EVENT
June27Thursday
[6/27 SSRI Symposium] Why Should We Protect Refugees?
| Date and time | Thursday, June 27, 2024, 12:30-16:30 |
| Location | International Conference Room at Dialogue House (2F) |
| Target audience | ICU faculty, staff and students, general public |
| Application process and deadline | Please apply from online form. |
| Participation fee | Free of charge |
| Contact point | Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) ssri＠icu.ac.jp https://subsite.icu.ac.jp/ssri/en/ |
| Comments | Speaker: Professor Matthew J. GIBNEY (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford) Panel Discussion: Moderator - Dr. Brian Aycock (ICU) Prof. KIHARA-HUNT Ai (University of Tokyo) Ms. NACKEN Ritsu (Deputy Representative of UNHCR Tokyo Office) Ms. Luz Maria CARRENO (ICU Rotary Peace Fellow) General Moderator: Dr. HASHIMOTO Naoko (ICU) Abstract: Refugee protection in the global North is currently in a situation of crisis as wealthy countries increasingly place barriers in the path of asylum. These barriers force asylum seekers into dangerous voyages and create huge inequalities in the way responsibility for protection is distributed across the world’s states. Taking this crisis as my starting point, I examine the fundamental question of why states like Japan and the UK have a moral responsibility to protect refugees. I will outline four different answers. These stem respectively from considerations of humanitarianism, harm, community, and the system of states. While the existence of a range of different rationales to support a duty to grant asylum should hearten anyone in favour of improving refugee protection, I will show why choosing between them raises difficult political questions.. Language: English and Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation) |
