Date: 17 -18 January
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
The European Database of Asylum Law is a key legal tool complementing the numerous endeavours seeking to strengthen the development of harmonized standards of protection within the Common European Asylum System.
The Conference will be of interest to decision-makers, practitioners, academics and NGO representatives from across Europe and participants will benefit from ample opportunity to compare and contrast the current application of EU measures across Member States.
Topics to be addressed include:
· The interplay of EU asylum law with the 1951 Convention and the ECHR
· National use of country of origin information in the Common European Asylum System
· Fundamental rights, mutual recognition and the Dublin Regulation
· The protection of asylum seekers under the Charter of Fundamental Rights
· Fundamental rights and dignity at the borders of the EU
· The best interests of the child in the Common European Asylum System
· Reception conditions and socio-economic rights under International and European Law
· Sexual orientation, gender identity and human dignity in the Asylum Acquis
· The right of asylum seekers to an effective remedy in EU law
The Conference will commence at 2pm on Friday, 17th January 2014, with registration and a light lunch available from 12.30 pm, and will be held from 9.30 am to 5.40 pm on Saturday 18th January 2014. Limited subsidies are available for participants from designated countries.
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