Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Programme Short Course: Refugees and Migrants, a Rights-Based Approach
June 18th, 2007The Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program (FMRS), American University in Cairo (AUC) is offering a 10-day intensive course on “Refugees and Migrants: A Rights based Approach to Development.” The course will be taught in Arabic and will take a practical approach to issues of migrants and forced displacement by exploring strategies to ensure migrants’ and IDPs’ development and possible integration in their host countries. The course will apply a framework of international human rights and humanitarian standards as tools for improving the lives and living conditions of all categories of displaced persons. It will take place at the American University in Cairo between the 13th and 23rd of January 2008.
The course will engage a diverse group of participants from the Middle East and North Africa; lawyers, policy makers, government officials, representatives of NGOs and interested academics. The senior tutor will be Joseph Schechla; Cairo- based coordinator of the Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) of the Habitat International Coalition. Invited instructors include: Professor Leonardo de Franco, Dr. Amin Mekki Medani, Dr. Ibrahim Ayad; Hossam Bahgat; Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, Dr. Lana Baydas; Lecturer, Department of Law (AUC), and Parastou Hassouri; legal adviser at AMERA-Egypt (African and Middle Eastern Refugee Assistance).
The course will be limited in size and travel bursaries will be awarded to 25 agencies attending from outside Egypt. Participants will be responsible for their own hotel costs and evening meals. A list of modestly priced hotels will be provided.
To indicate your interest in participating in this course, please send your CV and cover letter to assmaa.naguib@googlemail.com
Participation in the course requires no fee, but full time attendance is required.