The speakers in this session will evaluate the present situation and the challenges we face today. Bon Tempo, State University of NY at Albany Juliane Wetzel, Centre for Research on Antisemitism, Technical University Berlin Veerle Vanden Daelen, Deputy General Director and Curator, Kazerne Dossin: Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights This panel examines what these actors did and why, evaluates their successes and shortcomings, and considers what lessons can be learned to help deal with the current refugee crisis. Governments, intergovernmental organizations, religious organizations, and NGOs all attempted to respond. The situation created by WWII resulted in a refugee crisis of unprecedented proportions. (c) NGOs and International Organizations – Prof. Susanne Heim, Institute of Contemporary History, Munich– Berlin Moderator: Father Norbert Hofmann S.D.B., Holy See Panelists will discuss the main actors, their actions, and to what degree they were successful. This panel will explore the policies formulated in leading political circles in reaction to the refugee crisis of the 1930s, with the rise to power of Hitler and through the war years. Silvano Maria Tomasi, Secretary Delegate of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Holy See and Shirley Slater Chair in Jewish Studies, Boston University Opening Remarks: Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, Chair of the IHRAĪrchbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with the States, Holy See Opening Remarks and Keynote (18:00-20:00) The conference “Refugee Policies from 1933 until Today: Challenges and Responsibilities” is organized by Advisor to the IHRA, Professor Steven Katz, Co-Head of the Austrian Delegation to the IHRA, Ambassador Michael Baier, Dr Robert Williams, Deputy Director of International Affairs at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (US Delegation to the IHRA) and Dr Veerle Vanden Daelen, adjunct general director and curator of Kazerne Dossin (Belgian Delegation to the IHRA). The current refugee situation is the litmus test for international solidarity.” The IHRA knows all too well the consequences of the international community failing to act. The IHRA Chair, Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, said: “We are honoured to be holding this conference with the Holy See and our cooperation should send a strong signal to the international community that we have both a moral and a historical responsibility to address the present-day situation facing refugees. The draft programme and further information on speakers is available below. Kristina Touzenis, Head of the International Migration Law Unit, International Organization for Migration, and Mr. Stephane Jaquemet, Regional Representative for Southern Europe of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ms. Speakers include Michael O'Flaherty, Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, European Union Fundamental Rights Agency, Mr. Silvano Tomasi was Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva and co-founded the Center for Migration Studies, a think tank based in New York. Silvano Maria Tomasi, Secretary Delegate of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. On 16 February Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, Secretariat of State of the Holy See, will address participants on the opening evening of the conference. The outcome of the conference will be a concrete set of recommendations for international policy-makers. Pope Francis has made compassion and generosity to refugees a hallmark of his papacy, referring to Europe’s migrant crisis as “the greatest humanitarian crisis, after the Second World War.”Īt a time when the current situation of refugees in Europe and the Middle East continues to dominate the news and the political arena, this conference brings together experts in Holocaust history and contemporary policy-makers to reflect on the past with a view to concretely informing positive, ethically responsible, and rational policy-making today. Refugee Policies from 1933 until Today: Challenges and Responsibilities From 16-17 February 2017 the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, in cooperation with the Holy See, held a conference for public policy-makers from Europe, North America and the Middle East, media representatives and representatives of NGOs and civil society organizations at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome focusing on refugee policies from 1933 to the present day.
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