Migration: An Opportunity, Not a Threat?

Partner: Institute of International Relations
Keywords: United Nations, Migration, Middle East, Human Rights, Global Security, EU

An expert public discussion with François Crépeau, Professor and Hans and Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law, McGill University; United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. He has been appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants in 2011. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and was a Fellow 2008-2011 of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. The focus of his current research includes migration control mechanisms, the rights of foreigners, the interface between security and migration, and the interface between the Rule of Law and globalization.

• Moderator: Benjamin Tallis, Co-ordinator of the Centre for European Security of the Institute of International Relations Prague
• François Crépeau, Professor and Hans and Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law, McGill University; United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
• Veronika Bílková, Co-ordinator of the Centre for International Law of the Institute of International Relations Prague
• Radko Hokovský, Executive Director, European Values Think-Tank

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