Newsletter - April 2010

Refugees

On February 17, 2010, the Department of International Law (DIL) organized the second Course on International Refugee Law, which took place in the framework of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CAJP) of the OAS Permanent Council. The course was held in the Padilha Vidal Room of the OAS General Secretariat headquarters building in Washington, D.C. It was presented in accordance with the mandate in resolution AG/RES. 2511 (XXXIX-O/09).

The purpose of the course was to provide an update on international refugee law for personnel of the permanent missions of the OAS member states, OAS General Secretariat staff, and other interested parties. More than 100 people participated in the activity

For this event the DIL arranged for the technical and financial collaboration of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with which the General Secretariat has a cooperation agreement specifying that the DIL acts as the point of contact.

UNHCR specialists and experts on the refugee topic from Brazil and Ecuador taught the classes.

For several decades the Organization of American States has been consistently concerned about the situation of persons needing international protection who are victims of forced displacement.

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