International conference “Legal discourses on international and EU migration/refugee law in Central and Eastern Europe: emerging new narratives or business as usual?”
International conference “Legal discourses on international and EU migration/refugee law in Central and Eastern Europe: emerging new narratives or business as usual?”
International conference organized as a European Society of International Law (ESIL)-supported event by the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague (Czechia) and the Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary)
venue: Faculty of Law, Charles University
nám. Curieových 7, Prague 1, room No. 38
Prague 9-10 May 2024
9 May 2024
-- CONFERENCE PROGRAMME --
- DOCTORAL SESSION -
9:30–12:00
- OPENING SPEECHES OF THE CONFERENCE -
13:15–14:00
Michal Tomášek (vice-dean, Faculty of Law)
Ajmal Khybari (head of UNHCR Office in Czechia)
Kateřina Šimáčková (judge ECtHR, online)
Laila Medina (Advocate General, CJEU)
- OPENING ROUNDTABLE -
14:00–15:30
State sovereignty, jurisdiction and human rights of people on the move: Iris Goldner Lang (University of Zagreb), Boldizsár Nagy (Central European University), Vasilka Sancin (University of Ljubljana), and Réka Friedery (Institute for Legal Studies – Hungary, Research Fellow)
Chair and moderator: Tamás Molnár (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights/Corvinus University of Budapest)
- COFFEE BREAK -
15:30–16:00
- PANEL I -
16:00–18:00
“Changing Trends of Migration Narratives in CEE”
Chair and moderator: Réka Friedery (Institute for Legal Studies – Hungary, Research Fellow)
• Simentić Popović, J. and Sandić, G. (University of Belgrade): Normative adaptation and political realities: Serbia's refugee law discourse in the CEE Framework
• Mikołajczyk, B. (University of Silesia): The Polish Janus-faced approach to migration: Between humanitarian enthusiasm and pushbacks
• Hayir, N. (University of Copenhagen): Rationalization of anti-asylum policies through legal discourse: treatment of Syrian, Russian and Ukrainian asylum seekers in Europe
• Hillary, L. (University of Amsterdam): An exploration of the interaction between the Common European Asylum System and national law, policy and legal practice
• Lupu, A. (Invisible University for Ukraine) & Bosman, A. (Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid): The Europeanization of Ukrainian Refugee Law
Questions & Answers
- DINNER UPON INVITATION -
19: 00
10 May 2024
- PANEL II -
9:00–10:30
“Patterns of non-compliance with international and European law in CEE: reflections in academia and jurisprudence”
Chair and moderator: Iris Goldner Lang (University of Zagreb)
• Szabó, A. (University of Szeged): NGOs' role in framing the Hungarian legal discourse on migration. What scholars can learn from activists?
• Cernicova-Dragomir, T. (West University of Timisoara / University of Udine): Shifting paradigms or standing ground? An empirical analysis of ECtHR jurisprudence on migrants and refugees in Central and Eastern Europe
• Mittelmannová, M. ( T rnava University) & Honusková, V . (Charles University): Political decisions paving the way for violations of law (including EU decisions on quotas)
• Łysienia, M. (University of Lausanne and HES-SO Valais-Wallis): Crisis-related changes in asylum and migration laws and policies and the international and EU law violations: The case of Poland
Questions & Answers
- COFFEE BREAK -
10:30–10:45
- PANEL III -
10:45–12:30
“CEE countries and shifts in national legislation towards more or less inclusive approach?”
Chair and moderator: Dr. Katarzyna Gałka (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University)
• Králová, A. (Masaryk University): Vulnerability in refugee and migration law – Changing narratives before implementing?
• Ancite-Jepifánova, A. (University of London / Cardiff University): Seven months in the freezing forest: Authorising inhuman and degrading treatment during the EU-Belarus border crisis
• Zaimović, E. (Charles University): Administrative courts as promotors of public international law? Protection of stateless individuals and the emergence of the sovereignty narrative: the case of Czechia
• Horváth, V. (Ludovika University of Public Service): Environmental mobility: an emerging, yet
remote narrative of international migration in the CEE region
Questions & Answers
- LUNCH -
12:00–13:30
- CLOSING ROUNDTABLE -
13:30–15:00
What comes next for the Central and Eastern European EU Member States? Monika Ladmanová (Head of Representation of the European Commission in Czechia), Philippe De Bruycker (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Katarzyna Gałka (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University), Madalina Moraru (European University Institute / University of Bologna), and Lehte Roots (Tallin University)
Chair and moderator: Věra Honusková (Charles University)
- COFFEE BREAK -
15:00–15:30
- PANEL: TEACHING REFUGEE AND MIGRATION LAW -
15:30–17:00
Grimes, R. (visiting); Lupačová, H. & Králová, A. (Masaryk University); Molnár, T. (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights / Corvinus University of Budapest), and Barčáková, S. & Svoboda, T. (Charles University).
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To register: click here. For more information and the full programme, visit the website of Centre for Migration and Refugee Law.
The conference programme in PDF format can be found here.
Reg. no. of the project: CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004595
Name of the project: Beyond Security: Role of Conflict in Resilience-Building
