When: Friday, November 13, 2020 (05:00 PM GMT / 06:00 PM CET/ 07:00 PM SAST) – Saturday, November 14, 2020, (09:00 AM GMT / 10:00 AM CET/ 11:00 AM SAST) Where: Online, The PROTECT Expert Forum 2020 will discuss ‘The Two UN Compacts – Refugees and Migrants: Challenges and Implementation in Europe’. The event is hosted by Professor Elspeth Guild (Queen Mary University of London) and Professor Sandra Lavenex (University of Geneva). This Expert Forum, organised as part of the PROTECT project, engages with the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migrants from the perspective of their added value to existing international norms which also cover migrants. We hypothesise that there is added value from these instruments in providing a reinforced commitment to existing human rights standards, bringing migration firmly within the scope of other UN instruments. About the Expert Forum Against this background, the Expert Panel (13th November 2020) brings together legal scholars, migration experts, and representatives from organisations such as UNHCR, ECRE, and EASO, to explore contemporary issues faced in the Mediterranean region in light of the EU states’ commitments to the two UN Compacts and the role and policy of EU institutions. The panellists include Professor Hakan Gurcan Sicakkan (PI, […]
