We encourage you to join us for this side event on Wednesday, July 7, organized together with our colleagues at the American Association of Jurists (AAJ) and ARGOS observatory for Migration and Human Rights. The event will take place at 5 pm Geneva time as a virtual side event for the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

To register for the event and join online, please visit https://tinyurl.com/iadlmigration. You will receive a link and reminder emails for the event. The event will include live simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish.

We encourage you to share this event invitation with colleagues and comrades and look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 7 July!

Migration flows in the Americas: root causes and challenges
Virtual side event – 47th session of the Human Rights Council
Date: July 7th, 2021
Time: 17.00 – 18.30 (Geneva time)
Zoom: Register at https://tinyurl.com/iadlmigration Webinar ID: 894 8205 8868

Large flows of migrants are constantly crossing the American continent. Increasing numbers of people are forced to leave their homes due to a variety of factors, inter alia, poverty, unemployment, repression, violence, war and natural disasters.

As in other regions of the world, during their long journeys, migrants face all kinds of risks and suffering. And at the end of the journey, instead of finding work, shelter and freedom,
they encounter walls, barbed wire fences, militarized borders, arbitrary detentions, pushbacks, collective expulsions, ill-treatment, xenophobia, discrimination, exploitation and many other serious violations of their most basic human rights.

What are the root causes of these migratory flows? What are the major obstacles to the full enjoyment of human rights by these migrants and refugees?

Speakers:

Giovanni Libreros – Researcher of the Center for Political Thought and Dialogue – Colombia
Giordana García Sojo – Researcher Sures – Venezuela
Marjorie Cohn – Professor Emeritus at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego – USA
Taroa Zúñiga – Researcher, Argos – Santiago de Chile

Moderator: Micòl Savia, IADL permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided into English and Spanish

Evento paralelo virtual – 47° periodo de sesiones del Consejo de los Derechos Humanos
Fecha: 7 de julio de 2021
Hora: 17.00 – 18.30 (hora de Ginebra)
Zoom: Regístrese en https://tinyurl.com/iadlmigration ID del webinar: 894 8205 8868

Amplios flujos de migrantes atraviesan continuamente el Continente americano. Un numero de personas cada vez mayor se ve obligado a abandonar sus hogares debido a distintos factores, entre ellos la pobreza, el desempleo, la represión, la violencia, la guerra y los desastres naturales.

Como en otras regiones del mundo, durante sus largos viajes las personas migrantes se enfrentan a todo tipo de riesgos y sufrimientos. Y al final del camino, en lugar de encontrar refugio, libertad y oportunidades, se encuentran con muros, alambradas, despliegues de fuerzas armadas, detenciones arbitrarias, devoluciones
en caliente, expulsiones colectivas, malos tratos, xenofobia, discriminación, explotación y muchas otras graves violaciones de sus derechos más básicos.

¿Cuáles son las causas estructurales de estos flujos migratorio? ¿Cuáles son los principales obstáculos para el pleno disfrute de los derechos humanos por parte de las personas migrantes y refugiadas?

Hablaremos de ello con:
Giovanni Libreros 
– Investigador del Centro por el pensamiento y dialogo político – Colombia
Giordana García Sojo – Investigadora Sures – Venezuela
Marjorie Cohn – Profesora Emérita a la Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego – EE.UU.
Taroa Zúñiga
 – Investigadora de Argos – Chile
Modera: Micòl Savia, representante permanente de IADL antes las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra
Interpretación simultanea en inglés y castellano

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