{"id":2947,"date":"2021-01-09T18:25:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T23:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu_event&p=2947"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:41:00","slug":"70th-anniversary-unhcr-na","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/event\/70th-anniversary-unhcr-na\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Conference: 70 Years Protecting People Forced to Flee – North American Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Please note: this event is comprised of two separate panels; please register using both <\/strong>registration links found below.<\/p>\n\n\n

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ASL Language Interpretation<\/a> will be made available during this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interpretaci\u00f3n<\/a> en espa\u00f1ol estar\u00e1 disponible durante este evento. [Ver esta pagina en espa\u00f1ol]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interpr\u00e9tation<\/a> de conf\u00e9rence en fran\u00e7ais sera offerte lors de cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement. [Voir cette page en fran\u00e7ais]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The virtual academic conference, “70 years protecting people forced to flee”, will take place on 18, 19, 21 and 27 January <\/strong>to mark the 70th<\/sup> Anniversary of the founding of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. For more information, see the main page for the Virtual Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 21st<\/strong>, LERRN will host two North American panels. These panels will consider North American perspectives on the \u201cwho, what, and how\u201d of realizing protection and solutions, both within North American and through North American engagement in the global refugee regime.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Panel 1: Realizing protection and solutions within North America [12:30-2:00 pm EST]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This roundtable will be the first of two panels hosted by LERRN as part of the virtual global academic conference organized by UNHCR and GAIN for the 70th Anniversary of the UNHCR Statute. Panel 1 will examine the past, present and future of realizing protection and solutions within North America. It will consider challenges to protection (admission agreements, asylum access, detention, border practices) and solutions (integration, sponsorship, pathways to citizenship) in the North American context. It will consciously take a regional approach and include perspectives from Canada, the US and Mexico. It will consider differences and lessons from these various national contexts, from the perspective of state practice, civil society actors, the private sector, and sub-state actors, including cities and provinces or states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In looking forward, the panel will consider future opportunities to realize protection and solutions in a hemispheric approach to displacement, including the potential to support regional approaches such as the MIRPS and identify examples of innovation that can be taken to scale. It will also reflect on the diversity of North American perspectives to understand how differences can be understood and approaches designed that speak to this diversity. This panel\u2019s timing a day after Inauguration Day in the United States will provide a critical moment to consider how challenges can be addressed and future opportunities pursued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel will conclude with a discussion of a future-looking agenda to advance protection and solutions within the North American context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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