Activities
Upcoming activities
Conference on Mobility and Migration in Latin America
On Thursday, July 4th, at 10h, we will be hosting the inaugural conference of the congress titled “Mobility and Migration in Latin America”. This event will take place in the Assembly Hall and is a collaborative effort between the Nebrija-Santander Global Chair in Migration and Human Rights at the University of Nebrija in Madrid, led by Professor Diego Acosta, and the IDRC Chair of Research in Migration and Forced Displacements at the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, under the direction of Professor Luisa Feline Freier.
This conference will convene a distinguished group of experts specializing in international migration in Latin America. The aim is to explore the challenges posed by current empirical developments and to discuss the theoretical insights that academic analysis can bring to the topic.
The conference will commence with an opening address by the Honorable Ambassador of Colombia in Spain, Mr. Eduardo Ávila Navarrete. He will discuss Colombia's legal and political responses to the immigration of Venezuelan citizens.
Following a brief intermission for coffee, the conference will continue with a panel discussion featuring two distinguished speakers. First, Professor Jennifer Gordon from Fordham University in New York will present on the topic of full labor integration in displacement contexts. She will draw upon lessons learned from the experiences of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia and Brazil. Next, Rubén Giustiniani, a former Senator and Representative of the Argentine Republic, will reflect on the successes and challenges of the Argentine Migration Law, two decades after its enactment.
On the following day, Friday, July 5th, at 10h, we will host another inaugural panel in the Assembly Hall. This session will feature Andrew Seele, President of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) in Washington. He will discuss various mechanisms for the protection of migrants in the Americas.
The event will be broadcasted online, and you can follow it through the provided links:
Thursday, July 4 Friday, July 5If you wish to attend one or both events in person, please note that prior free registration is required.
Completed Activities
On March 22, the Nebrija-Santander Global Chair on Migration and Human Rights, under the leadership of Professor Diego Acosta, convened a meeting with Dimitry Kochenov, a professor at the CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest and a visiting professor at the University of Chicago; Sarah Ganty, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Human Rights at Ghent University and a visiting professor at the Central European University in Vienna; and Jacopo Martire, a Professor of Law at the University of Bristol. They shared their perspectives on how the European Union shapes the identities of both European citizens and individuals from third countries through its legal framework.
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On February 2, the Nebrija-Santander Global Chair on Migration and Human Rights was officially introduced. This new initiative is led by Diego Acosta, a professor specializing in European and Migration Law at the University of Bristol.
The newly established Chair, which held its inaugural event at the Madrid-Princesa Campus, welcomed the participation of several distinguished individuals. These included Felipe González Morales, a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrants (2017-2023) and a professor at Diego Portales University in Santiago de Chile; Elspeth Guild, a Professor of Law at Queen Mary University in London and Professor Jean Monnet ad personam; and María Jesús Herrera, the Head of the Spanish Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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