Courses, Workshops and Seminars - January 2013
Course on International Refugee Law (CAJP, 2013)
On January 31, 2013, a Course on
International Refugee Law will take place at the
OAS headquarters (1889 F St. NW, Washington, D.C.,
Padilha Vidal room), pursuant to a mandate contained
in General Assembly resolution 2758 (XLII-O/12), "Protection
of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Americas",
which instructed the Permanent Council to organize
the course through the Committee on Juridical and
Political Affairs and with support from the
Department of International Law of the General
Secretariat and the technical and financial
collaboration of the UNHCR.
Languages: The course will be held in English
and Spanish, with available simultaneous
interpretation in all four official languages of the
Organization.
Participation: The course is open for staff of
the permanent missions of the member states, staff
of the General Secretariat of the OAS, as well as
for other interested persons.
Registration: Spaces for this course are
limited. Those interested in participating in the
course must complete the online registration form:
http://www.oas.org/surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=96L198l.
OAS webcast: The course will also be
transmitted live through the OAS webcast site:
http://www.oas.org/en/media_center/webcast.asp.
Those who will be following the course via webcast
do not need to register for the course.
Certificates of attendance: Certificates of
attendance to the course will be awarded only to
registered participants that attend all the classes
of the course. Participants will be required to sign
an attendance form. Certificates will be sent by
mail after the course is over. It is important that
each participant provides his address or office
number (for OAS Staff) on the registration form.
Those following the course via webcast will not be
entitled to receive a certificate.
Program:
http://www.oas.org/en/sla/dil/docs/refugees_course_program_2013.pdf.
Professors biographies:
http://www.oas.org/es/sla/ddi/docs/refugiados_curso_biografias_profesores_2013.pdf.
Contact: For questions or technical problems
with the online registration, please contact
Mr. Francisco Montero, from the Department of
International Law, at the following email address:
[email protected].
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