Registration:
https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/honors/sessions/lunch-with-honorsjames-hathaway-the-global-refugee-crisis-whats-the-answer/
Families from Syria. Children from Central America. Whole ethnic groups in Africa. Unprecedented numbers of people are forced to leave their countries by war, persecution, and danger at home. Every second 24 people are displaced somewhere in the world. This summer, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees issued a report indicating that the number of global refugees has hit an all-time high: by the end of 2015, 65.3 million people were displaced world-wide. That’s more than the population of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand combined. What is to be done? How can problems of this scale, that yet have intensely private and intimate consequences, be solved? Come to learn and discuss the innovative ideas of UM Law Professor James Hathaway.
James C. Hathaway, the James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law, is also the founding director of the Program in Refugee and Asylum Law at the Michigan Law School. He developed the idea that refugee status is a surrogate for human rights, and wrote the first comprehensive analysis of the human rights of refugees under international law. A seminal leader in this field, he has led multidisciplinary and global efforts to restructure protections for refugees so that they are more fairly distributed. This is your chance to get a first-hand look at solutions to one of the world’s most urgent problems.
Families from Syria. Children from Central America. Whole ethnic groups in Africa. Unprecedented numbers of people are forced to leave their countries by war, persecution, and danger at home. Every second 24 people are displaced somewhere in the world. This summer, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees issued a report indicating that the number of global refugees has hit an all-time high: by the end of 2015, 65.3 million people were displaced world-wide. That’s more than the population of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand combined. What is to be done? How can problems of this scale, that yet have intensely private and intimate consequences, be solved? Come to learn and discuss the innovative ideas of UM Law Professor James Hathaway.
James C. Hathaway, the James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law, is also the founding director of the Program in Refugee and Asylum Law at the Michigan Law School. He developed the idea that refugee status is a surrogate for human rights, and wrote the first comprehensive analysis of the human rights of refugees under international law. A seminal leader in this field, he has led multidisciplinary and global efforts to restructure protections for refugees so that they are more fairly distributed. This is your chance to get a first-hand look at solutions to one of the world’s most urgent problems.
| Building: | Mason Hall |
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| Event Type: | Other |
| Tags: | Discussion |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from LSA Honors Program, Michigan Learning Communities |
