The European Union Migration and Asylum Law 4003-MA-LAW-ERASMUS
The course provides for basic training in the field of EU Migration and Asylum Law. It is open to all students interested in migration and asylum issues as well as human rights. It confronts legal analysis with practical difficulties faced by authorities dealing with migrants.
Topics:
1. Pillars of human rights protection in the EU
1.1. International instruments
1.2. United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
1.3. Council of Europe
1.4. EU Asylum Acquis
1.5. Selected case law
2. Legal framework for EU immigration and asylum policy (key points)
2.1. EU Immigration Law
2.2. EU Asylum Law
3. Instruments of Common European Asylum System (in more details)
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Dublin regulation
3.3. Eurodac regulation
3.4. Qualification directive
3.5. Procedural directive
3.6. Reception conditions directive
3.7. Temporary protection directive
4. Reform of the Common European Asylum System and its recent trends
5. Role of the courts
5.1. CJEU, ECHR and national course
5.2. Selected case-law
6. EU Agencies
6.1. The European Asylum Support Office (EASO)
6.2. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex)
6.3. The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
7. Other CEAS related instruments
7.1. Schengen Bordes Code, Visa Code
7.2. Returns directive
7.3. Family reunification directive
7.4. EU and Migrant Integration
Learning outcomes
After completion of learning proces students:
define and apply the concepts of asylum and refugee status under EU and international laws
understand concepts of EU secondary law in the field of migration and asylum
make critical analysis of EU policy in the field of migration and asylum
analyze case law decisions of international, regional and national courts related to migration and regugee law
familiarize yourself with the main challenges in the field of migration and asylum law
Assessment criteria
written exam
Bibliography
Common European Asylum System in a changing world (textbook for Prague Summer School on Migration and Asylum Law), Charles University, 2020. (The texbook shall be available online to all course participants)
Additional information
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