Professor Thomas Spijkerboer, Odysseus Network Member from the Netherlands and Professor of Migration Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, has recently published a new paper titled ‘Wasted Lives. Borders and the Right to Life of People Crossing Them’. Please find the abstract and access information below. Abstract: States are obliged to protect the right to life […]
Odysseus Network member Professor Elspeth Guild is giving her Inaugural Lecture at Queen Mary University London: BREXIT and its consequences for the UK and EU citizenship or Monstrous citizenship. Lecture Synopsis: On 23 June 2016, somewhat to the surprise of the political establishment and the pollsters, the British public voted to leave the European Union. […]
The members of the Odysseus Academic Network have learned with surprise and sadness of the passing of Kristine Kruma, our Latvian colleague in the network. Kristine joined Odysseus after the enlargement process and has been an active member of our network since 2004, always ready to help with simplicity and efficiency. In May, she was […]
The Odysseus Network is welcoming a group of refugees to its 16th Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy, and will hold an evening event to allow them to present their experiences. The event will be hosted by MEP Barbara Spinelli in the European Parliament on Monday 11 July, from 19:00-20:30, and […]
The Odysseus Network Member from Slovenia, Neža Kogovšek Šalamon, recently published her book, “Erased: Citizenship, Residence Rights and the Constitution in Slovenia” (published by Peter Lang Academic Research). The book is an English translation and transformation of her PhD thesis, dealing with legal aspects of ‘the erasure’ – the unlawful deprivation of legal status of individuals […]
The Swiss Member of the Odysseus Network, Dr. Francesco Maiani, has written a study on “The Reform of the Dublin III Regulation” for the LIBE Committee (Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). The study examines the performance of Dublin and relocation schemes, and assesses the Commission’s “Dublin IV” Proposal. It argues that Dublin […]