Refugees, the Convention and Access to Work and Health
Moderator: Dr Alice Edwards (Convention Against Torture Initiative, Switzerland)
• “Showing its Age: the 1951 Convention and the Right to Work” – Dr Diana Alberghini (Independent Researcher, USA)
• “Empowerment or Extraction? Refugees’ Economic Rights and the Legacy of the 1951 Convention” - Emily E. Arnold-Fernández and Gabriella Kallas (Asylum Access, USA / Mexico)
• “‘Otherness’ in the Labour Market: A Closer Look at Economic Inclusion within the Refugee Context” –Tamara A. Kool (Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Netherlands)
• “Different Systems, Similar Responses: Recent Policy Reforms on Asylum-Seekers’ and Refugees’ Access to Health Care in Germany and Sweden” - Dr Mechthild Roos, (Augsburg University, USA)
RLI 5th Annual Conference
The 5th Annual Conference of the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) took place from Wednesday 9 June to Friday 11 June 2021. The chosen theme for this year’s conference - ‘Ageing Gracefully? The 1951 Refugee Convention at 70 Years’ – reflects on the enduring legacy of the ‘cornerstone’ treaty for refugee protection 70 years after it was first adopted.
The 5th RLI Annual Conference builds on the success of previous RLI conferences in uniting refugee law academics, practitioners, policy-makers and students. Ran as a virtual event over three (3) half-days, this Annual Conference is based on the principle of free and open access online to allow for truly global participation.
Find out more at https://rli.sas.ac.uk/
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