All conference papers are available on the conference web page: uit.no/gmrconference

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1 General information Venue: UiT The Arctic University of Norway Hansine Hansens veg 36 Breivika 9019 Tromsø Norway Official language: English WiFi: uit conference Rooms: SVHUM E0101 SVHUM E0103 SVHUM E0105 SVHUM B1005 Password: arctic2017 or arctic2018 All conference papers are available on the conference web page: uit.no/gmrconference Registration: 14 June 8.30 am 9.00 am at the conference venue for participants presenting a paper. No registration required for people who are not presenting. The conference is open to all and there is no conference fee. Contacts: Thea Isaksen or gmr.conference2018@hsl.uit.no Magnus Skytterholm Egan Kerstin Reibold Nursing rooms: There is one nursing room in the library (on the ground floor of the UB building). Contact the information desk in the library to get access. In Room 2153 in Teorifagbygg Hus 2 (near the lunch venue) there is also a nursing room open to all. Meals Lunches Place: Teorifagskafeen in Teorifagbygg Hus 1. The lunches are free of charge for all participants presenting a paper. The conference dinner The conference dinner is free of charge for all participants presenting a paper. Time: 14 June 7:00 pm Place: Fjellheisen (The Cable Car) Address: Sollivegen 12, 9020 Tromsdalen

2 Maps UiT The Arctic University of Norway. The conference venue is in buildings 1 & 5. The library and one of the nursing rooms are in building 32. The lunch venue and the other nursing room are in building 27. Directions from the bus station to the conference venue. The lunch venue is in Teorifagbygget Hus 1.

3 About the conference Faced with the worst displacement crisis since the second world war, many states are unlikely to accept as many refugees as they ought, and very few are likely to accept more than they are required. So though some refugees will be admitted, many with sound claims will thus be wrongfully rejected. Are some ways of wrongfully rejecting refugees less objectionable than others? If yes, is it then morally justifiable to give priority to refugees who flee from worse forms discrimination or persecution of minority groups than refugees who flee less severe forms of discrimination? In the abstract this might seem like a reasonable position. Yet, many have found it objectionable to give priority to Christian refugees from the Middle East especially without a similar scheme for Muslim refugees from countries where they experience comparable forms of discrimination. Furthermore, giving priority to refugees on the basis of the degree to which they experience discrimination and prosecution in the countries from which they flee might involve drastic divergences from present patterns of asylum admittances. For instance, given the widespread and severe discrimination women and homosexuals face in many parts of the world, should such refugees be given priority, considering fewer men and heterosexuals would then be admitted? Some might reject the very idea of sorting refugees who all merit asylum into different groups triage for refugees as it were. And some may instead reject the particular principle of risk of persecution for the distribution of asylum, on the basis of this principle s implications. If so, which alternative or additional principles should regulate the admission of refugees? This conference aims to tackle such issues by addressing the question: What role ought minority protection play, and, more generally, what are the right principles of admitting and rejecting refugees when asylum, whether permanent or temporary, is under-supplied in a non-ideal world? What are the implications for the present situation given the correct answer to the previous questions? And should we at all consider prioritizing among refugees? If not, why not? About Globalizing Minority Rights Globalizing Minority Rights (GMR) is an international interdisciplinary research project funded by The Research Council of Norway (NFR ), SAMKUL Program ( ). GMR is organized under the Pluralism, Democracy, and Justice research group at the Department of Philosophy, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, and lead by Prof. Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen and Associate Prof. Annamari Vitikainen. The project aims to develop a cosmopolitan approach to the conceptualization, justification, and implementation of minority rights, and to test this theoretical framework on three case studies: minorities in the developing world, indigenous peoples, and refugees. For more information, visit

4 Transport Taxi Transport organized by the conference: 14 June : 8:00 am: Group taxi from Smarthotel, Comfort Xpress and The Edge to the conference venue (Hansine Hansens veg 36) 6:15 pm: Group taxi from the conference venue to the Cable Car 15 June: 8:30 am: Group taxi from Smarthotel, Comfort Xpress and The Edge to the conference venue From the airport to the city center Public transport bus service: route 40 and 42 To access the bus stop, cross an underground parking lot in front of the airport. Check all bus routes and times here: 25 min/nok 50 (cash only on the bus). You can also buy bus tickets at Point (the kiosk at the airport). The tickets for the local bus service are a bit cheaper (31 NOK) if you use the local transport app "Troms Mobillett". Troms Mobillett is a mobile application that makes it possible to buy single tickets and period tickets for public transport throughout Troms County on your smartphone (iphone or Android).Airport Express (Flybuss) NOK 100. For information about bus times see: Taxi: Tromsø Taxi (land code +47) Din Taxi (land code +47) min/approx. NOK 200 (credit cards accepted) From the airport to UiT The Arctic University of Norway Bus: route 40 and 42, change at Giæverbukta for route 33 to UiT/UNN 30 min. From the city center to UiT The Arctic University of Norway Bus: route 34, 20 and min. From Fjellheisen/Tromsø Cable Car to the city center Bus: route 26

5 Accommodation Participants of the conference are staying at three different hotels all located in the city center. The bus stop for departures to UiT and the airport are a 7 minute walk from the hotels. Smart hotel Vestregata 6, 9008 Tromsø, phone: Comfort Hotel Xpress Grønnegata 35, 9008 Tromsø, phone: Clarion Hotel The Edge Kaigata 6, 9008 Tromsø, phone: