6:00pm - 8:00pm

Welcome Reception, Conference Centre Lobby, Room 519 YRT

Light Breakfast, Conference Centre Lobby, Room 519 YRT

Official Conference Opening

Welcome Addresses:

• Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri, York University President and Vice-Chancellor (via video)
• Dr. David Dewitt, Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation, Social Sciences and Humanities, York University
• Dr. Susan McGrath, Director, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
  

Conference Chairperson’s Opening Remarks: Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

UNHCR’s Role in Supervising International Protection Standards in the Context of Forced Displacement

Chair: Conference Chairperson, Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Volker Türk, Director, Division of International Protection, UNHCR, Geneva

Judicial Experience in Supervising the 1951 Convention and its 1967 Protocol

Chair: Professor Jane McAdam, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia

Presenters:

• Justice Professor Dr. Harald Dörig, Federal Administrative Court of Germany, Leipzig, Honorary Professor of the Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena
• Justice Russel Zinn, Federal Court (Canada)
• Brian Goodman, Chairperson, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

Other Public International Law Supervisory Models: Possible Reforms, Proposals, and Ideas for Supervising Protection Standards in the Context of Forced Displacement

Chair: Chief Justice Allan Lutfy, Federal Court (Canada)

Presenters:

• Justice Tony North, Federal Court of Australia, Immediate Past President of the IARLJ
• Professor Elspeth Guild, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels
• Dr. Alice Edwards, Departmental Lecturer in International Refugee and Human Rights Law, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Breakout Sessions

Facilitators:

• Professor Kate Jastram, Lecturer in Residence, Berkeley Law, University of California
• Professor Nergis Canefe, School of Public Policy and Administration and Department of Political Science, Associate Director, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University; Adjunct Faculty Member, Faculty of Law, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
• Professor Geoff Gilbert, School of Law, University of Essex, United Kingdom
• Professor Obiora Okofor, Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Plenary Session with the Facilitators from Each Breakout Group

Chair: Geoffrey Care, Chairman EurAsylum Ltd., Advisory Board and the Founding President of the IARLJ
Breakout Session Facilitators: Professors Kate Jastram, Nergis Canefe, Obiora Okofor, Geoff Gilbert.

Concluding Reflections for the Day

Conference Chairperson, Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill and Dr. Volker Türk

8:30am - 9:00am

Light Breakfast, Conference Centre Lobby, Room 519 YRT

Opening Remarks

Conference Chairperson, Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Justice Nicholas Blake, President, Upper Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, United Kingdom

Chair: Judge-President Bernard Ngoepe, Transvaal Provincial Division of the High Court of the Republic of South Africa, Pretoria

Presenters:

• Justice Ana M. Calzada, President, Constitutional Chamber, Supreme Court of Costa Rica, San Jose
• Justice Markandey Katju, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
• Judge Nathan Charles Erasmus, High Court of the Republic of South Africa, Western Cape Provisional Division, Cape Town

Lunch, Room 524 YRT, Marshall Cohen Governance Boardroom

Effectiveness of Legal Instruments and Remedies in the Context of Forced Displacement (Global North)

Chair: Professor Michael Barutciski, Glendon School of Public and International Affairs, York University, Toronto, Canada

Presenters:

• Professor Osamu Arakaki, Department of Law, Shigakukan University, Kagoshima, Japan
• Nico Mol, Head of Division (Division 3.1), European Court for Human Rights, Council of Europe, Strasbourg Cedex, France
• Nuala Mole, Director, The AIRE (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) Centre, London, UK

Breakout Sessions

• Professor Jennifer Hyndman, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
• Professor Audrey Macklin, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada
• Professor Sasha Baglay, Faculty of Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
• Professor Sharryn Aiken, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Canada

Chair: Professor Peter Showler, Refugee Forum, Human Rights Research and Education Centre and the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada
Breakout Session Facilitators: Professors Jennifer Hyndman, Audrey Macklin, Sasha Baglay, Sharryn Aiken

Concluding Reflections for the Day

Conference Chairperson, Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill and Dr. Volker Türk

Dinner Buffet, Executive Dining Room, Schulich School of Business

8:30am - 9:00am

Light Breakfast, Conference Centre Lobby, Room 519 YRT

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Conference Chairperson, Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill

Keynote Speaker: Professor Sriprahapa Petchamsaree, Mahidol University, Thailand, and member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights 

Health Break

10:45am - 12:00pm

International Protection and Public Accountability: The Role of Civil Society

Chair:  Professor Howard Adelman, Founding Director, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada

Presenters:

• Manisha Thomas, Policy Advisor, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), Geneva
• Janet Dench,Executive Director, Canadian Council for Refugees, Montreal, Quebec
• Tom Clark, author and formerly the National Coordinator of the Inter-Church Committee for Refugees (ICCR), linked with the Canadian Council of Churches

International Conference Closing Remarks, and Ceremonies

Conference Chairperson, Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill and Dr. Volker Türk;
Dr. Susan McGrath, Director, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University.