Looking ahead to January...

Looking to the Future, Learning from the Past: A Conference to Mark 60 Years of the Refugee Convention, Sydney, 14-17 June 2011 [info]
- "The Conference will provide a timely opportunity to reflect on the strengths and achievements of the Refugee Convention and refugee protection system, and to consider what further action is needed to secure the rights of refugees during flight, in countries of asylum and in resettlement." Submit abstracts by 28 January 2011.

Forced Migration: Human Rights Challenges, Montreal, 11-13 May 2011 [info]
- "The 2011 CARFMS Conference will...discuss the human rights of migrants in the context of national and international security policies." Deadline for abstracts extended to 31 January 2011.

Centre for Refugee Studies Summer Course, Toronto, 8-15 May 2011 [info]
- "[E]ight-day course for academic and field-based practitioners working in the area of forced migration." Early bird registration = 30 December 2010, visa applicants' registration = 31 January 2011.

Related posts:
- Things to do in December/January

[Photo credit: "UNHCR's 60th anniversary," UNHCR Australia]

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