Migration Week 2016

Join us for a week full of events on Migration.

The week is organised by CMI, IMER, SKOK and the Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen in cooperation with Bergen Resource Centre.

Arrivals – Migration Week

Michel Agier (EHESS), Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University) and Dallal Stevens (University of Warwick).

Sites – Migration Week

Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham), Kamel Dorai (Institut français du Proche-Orient) and Evthymios Papataxiarchis (University of the Aegean).

Bergen Lecture 2016

“Deprivation of Liberty, Penal Policy and Proportionality in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights”, lecture by Robert Spano, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights.

Journeys – Migration Week

Luigi Achilli (European University Institute), Daniela Debono (Malmö University) and Sine Plambech (DIIS).

Ending global poverty: why wait until 2030?

Open lecture by Andy Sumner, King’s College, London.

Life Under Siege – Targeting Civilians in Aleppo

Mads Harlem, Norwegian Red Cross, professor Knut Vikør, UiB, and Åse Gilje Østensen, CMI.

Policing Against Sexual Violence in Haiti

Centre on Law & Social Transformation Breakfast Seminar with Jon Christian Møller (Police Directorate’s section for international police cooperation), Lisa-Marie Måseidvåg Selvik (CMI) and Åse Gilje Østensen (CMI).

“No” – And What Now?

The Colombian Peace Agreement and the Peoples Vote. Diego Marín Ríos, UiO and Leiv Marsteintredet, UiO and UiB in conversation with Catalina Vallejo, Los Andes University and Centre on Law & Social Transformation.

When Voting is Not Black and White

Ethnic Proximity and Voter Preferences in Africa’s New Democracies. Breakfast seminar with Adam Harris.

Judges for Justice in Guatemala

Meet four high-profile judges from Guatemala and listen to their struggle for the rule of law and justice: Yassmin Barrios, Haraldo Vasquez, Miguel Angel Galvez and Claudia Gonzales in dialogue with Elin Skaar (CMI).

From Guns to Government

Sinn Fein’s transformation and the peace process in Northern Ireland. Open lecture by Sissel Rosland, Bergen University College.

Salafism – Global Ideology and Local Practices

What is Salafism in terms of religious doctrine and ideology? Dr. Martijn de Koning (University of Amsterdam/Radboud University and Dr. Terje Østebø, University of Florida.

Muslim and Christian reform-movements; From Pious Hermits to Political Activists

Terje Østebø, Associate Professor at the University of Florida and Hans Geir Aasmundsen, Researcher at UiB Global in conversation with Åse Gilje Østensen, CMI.

European Constitutional Language

Author András Jakab in conversation with Siri Gloppen (CMI/UiB).