International Francqui Professor - Events

Pr. François Crépeau (McGill, Canada)

Pr. François Crépeau holds the Hans and Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law, at the Faculty of Law of McGill University. He was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants from 2011 to 2017.

His research interests include the control of migration flows, the rights and freedoms of refugees, new conceptions of security applied to migrants, and the rule of law in the face of globalisation processes.

François Crépeau will be at the Université Catholique de Louvain from January to June 2018 as part of the Chair Francqui International Professor for Human Sciences, organised in collaboration with seven universities (UCLouvain, KULeuven, UAntwerpen, UGent, ULiège, USt-Louis Brussels, ULBrussels). He will be staying at the Centre Charles De Visscher pour le droit international et européen (CeDIE) within the Équipe droits européens et migrations (EDEM).

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Upcoming Events

	17-18 May 2018, Max Planck Halle Humanitarian Visas, information and registration here.
	1 June 2018, KULeuven Human Rights and Migration

Past events

	1 February 2018, ULB Brussels Conference of the Odysseus network, video here.
	8 February 2018 (5 PM-7 PM), UCL Louvain-la-Neuve Video of the Inaugural Lecture.
	27 February 2018 (8 PM), UCL Louvain-la-Neuve Projection of Ai Weiwei's movie "Human Flows", information here.
	22 March 2018, UCL Louvain-la-Neuve Conference on economic migration, information and registration here.
	29 March 2018, U. Gent (10 AM-1 PM) Class of Excellence : Human Rights Law Taking up the Migration Challenge ?, information and registration here. (5 PM-6 PM) Public Lecture : The Global Compact on Migration, information and registration here.
	18 avril 2018, U. Liège Master Class, programme here.
	19 April 2018 (2 PM-5 PM), U. Antwerpen Master Class: The Integration of Migrants in a Changing Labour Market, information here.
	4 May 2018, U. Saint-Louis Brussels Symposium, Controls and Hospitalities, Towards Migratory Policies that Strengthen Contemporary Democracy, information and registration here.

The International Francqui Professor Chair is a collaboration of

	UCLouvain	Pr. Jean-Yves Carlier and Sylvie Sarolea
	KULeuven	Pr. Marie-Claire Foblets and Steven Bouckaert
	UAntwerpen	Pr. Dirk Vanheule and Luc Leboeuf
	UGent	Pr. Jinske Verhellen and Ellen Desmet
	ULiège	Pr. Patrick Wautelet and Marco Martinello
	USt-Louis Brussels	Pr. Denis Duez
	ULBrussels	Pr. Philippe De Bruycker