The Palestinian Right of Return: A Legal and Political Analysis

Date 

Add to My Calendar Friday, April 1, 2016 2:00pm to 6:30pm

Location 

NYU School of Law
Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

CCR Bertha Fellow Omar Shakir will moderate a panel at a day-long conference about Palestine that aims to address the substance of the right to return, its grounding in international law, and its centrality to a rights-based, holistic resolution of the conflict.

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A Contested Right: Mobilization & Resistance on the Palestinian Right of Return
2:00-3:45 pm in Golding Lounge

The first panel will address the political marginalization of the Palestinian right of return and grassroots responses. The panel will feature Emilio Dabed of Columbia Law School and Al-Quds University, Michael Letwin of Jews for Palestinian Right of Return and Jamil Dakwar, a human rights lawyer and adjunct lecturer at John Jay College. Omar Shakir of the Center for Constitutional Rights will moderate.


The Right of Return Under International Law: A Conversation with Susan Akram
4:00-5:30 pm in Vanderbilt Hall 204

This discussion between international legal expert, Susan Akram, Boston University School of Law, and Omar Shehabi, director and founder of Palestine Works, will address the scope and status of the right of return under international law.


Cocktail Reception
5:30-6:30 pm in Golding Lounge

Hosted by Law Students for Justice in Palestine, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, Palestine Works, National Lawyer’s Guild (NYU Chapter), Law Students for Human Rights, NYU Students for Justice in Palestine

 

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March 30, 2016