Lezing Hazem Jamjoum

Date and time: 9 juni van 15:00 tot 17:00

Place:  Zwijsengebouw

Title:  Palestinian refugees

Speaker: Hazem Jamjoum

Language:  Engels

Palestinian refugees: right to return
Refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have the right to assistance and protection. International assistance and protections are required when national authorities are unable or unwilling to act on their obligations. The right of refugees and the obligations of states are set out in the 1951 Refugee Convention. Unlike most refugees and displaced persons, who usually seek protection against refoulement (forcible return), the primary problem facing Palestinian refugees is Israel’s denial of their right to reparations, including return, to their homes of origin. Although this right is enshrined in international law and affirmed by many UN resolutions, in particular UN resolutions 194 (1948) and 237 (1967), it has not been enforced. Displaced Palestinians have no access to courts that could provide effective remedies and reparations. 

Hazem Jamjoum
Hazem Jamjoum is an activist working with Sumoud, a Palestinian prisoner solidarity group; Al-Awda Toronto: The Palestine Right of Return Group; and theArab Students' Collective at the University of Toronto. He is an editor (2006) of the Indigenous Law Journal. He is a combined Law and MA International Relations student at Massey College, Canada. 

This lecture is organised by intercultural student association Menara, in cooperation with the Centre for Science and Values.