1) ILPA/LSE Conference: 'Migrants and Involuntary Return' :

Synopsis: The European legal system, with its power to influence Member States' behaviour as well as to monitor and enforce legal compliance, is arguably the most effective international legal system in the world today.
Recently however, particularly in the light of national security issues, there have been significant challenges facing European States and their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. This complex relationship is perhaps most visible in relation to Article 3 of the Convention and its interaction with non-nationals.

Tickets: £30-£220. For more information and to register: http://www.ilpa.org.uk/DT1022conference.pdf or contact ILPA - email: info@ilpa.org.uk tel +44 20 7251 8383

2) In Search of Solutions: Methods, Movements and Undocumented Migrants in
Africa

Research and Training Workshops, 1-4th of July, 2008
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

The Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull, and the Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, invite submissions for a two part colloquium on methods and informal migration. This event is designed to strengthen and further refine the strategies used to analyse and understand migration patterns in Africa. Since many migrants operate outside official channels, conventional methods and government
statistics can often be of limited value in coming to terms with this contentious issue. In the absence of empirically reliable and theoretically sophisticated research methods, speculation and hyperbole have regularly filled the void.

Submission Information
Please send submissions by email - with subject heading either:
'Training Workshop Submission' or 'Research Workshop Submission - to:
darshan.vigneswaran@wits.ac.za.

Requests for additional information should be directed to Dr Joel Quirk
(j.quirk@hull.ac.uk).

The Forced Migration Studies Programme (http://migration.org.za/ ) is Southern Africa's premier centre for the academic study of migration. This workshop will form a part of a multi-faceted training and dissemination agenda for 2008, including a conference on the State of
Migration in Southern Africa in March, and a Statistics Institute later in the year.

The Wilberforce Institute (http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise/) is dedicated to the pursuit of world class research in the areas of slavery, emancipation, human rights, and social justice. The institute seeks to improve academic knowledge and public understanding of both historical practices and contemporary problems, and to inform public policy and political activism.