Professors Achilles Skordas (iCourts, University of Copenhagen) and Panos Koutrakos (City, University of London) co-organize a conference on ‘Judicial Responses to the Migration Crisis’. The conference will take place on 9 March 2018 in Copenhagen. The speakers will discuss recent developments in the case law of the European Court of Justice, the European Court of […]
The Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway, is hosting a conference on the theme of ‘Vindicating the Rights of Migrants and Refugees: exploring the role of courts and tribunals’ on May 17th -18th 2018. Submissions of paper proposals on the theme of the conference are sought. Click here for more information.
The 16th session of the Dubrovnik Seminar will focus on the topic “Blame it on Brussels – EU Law and Distributive Effects of Globalisation”. Paper proposals may cover a variety of areas focusing on two questions raised by the recent political events, particularly Brexit, which shed doubt on the traditional legal narrative of EU integration as […]
Abstract This text discusses the 2015/2016 crisis regarding the mass inflow of refugees into Europe caused by turmoil in Africa and in the Middle East. It suggests that the existing and newly adopted EU migration and asylum measures and policies may not only jeopardise asylum seekers’ rights, but also destabilise the EU regime of fundamental […]
Abstract In the past several years, the EU has been undergoing two major crises: the financial crisis and the migration and asylum crisis. Both crises have in common the need for solidarity among all EU Member States. Within the framework of both crises Member States are expected to help each other by financial and other […]
Article published on ‘Croatia and EU Asylum Law: Playing on the Sidelines or at the Centre of Events?’ by Iris Goldner Lang Abstract This text discusses the most important recent developments in asylum law and practice in Croatia. It concentrates on the major legal and reality challenges in the context of the recent refugee influx […]
“EU External Competences in the Field of Migration: How to Act externally when thinking internally?”, by Paula Garcia Andrade, recently published in the Common Market Law Review. Abstract This article reviews the rules relating to the existence and nature of EU external competences, as deduced from ECJ case law and its Treaty codification, and considers […]