Newsletter - January 2010

Upcoming Events

The Department of International Law is helping to organize the Second Course on International Refugee Law, to be carried out within the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the OAS. This event is also receiving the technical and financial collaboration of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with which the Department of International law has a cooperation agreement. The course will be held on 17 February 2010, in the Padilha Vidal Room at OAS General Secretariat headquarters in Washington, D.C. The course is being offered in compliance with resolution AG/RES. 2511 (XXXIX-O/09).

The course is open to staff of the Permanent Missions of OAS member states, General Secretariat personnel, and other interested persons. The classes will be given by specialists of the UNHCR, as well as experts in the problems faced by refugees and related issues who will be coming from Argentina, Brazil, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The protection of persons applying for refugee status, and the protection of refugees of the Americas is another subject that has received consistent attention from the OAS for decades. In recent years, within the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs, a special session was held on international refugee law, and an earlier course was also offered on the subject.

Those interested in participating in this course are kindly asked to check the website of the Department of International Law for the purposes of registration..

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