Anniversary-related events

Several forced migration milestones are coming up. The first is UNHCR's 60th anniversary; the agency was established 14 December 1950. And two conventions that guide UNHCR's work are celebrating birthdays in 2011: The Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, adopted 28 July 1951, is turning 60, while the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, adopted 30 August 1961, will be 50-years-old.

I will be keeping track of events organized to mark these anniversaries. Here are a few that I have come across to date:

Call for Papers: "60 Years of the 1951 Refugee Convention: Sociological Perspectives on Rights and International Solidarity Obligations," Special Session 3 of the "Law, Crime and Rights" Stream, British Sociological Association Annual Conference, London, 6-8 April 2011 [info]
- Abstracts are due 15 Oct. 2010.

Seminar Series on International Refugee Law, Institutes of Advanced Legal Studies and Commonwealth Studies & UNHCR, London, 25 October 2010-9 June 2011 [info]
- The first seminar will be held 25 Oct. 2010, with an opening speech by the UNHCR Representative in the UK, followed by a talk by Alice Edwards, University of Oxford, on "Rethinking the detention of asylum-seekers and other migrants: exploring the alternatives - a comparative perspective."

2011 Refugee Conference, Centre for Refugee Research, Sydney, 14-17 June 2011 [info]
- The conference will mark the 60th anniversary of the refugee convention. A programme is not yet available.

In addition, an upcoming issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law will mark UNHCR's 60th anniversary with articles on the role of the organization and on international refugee protection. This was the original call for papers.

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