Three Seminars on 60 Years Geneva Convention: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Three Belgian NGO's (Ciré, Flemish Refugee Action & BCHR) are organizing a serial of three seminars on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Convention.
The first seminar of the serial has the title: “The refugees of yesterday. The same as today?” The next seminars will take place on November, 18 and December 16.
The programme:
- Frank Caestecker (lecturer University of Ghent): “A look back to the implementation and application of the Geneva Convention in Belgium (1951-2000). Is the Convention still relevant?"
- Getjan Desmet (Nartional Archives): “Radical leftist and Jewish refugees from Nazi-Germany: Belgian refugee-policy between 1933 and 1940"
When: Friday, 21 October 2011, 14-17h
Where: Le Bouche à Oreille, Félix Hapstraat 11, 1040 Brussels
Language : French/Dutch (interpretation service in both languages)
Costs : Free