Date: 28-29 October 2013
Time: 08.30am – 1.00pm
Location: ERA Conference Centre, Metzer Allee 4, Trier, Germany
Annual Conference on EU Asylum Law 2013 - focus on revisions to the common European asylum system.
The Stockholm Programme and the “EU agenda for better responsibility-sharing and more mutual trust” both aim to create common rules in the area of asylum law so as to increase mutual trust between Member States. After landmark judgments such as MSS v Belgium and Greece in the Strasbourg court and NS and ME in the Luxembourg court, the foundations of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) appeared to be shaken. The recently agreed legislative reform of the CEAS is a chance to repair damage to mutual trust and solidarity and improve EU-wide asylum policies. This conference will focus on the new legislative rules and will assess whether the second phase CEAS can achieve the objective of ensuring common standards in all Member States, based on a high level of protection.
Key topics
• The legislative reform package for the Common European Asylum System
• The proposed Early Warning System
• Fundamental rights considerations
• Update on further recent EU legislation
• Relevant case law of the European courts in Luxembourg and Strasbourg in the area of EU asylum law
Who should attend? Staff of responsible government bodies and national asylum authorities, asylum lawyers and judges in national courts, NGOs.
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