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March 12 | The Right to Have Rights: Statelessness, Citizenship and Belonging
March 12, 2015 at 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
| Location: | 2017 Dunton Tower |
| Cost: | |
| Audience: | Anyone |
Presented by Justice for Deepan
What is statelessness? The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons defines stateless persons as “a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operations of its law”. The stateless are unique in that they do not possess nationality to any country. While some people are born stateless and some become stateless over the course of their lives, the United Nations estimates that there are currently 10 million persons who are currently stateless. Statelessness is a significant human rights challenge which is often the concomitant effect of racial and gendered discrimination. It raises serious concerns about belonging and identity, even more, it raises crucial questions about enjoyment and access to human rights and integration in social, political and economic life.
Join Alex Neve, Daiva Stasiulis and Yavar Hameed in interrogating these complex issues. How can international lawyers respond to this crisis? What are the implications of being stateless? How can domestic and international actors work together to reduce and eliminate the burgeoning levels of stateless persons and what lies ahead if we do not seriously find solutions to these systematic and legally engineered phenomenon’s? How can we ensure that all human beings have access to the right to have rights, and what limitations and possibilities do international human rights pose to states and individuals?
Panelists:
- Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada
- Daiva Stasiulis, Professor of Sociology, Carleton University
- Yavar Hameed, Human Rights and Constitutional Lawyer
Tickets available at: https://www.picatic.com/TheRightToHaveRights
$10.00 for students
$20.00 for non-students
*All proceeds go to the Justice for Deepan Legal Defence Fund. However, nobody will be turned away for lack of funds, please contact justicefordeepan@gmail.com for more information.
Event Sponsored by:
Amnesty International Canada
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
National Union of Public and General Employees
Ontario Public Interest Research Group, Carleton University
Ontario Public Interest Research Group, University of Ottawa
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Carleton University, Department of Law and Legal Studies
Carleton University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Carleton University, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies (Human Rights)
UNIFOR
Criminalization and Punishment Education Project
Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers