Le troisième panel avait pour objet de discuter des critères de l’octroi du statut de réfugié et de mettre en lumière l’évolution du cadre universel depuis l’adoption de la Convention de Genève de 1951 et de son Protocole additionnel de 1967, tout en soulignant les initiatives régionales de détermination d’autres statuts de protection à l’échelle de l’Afrique, de l’Amérique Latine et de l’Europe.
Azadeh Tamjeedi – Senior Legal Officer at UNHCR Canada
Azadeh Tamjeedi is a Senior Legal Officer at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Canada. She has worked with UNHCR since 2017 and is currently based in Ottawa. During her time with UNHCR she also worked at the office in Vancouver for two years. In 2018, Azadeh completed an emergency deployment to Boa Vista, Brazil to assist with the large number of Venezuelans arriving in the country. Prior to working with UNHCR, Azadeh worked as a lawyer at the Centre Francophone de Toronto where she represented asylum-seekers before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) and the Federal Court of Canada. As a law student, she specialized in social justice issues and gained valuable advocacy experience at the Parkdale Community Legal Clinic in the area of poverty law. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Honours History and Political Science from McGill University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Azadeh was called to the Ontario bar in 2011.
Trésor Maheshe – Professeur à la Faculté de droit de l’Université catholique de Bukavu
Trésor Maheshe Musole détient un doctorat en droit de l’Université catholique de Louvain où il a défendu une thèse portant sur la recherche du compromis entre le statut de réfugié et les droits politiques en droit international. Actuellement, il preste comme professeur de droit international à l’Université catholique de Bukavu où il enseigne les cours de droit des réfugiés. Il dirige le Centre régional des droits de l’homme et de droit international humanitaire (CERDHO) au sein de la même université. Parmi ses domaines de recherche, il s’intéresse à la migration volontaire et forcée dans la région de Grands Lacs. Dans ce cadre, il exerce le mandat de collaborateur scientifique à l’Université catholique de Louvain et il est membre actif de l’Équipe Droit européen et Migrations (EDEM).
Eliza Bateman – Senior Research Analyst at the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub
Eliza Bateman is the Senior Research Analyst at the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub, leading and supporting legal scholarship, policy analysis and research projects on refugee protection: with a focus on refugee resettlement, refugee sponsorship, complementary pathways, and integration. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub, Eliza worked as Senior Legal Advisor for the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (Australia) and as a Senior Lawyer specializing in Equality and Human Rights legal practice at Victoria Legal Aid (Australia). She has also worked in senior policy and legal roles for the Australian Department of Home Affairs, specialising in immigration and administrative law. Eliza holds a PhD in Law and an LLM from McGill University and degrees in Law and Arts (Hons, Literature) from the Australian National University.
Christina Clark-Kazak (discutant/discussant) – Associate Professor, Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa
Christina Clark-Kazak is Associate Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Past President of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration and immediate past Editor-in-chief of Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees. She has previously worked for York University, Saint Paul University, the Canadian government and the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. She has also served as President of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Director of York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies and Associate Principal (Research and Graduate Studies) at York’s bilingual Glendon campus. Her research focuses on age discrimination in migration and development policies; ethics in migration research; and, the political participation of young migrants. She holds a doctorate from Oxford University, a master’s from Cambridge University and a BA from the University of British Columbia. She grew up in a small fishing village in northern BC and on tall ships sailing Canada’s West Coast, the South Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic.
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