREF="http://www.infoctr.edu/lir/conf/immigration/form.htm">Registration | |
| Information</A> | <A HREF="http://www.kentlaw.edu/glpi">Global Law and | |
| Policy Initiative</A></CENTER> | |
| <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.infoctr.edu/lir">Library of International Relations</A> | |
| | <A HREF="http://www.iit.edu">Illinois Institute of Technology</A> | <A HREF="http://www.kentlaw.edu">Chicago-Kent | |
| College of Law</A></CENTER> | |
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| <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="50"><IMG SRC="WHTLN.GIF" HEIGHT=103 WIDTH=14> </TD> | |
| <TD><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Refugee and asylum issues | |
| have long been a staple of international headline news. Unrest in | |
| many parts of the world has resulted in an unprecedented flow of people | |
| seeking refuge in countries not their own, and the United States has always | |
| exerted a strong pull on such populations. But the welcome has not | |
| always been a warm one., especially in recent years with state and federal | |
| legislation reflecting growing anti immigrant sentiment.</FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <P><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>This intensive one day | |
| conference will bring together an impressive array of some of the top names | |
| in refugee and asylum law to explore current issues from international, | |
| theoretical, and national perspectives. Program participants from | |
| practice, government, and academia will address questions such as whether | |
| the United States is fulfilling its international refugee obligations, | |
| who qualifies as a "refugee" under the United Nations rubric, and what | |
| obstacles to a compassionate asylum policy have been created by the recent | |
| anti-terrorism provisions and amendments to the INA.</FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
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| <TD><A NAME="schedule"></A><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=+1>Agenda </FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
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| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="10%"><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#000099">8:15</FONT> </FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
| <TD><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>Registration | |
| and Continental Breakfast</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
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| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="10%"><B><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>9:00</FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
| <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="90%"><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#0000A0"><FONT SIZE=-1>Welcoming | |
| Remarks</FONT></FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <P><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Henry H. Perritt, Jr., | |
| dean and professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law; vice president for the | |
| downtown campus, Illinois Institute of Technology</FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <P><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial">Mickie Voges, associate | |
| professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law; director, Library of International | |
| Relations</FONT></B> </FONT></TD> | |
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| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="10%"><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>9:15</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
| <TD><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>International: | |
| Mass Migration, National Security, and U.S. Obligations</FONT></FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <P><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>The massive flow of refugees | |
| across borders has created immense challenges for the international human | |
| rights community and for U.S. refugee law. This panel will explore | |
| the balancing of domestic concerns, such as national security, with international | |
| obligations in the context of mass migrations, and whether the United States | |
| is abrogating its international obligations in its current Immigration | |
| Act.</FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <P><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Questions and Comments</FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
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| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="10%"><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>11:45</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
| <TD><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>Luncheon | |
| and Keynote Address</FONT></FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <BR><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial">David A. Martin: "Protection, Realism, | |
| and Evenhandedness"</FONT></B> | |
| <P><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Henry L. & Grace | |
| Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor, University of Virginia School | |
| of Law; former general counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service; | |
| former special assistant, Human Rights Bureau of the U.S. Department of | |
| State; author of a leading casebook on immigration law and many articles | |
| on immigration and refugee law and international human rights.</FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
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| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="10%"><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>1:30 | |
| p.m.</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
| <TD><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>Theoretical: | |
| Defining "Refugee"</FONT></FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <P><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Since the inception of | |
| the Refugee Convention, the definition of a "refugee" has continued to | |
| provoke controversy. This panel will focus on the appropriate interpretive | |
| approach to the definition, the meaning of such phrases as "membership | |
| in a particular social group," and the flexibility of the definition in | |
| dealing with a range of fundamental human rights issues such as gender-specific | |
| discrimination.</FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <P><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Questions and comments</FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
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| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="10%"><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>3:30</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
| <TD><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>Break</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
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| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="10%"><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>4:00</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
| <TD><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>National: | |
| Asylum Policy and Procedure</FONT></FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <P><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>This panel will focus | |
| on some of the troublesome aspects of recent changes in U.S. asylum policy, | |
| including expedited removal, the "credible fear standard," the impact of | |
| new anti-terrorism legislation, and the effects of other new border procedures.</FONT></FONT></B> | |
| <P><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Questions and comments</FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
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| <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="10%"><B><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>6:00</FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
| <TD><B><FONT FACE="helvetica, arial"><FONT COLOR="#000099"><FONT SIZE=-1>Reception</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></TD> | |
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| <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="50%"><A HREF="http://www.infoctr.edu/lir">Library | |
| of International Relations </A></TD> | |
| <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="50%"><A HREF="#schedule">Conference Schedule</A></TD> | |
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| <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="50%"><A HREF="http://www.iit.edu">Illinois Institute | |
| of Technology </A></TD> | |
| <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="50%"><A HREF="http://www.infoctr.edu:80/lir/conf/immigration/form.htm">Registration | |
| Information</A></TD> | |
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| <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="50%"><A HREF="http://www.kentlaw.edu">Chicago-Kent | |
| College of Law</A></TD> | |
| <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="50%"><A HREF="http://www.kentlaw.edu/glpi">Global | |
| Law and Policy Initiative</A></TD> | |
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| <TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN="2"><A HREF="http://www.infoctr.edu:80/lir/conf/immigration/index.htm">Return | |
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