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IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024

15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024

PALACIO DE CANAL 6, LEVEL E1

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Immigration detention: challenges, policy and the future

Tuesday 17 September (1430 - 1545)

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PALACIO DE CANAL 6, LEVEL E1

Committee(s)

Human Rights Law Committee (Lead)

Description

Over the course of the two decades of this century, we have seen the rise of the corporate player in immigration detention centres across various jurisdictions. This session will explore the challenges and governance of immigration detention centres, concepts of arbitrary detention and its violations arising worldwide, rights of detainees and potential solutions.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Wajiha Ahmed Buttar Caldwell and Co Solicitors, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Co-Chair, Human Rights Law Committee

Speakers

Sunday Agwu Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC), Abuja, Nigeria; African Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Human Rights Law Committee
Professor Markus Beham University of Passau, Other City, Germany; Co-Vice Chair , Human Rights Law Committee
Santiago Corcuera Cabezut Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Mexico City, Mexico
Elizabeth Jimenez Mora Global Rights Advocacy , Grenoble, France
Anne O'Donoghue Immigration Solutions Lawyers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion - Global Employment Institute (GEI)
Marissa Weber Marissa Kardon Weber, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Secretary, Human Rights Law Committee

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