2012 East Asia Symposium: Forced Migration and Human Trafficking

10월 27일부터 29일까지 대만에서 2012 동아시아 난민회의가 있습니다. 각국의 활동가들이 모여 동아시아 회의(29일)와 워크숍(27, 28일)을 진행할 예정이며, 자세한 사항은 아래와 같습니다.

2012 East Asia Symposium: Forced Migration and Human Trafficking

2012 동아시아 난민회의: 강제이주와 인신매매(2012. 10. 27-29)

1.동아시아 회의(East Asia Symposium)

일시: 2012. 10. 29

장소: Soochow University, Downtown Campus, R.5211

주제: Legislation and the Developing Asylum Policy in East Asia   

 The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), together with key refugee advocates and practitioners from East Asia are coming together to hold this symposium, with the aim of encouraging the development of asylum policy and legislation, and ensuring that it results in meaningful protection for refugees in practice. Legislation and government policy around asylum has changed and is changing in important ways in East Asia. Understanding and adapting to these changes is an ongoing challenge for all those working with or for refugees. It remains a priority to implement these policies and laws in practice and in a way that serves to protect refugees and provide a sustainable livelihood and durable solutions. 

 The “Korean Refugee Bill” and “Taiwan Refugee Act” are two examples of recent legislative developments that will set a powerful precedent in the region. Each has implications for whether and how refugee populations are protected and provided for in those countries. These laws also have implications for those working in neighboring countries in East Asia. 

 This Symposium brings key actors from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Mongolia and Taiwan together to discuss legislative progress, identify and debate key issues, and challenge misconceptions about the most vulnerable population in Asia: refugees. 

 The Symposium venue seats 100 people and the event is open to the public, however, you can reserve a space by registering online. A detailed program can now be downloaded here: Click  If you have any questions please write to Anoop Sukumaranfrom APRRN at Anoop@aprrn.info; or E-Ling Chiu from Taiwan Association for Human Rights at eeling@tahr.org.tw.

1. 난민,난민신청자, 인신매매 피해자 인권 보호에 관한 워크숍

(Workshops on Protecting the Rights of Refugees, Asylum-seekers, and Victims of Human Trafficking)

일시: 2012. 10. 27-28

장소: 타이페이 변호사협회 (Taipei Bar Association)

일정:

     제 1일 International Refugee Protection in Law, Policy, and Practice

     제 2일 Immigration Detention : Exploring access, monitoring and alternatives

 These workshops will focus on forced migration and the response to it in law and practice with a particular focus on legal frameworks and governments’ tendency to detain.

 Both domestic and international law have developed dramatically over the past 60 years, although often begrudgingly and only in response to massive atrocities that have shocked the conscience of humankind. It often seems that legal innovation has failed to either prevent the atrocities that lead to forced migration, or even to assure international protection and assistance when forced migration occurs; yet, thousands of lives are saved every year through asylum and other legal mechanisms which are improving over time.      During the workshops on day 1, participants will look at these legal mechanisms comparatively and critically.

 Governments and the general public that they represent have legitimate concerns about stability, security, and public health and welfare among other issues; and in an attempt to deliver on these policy objectives, they tend to use detention as a migration management tool. Day 2 will look more specifically at standards relating to the detention of migrants, access to immigration detention in the region, the methodologies of preventive monitoring, and implementing alternatives to detention through different models of community integration.

 These workshops will be useful for anyone who advocates for or works directly with migrants, such as: NGO staff, lawyers, social workers, and government immigration and social welfare officers, among others. The modalities used during the training will include some lecture, discussions, small group sessions and case studies. With a diverse group of participants we benefit from each participant’s expertise and experience.   

Trainers’ Profiles:

Martin Jones

(B.A., Queen’s; B.A. Hons., Queen’s; LL.B, UBC) practiced as an immigration and refugee lawyer for seven years. During that time he represented over one thousand immigrants and refugee claimants in all stages of the immigration and refugee protection process. Martin is presently a doctoral candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and a recipient of a Canada Graduate Scholarship awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He is also a research associate at York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies and a guest lecturer for the Centre’s Summer Course on Refugee Issues. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University and at the Program in Refugee and Asylum Law at the University of Michigan. He has taught immigration and refugee law at Queen’s University (Canada) and the University of East London (UK). Martin is the managing editor of Refuge, a scholarly periodical on refugee issues. He has widely presented and published on various topics in refugee and migration law.

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell is a social anthropologist in international migration and is Director of the International Detention Coalition, a global network of 200 NGOs in 50 countries. Grant has extensive experience in asylum and detention policy in Europe, US, Australia and the broader Asia Pacific region. His work includes developing case management and alternative to detention models for asylum seekers in Australia at Hotham Mission and overseeing the Community Detention and Community Care Pilot programs at the Red Cross. He is a member of the US government’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-NGO Working Group and is Deputy Chair of the Immigration Detention Working Group of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network. Grant won the Australian Human Rights Award in 2002 for his work at Hotham Mission in developing alternatives to detention, and was nominated for the 2004 French Human Rights Prize for his work in assisting women and children in detention.   

A detailed Program

Monday, 29 October 2012 East Asia Symposium: Legislation and the Developing Asylum Policy in East Asia Venue: Soochow University, downtown campus, R.5211
9:00-9:30	Registration
9:30-10:15	Welcoming Remarks   Hsieh, Li-Kung , Director-General of National Immigration Agency Taiwan   Emma Daae Kim, APRRN East Asia Chair   Geoffrey Weng, Executive Board member of TAHR, Chairman of Human Right        Committee of TBA   Shiow-Duan Hawang, Director of Human Rights Program in Soochow University
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:30	Forced Migration and Human Trafficking: exploring the narrow and often blurry distinction between people smuggling, trafficking and the desperate need to escape persecution  Moderator : Martin Jones  Presenter: Taiwan International Workers’ Association (TIWA) Presenter: Luisito     Butch Pongos, Asia Pacific Migrant’s Mission  Presenter: Jinny Eoh, Advocates for Public Interest Law (Korea)
11:30-13:00	Developing Law and Policy: Discussion of legislation in Korea and Taiwan  Moderator: Prof. Mab Huang (HR program of Soochow University)  Present: National Immigration Agency, Taiwan  Comment: Prof. Fort Fu-Te Liao  Content of the New Refugee Bill: Jongchul Kim, Advocates for Public Interest Law (Korea)  Comment: Pill Kyu Hwang, Gonggam (Korea)
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Building Capacity for Refugee Protection: Education, network development, and putting protection into practice  Moderator: Anoop Sukumaran, APRRN Coordinator  The Experience of Tibetan Refugees in Taiwan: Lorna Kung, Union of Excluded     Immigrants and Unwanted Citizens, Taiwan  National NGO Networking and Collaboration: Hotaeg Lee, Refuge Pnan (Korea)  Lawyers Networks: Mitsuru Namba, Japan Federation of Bar Associations  (Japan)  Refugee Law Education: Kelley Loper, the University of Hong Kong Faculty of  Law (HongKong)
15:30-15:45	Break
15:45-16:45	Surviving and Building a Life: The Refugee Perspective  Moderator: Brian Barbour  Presenter: Antony Nanyumba Bason , Refugee from Japan  Presenter: Mr. Ronel Chakma Nani’, Refugee from S. Korea  Presenter: Kalsang Lhundup, Tibetan in Taiwan
16:45-17:00	Q&A Closing remarks

Saturday, October 27, 2012: International Protection on refugee and stateless in Law, Policy, and Practice Venue: Taipei Bar Association, Room 3
08:30-09:00	Registration
09:00-10:00	Welcoming and Introduction
10:00-10:45	The importance of terminology: What is the difference between refugees, migrants, irregular migrants, and stateless persons?  This session examines the overlapping international legal regimes that govern  international migration and emphasizes the importance of determining into which category (or categories) a particular individual falls. In particular, the session will focus on the definition of refugee as defining the scope of the international refugee regime.
10:45-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-12:15	Case Studies This session looks at the various international populations in Taiwan and discusses the categories into which they fall, including whether or not they are refugees. Populations discussed include Tibetans, mainland Chinese political dissidents, border populations from Thailand-Myanmar, undocumented Indonesian workers.
12:15-13:15	Lunch
13:15-14:15	The significance of being a refugee: What rights do refugees enjoy?  This session looks at the consequences of falling within the international refugee protection regime, both in terms of the rights to which an individual is entitled as well as the international support available. The Refugee Convention of 1951 and the mandate of UNHCR will be particularly discussed.
14:15-15:15	Determining who is a refugee: How is this done and what are the rights of refugees during this process?  This session will explore the difficulty faced by states (and UNHCR) in determining who is (and is not) a refugee. Minimum standards in refugee status determination (RSD) and the role of civil society in supporting refugees as they undergo RSD will be discussed.
15:15-15:30	Coffee Break
15:30-16:30	Refugee protection in Taiwan: What are the challenges and opportunities for refugee rights in Taiwan?  This session will allow for a discussion of the situation faced by refugees and organisations working with refugees in Taiwan. The situation in Taiwan will be compared to that elsewhere, particularly in East Asia.
16:30–17:30	What challenges do refugees and those who help them face?  The session looks at the challenges faced by refugees and by individuals and organisations working with them. Language barriers, xenophobia and cultural differences will be discussed; the response of various NGO communities to developing ethical and professionally sound practice will also be discussed (eg. the Nairobi Code).
17:30-18:00	Closing Remarks

Sunday, October 28, 2012: Immigration Detention – Exploring access, monitoring and alternatives Venue: Taipei Bar Association, Room 3
10:00-11:00	Overview of Legal Framework and Standards relating to the detention of refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants and victims of human trafficking ·          Introduction to the international human rights standards ·          UNHCR Immigration Detention Guidelines 2012  Speakers: Martin Jones  Resources: ·          UNHCR Revised Detention Guidelines (pending) ·          IDC Legal Framework & Standards relating to detention of refugees/AS/migrants
11:00-11:10	Coffee Break
11:10-12:30	Detention Monitoring and Access ·          An introduction to the principles and methodologies of preventative monitoring ·          Exploring monitoring and access to immigration detention in the region  Speakers: Grant Mitchell; Regional NGOs  Resources: APT Detention Monitoring Guide
12:30 – 1:30	Lunch
1:30-3.00	Alternatives to Immigration Detention ·          Existing models in the region ·          Introduction of the Community Assessment and Placement Model (CAP) ·          Exploring advocacy opportunities in the region  Speakers: Grant Mitchell; Regional NGOs  Resources:  IDC Handbook: There are alternatives  IDC policy document: Captured Children
3.00-3.10	Coffee Break
3.10-4:40	Continued
4:40-5:00	Closing Remarks

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