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'Global Responses to the Forcibly Displaced. Freedom of Movement or Control by Numbers? Whose Rights? Whose Duties?'

The discussion will focus on the unprecedented movements of over 100m peoples, and rising with the war in Ukraine, who have been forcibly displaced this year.

Speakers:
Professor Gillian Triggs (Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations – Assistant High Commissioner for Protection in the team of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi)
The Hon Alexander Downer AC (Executive Chair of the International School for Government, King’s College London, Independent Reviewer of UK Border Force 2022, Australian former politician and diplomat, leader of the Liberal Party 1994-1995, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1996-2007, High Commissioner to the UK, 2014-2018, Academic IT Bencher)

Moderated by Sir Geoffrey Nice KC (Gresham Professor of Law 2012-2016, co-founder Geoffrey Nice Foundation 2014 and Inner Temple Bencher)

The event will be delivered in person and online. The session will include an opportunity for Q&A and for post-talk networking.

Non-members: Scroll beneath the Members Login box and click 'Add Ticket'.

Book/cancel: 17/02/2023

Legal Knowledge, Justice and the Rule of Law: 1

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Start Date: 20th February 2023 at 6:00 pm

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End Date: 20th February 2023 at 7:30 pm

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Inner Temple Lecture Theatre

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Business attire

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Open to: Members and the public

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The learning outcomes for this session are:
- Approach the legal issues surrounding forcible displacement with greater confidence
- More fully appreciate the social and legal contexts of recent world issues, including the war in Ukraine
This Session will help you to work towards the following section of the professional statement:
Have a knowledge and understanding of the key concepts and principles of public and private law