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Immigrant Rights and International Human Rights Conference ruler
For Immediate Release
September 19, 2007

Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT: Immigrant Rights and International Human Rights Conference
WHEN:
Friday, October 12, 2007, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE:

Georgetown University Law Center
McDonough Hall - Room 202
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

SCHEDULE:

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

9:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Panel I

"Immigration Law and International Human Rights"

Ryszard Cholewinski, Labour Migration Specialist, International Organization for Migration

Lesley Wexler, Professor, Florida State University College of Law

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Panel II

"The Rights of Noncitizens Beyond Our Borders"

Sarah H. Cleveland, Professor, University of Texas School of Law

Gerald L. Neuman, Professor, Harvard Law School

David A. Martin, Professor, University of Virginia School of Law

Michael J. Wishnie, Professor, Yale Law School

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Panel III

"A Comparative Approach to Human Rights and Immigration Law"

Catherine Dauvergne, Professor, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law

Raza Husain, Barrister, Matrix Chambers

Sharryn J. Aiken, Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University

David D. Cole, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.

Panel IV

"Human Rights Strategies for Advancing Immigrants' Rights"

Don Flynn, Executive Committee Member, Migrant Rights, United Kingdom, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)

Fernando Garcia, Director, Border Network for Human Rights

Michelle Brane, Director, Detention and Asylum Program, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children

Paul Hoffman, former Chair, International Executive Committee, Amnesty International

Lucas Guttentag, National Director, Immigrants' Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union

5:15 - 5:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

David D. Cole, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

NOTE:

A Web cast will be available at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/.

Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.