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MIGRANT CENTRE OFFICIAL OPENING ON 8TH DECEMBER 2010
Dear all,
NICEM is pleased to invite you at the official opening of the Migrant Centre new premises, 2nd Floor, Ascot House, 24-31 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast BT2 7DB. The centre will be open to public all day and our special guests will be present for the official opening between 12.00pm and 2.00pm.
If you wish to attend the official launch, please register your interest with Agnieszka on 02890238645 or [email protected]
Click here for additional information about the Migrant Centre.
We will hold a press conference at 11.30am, followed by speeches at 12 noon - Councillor Pat Convery, Danny Kennedy MLA, and Patrick Taran, Senior Migration Specialist at the International Labour Organization.
Please do not hesitate to contact Francoise, [email protected], in advance to book one to one interviews or for any further information.
NICEM 15th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE
Date: Thursday, 9 December 2010
Venue: Wellington Park Hotel (Malone Road, Belfast)
Programme:
0930 – 1000 Registration
1000 – 1100 15th Annual General Meeting
Welcome by the Chair of NICEM
Approval of the minutes of last meeting
Presentation of Annual Report 2009/2010
Presentation of Account 2009/2010
Appointment of Auditor for 2010/2011:
Minshull & Co.
Close
1100 – 1115 Coffee break
1115 – 1120 Chair of the Conference:
Patrick Yu, Executive Director of NICEM
Introduction
1120 – 1140 Keynote Speakers
Mr. Patrick Taran
Senior Migration Specialist
International Migration Programme
International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva
“Migration, Globalisation and Protection – 35 years of ILO Convention 143 Migrant Rights (Supplementary Provisions), 1975”
1140 – 1200 Ms. Anastasia Crickley
Ireland Independent Expert Member
UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination
“International human rights standards for non-national: ICERD and General Recommendation 30 - Discrimination Against non-citizens”
1200 – 1220 Mr. Don Flynn
Director
Migrants Rights Network, UK
“EU migration: the rights of Third Country National and EU citizen under the EU law”
1220 – 1300 Open Discussion
1300 – 1400 Lunch
1400 – 1410 Introduction
“The impacts of economic downturn and public spending cuts towards migrant communities: human rights protection and equality standards” Roundtable
1410 – 1530 Patricia McKeown, Regional Secretary, UNISON
Professor Colin Harvey, Commissioner, NI Human Rights Commission
Evelyn Collins, Chief Executive, Equality Commission for NI
Sofi Taylor, Migrant Rights Network, Scotland
1530 – 1545 Coffee break
1545 – 1625 Voices from the Migrant Communities
Polish
Filipino
ECRI initiative on employment issues
1625 – 1635 Closing of the Conference
