Legal Advocacy Session for Registered Afghans in Pakistan

Mon, 20/02/2012 - 17:55 — CAMP

Organized by:

Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP)

Start Date:

Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 10:00 to 16:00

Publishing end date:

Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 23:45

Venue:

Hotel Margalla, Islamabad

Body:

CAMP has recently launched a baseline Research Report titled Legal Status in Pakistan for Registered Afghans. The report deals with the legal status of registered Afghans that has changed over time in Pakistan and examines how Afghan citizens have approached the Pakistan legal system in the absence of refugee law, and what impact this local law has had on their lives as non-citizens.

In order to widely disseminate the findings and results of the research study, we are planning an advocacy campaign, Legal Advocacy for Registered Afghans in Pakistan.

To this end, the first of a series of advocacy sessions is being held on above mentioned date and venue based on a briefing paper to discuss the legal ramifications of terming all registered Afghans ‘refugees’ and what this term entails in the absence of specific refugee law governing the legal status of refugees or asylum seekers in Pakistan.

Agenda:

Time	Activity	Speaker/Presenter
10:00 --10:30am	Arrival and Registration of Guests/Working Tea
10:30--10:35am	Recitation of Holy Quran
10:35--10:40am	Opening Remarks	Mr. Naveed Shinwari. CEO, CAMP
10:40--11:00am	Presentation of Briefing Paper ‘Are Registered Afghans Living in Pakistan ‘REFUGEES’ in the Real Sense?’	Ms. Irum Ali Khan, Deputy Researcher and Trainer, CAMP
11:00--11:15am	Expert Comment and Review of the Briefing Paper	Mr. Habibullah Khan, Federal Secretay SAFRON
11:15 am--12:30 noon	Interactive Session
12:30- 13:30 pm	Lunch