In this talk, Michael Doyle presented the “Model International Mobility Convention”, a holistic and rights-based framework for international mobility with the goals of reaffirming the existing rights afforded to mobile people (and the corresponding rights and responsibilities of states) as well as expanding those basic rights where warranted.

Together with Professor Safwan M. Masri, Professor Doyle discussed the Model Convention’s significance in the context of the ongoing global migration crisis and address how the humanitarian and development response to meet the growing needs of refugees is not evolving fast enough.

Speakers

• Michael W. DOYLE is the Director of the Columbia Global Policy Initiative and University Professor of Columbia University in the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia Law School and the Department of Political Science. 
• Safwan M. MASRI is Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University, and a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). In his role as EVP, Masri directs a number of Columbia’s global initiatives and is responsible for the development of an expanding network of Global Centers, located in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Mumbai, Nairobi, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, and Tunis.