This Conference included panels on the challenge of seeking asylum in the face of rising populist nationalism, protections and rights of climate change migrants, and\u00a0 strategies for\u00a0 addressing vulnerabilities of non-U.S. Citizen fishermen to forced labor in Hawaii\u2019s longline fishing industry. Professor E. Tendayi Achiume (Assistant Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance) presented a keynote address on “Racial Borders.” The 2019 Dash Conference facilitated the dialogue on the importance of\u00a0 legal protections for\u00a0 refugees and vulnerable migrants, and the role that the legal community\u00a0 can play in strengthening those protections in the current political climate.<\/p>\n
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\nAshley Binetti Armstrong<\/strong>,<\/strong> Dash\/Muse Fellow, Human Rights Institute, Georgetown Law<\/p>\nKeynote Address:\u00a0Racial Borders<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Rise of Populist Nationalism and the Politics of Protection<\/em><\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>Maryellen Fullerton, <\/strong>Interim Dean and Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
\nDonald M. Kerwin, Jr.,<\/strong> Director, Center for Migration Studies of New York
\nDemetrios G. Papademetriou, <\/strong>Distinguished Transatlantic Fellow, Migration Policy Institute<\/p>\nClimate Change Migrants\u2019 Rights and Protection Needs<\/em><\/h3>\n
\nGuy S. Goodwin Gill, <\/strong>Professor of Law, University of New South Wales (UNSW) & Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law (UNSW)
\nKanta Kumari Rigaud, <\/strong>Lead Environmental Specialist and Regional Climate Change Coordinator, Africa Region, World Bank Group
\nAlice Thomas, <\/strong>Senior Policy Advisor and Program Manager, Climate Displacement, Refugees International<\/p>\nThe Price of Paradise: Vulnerabilities to Forced Labor in the Hawaiian Longline Fishing Industry<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Student Research Team<\/u><\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>Larson Binzer
\n<\/strong>Madelyn Carter
\n<\/strong>Kelly Horan
\n<\/strong>Cara Palmer
\n<\/strong>Bethany Pereira
\n<\/strong>Ingrid Schulz
\n<\/strong>Charlotte Storch
\n<\/strong>Rachel Ungar
\n<\/strong>Melody Vidmar
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nInstructors<\/u><\/h3>\n
\nAshley Binetti Armstrong, <\/strong>Dash\/Muse Fellow, Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute<\/p>\n