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DESCRIPTION:Mobility for employment reasons has been liberalized in the WTO
 /GATS\, but also in free trade and economic partnership agreements\, while
  bilateral migration agreements have so far rather been used to regulate f
 lanking measures\, like facilitating entry (visa) and the recruitment proc
 ess overall\, but also addressing fair treatment of workers abroad through
  post-admission rights\, and finally\, addressing voluntary return and rep
 atriation. This first session of the seminar discusses the variety of mobi
 lity clauses in key free trade and economic partnership agreements which c
 ould be GATS-plus or GATS-extra and thus contribute to the paradigm of fre
 e movement of persons. On that basis\, the seminar will add to the debate 
 the issue of the skill divide\, which queries to what extent free trade ag
 reements exacerbate the duality between a high-wage labor market which is 
 globally liberalized and facilitated\, and a low-wage labor market which i
 s regulated or else draws on the irregular migration of labor.\nDiversity 
 is the immediate future of all societies. Most societies are progressively
  recognising themselves as very diverse already. Gender diversity has been
  recognised thanks to over a century of feminism and has recently led cert
 ain jurisdictions to include an “other gender”. Acknowledging ethnic\, lin
 guistic and religious diversity has led to the recognition of national min
 orities and aboriginal peoples. Persons with disabilities have fought for 
 a right of access to physical structures and to professions and jobs. Sexu
 al diversity is more accepted\, thanks to the work of the LGBTI communitie
 s. Ageism is also a form of discrimination which is attacked. Migration\, 
 mobility\, internet connectivity and free trade are also adding layers of 
 ethnic\, linguistic\, religious and social diversity to our complex societ
 al mixes. We urgently need to further develop integration policies\, pract
 ices and institutions that respond to the need to establish a common socia
 l framework\, based on human rights\, which represent the only common grou
 nd that can respect inclusively (although never entirely) our many “tradit
 ions”. Such policies will cover\, inter alia\, a number of issues: multicu
 lturalism\, anti-racism\, combatting hate crime\, school integration\, you
 th employment\, religious diversity\, access to justice for all. All such 
 policies\, practices and institutions should be based on a common human ri
 ghts framework\, particularly on the equality and non-discrimination princ
 iple.\nA detailed description and agenda of this conference is available a
 t the Oppenheimer Chair website: oppenheimer.mcgill.ca/conf\nTo register\,
  write to oppenheimer [at] mcgill [dot] ca\nThis conference is part of a s
 eries of events [http://oppenheimer.mcgill.ca/seminars] on the intersectio
 n between trade and migration taking place February 11-20\, 2015\, present
 ed by The Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law\, McG
 ill University\, and the The World Trade Institute\, Bern (Switzerland)\n
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LOCATION:Ballroom\, Thomson House\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1Y2\, 3650 rue
  McTavish
SUMMARY:Facilitating Mobility\, Fostering Diversity: The Challenges of Cont
 emporary Migration Policies in a Free-Trade Context
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