Event at the House of Commons, London: Rights in Exile
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees, in conjunction with the
All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes Region, invites you to the following event:
Rights in Exile
Chair:
The Baroness Park of Monmouth, CMG, OBE
Speakers:
Baroness Frances D'Souza, House of Lords
Professor Barbara Harrell-Bond, American University in Cairo
Dr Guglielmo Verdirame, University of Cambridge
Date and Time: 10 May 2005, 4 PM
Venue: Jubilee Room, House of Commons
Of the estimated 12m refugees in the world, more than 7m have been confined to camps, effectively 'warehoused', in some cases, for 10 years or more. Holding refugees in camps was anathema to the founders of the refugee protection regime. Today, with most refugees encamped in the less developed parts of the world, the humanitarian apparatus has been transformed into a custodial regime for innocent people. The right of these people to freedom of movement is only one of the many rights that are regularly violated, rights that they as human beings should enjoy. The new UN High Commissioner for Refugees will inherit a difficult situation which can only be improved with fresh thinking and new ideas.
The presentations will be based on the issues raises in the book 'Rights in Exile: Janus-Faced Humanitarianism' (authors: Guglielmo Verdirame and Barbara Harrell-Bond, Berghahnbooks 2005).
NB If you are planning to attend, RSVP Mark Pallis (pallism at parliament.uk)
On the day, you should enter via St Stephen's Entrance and inform the Security that you are here to attend a meeting in the Jubilee Room, Westminster Hall.
