International conference
“Legal discourses on international and EU migration/refugee law in Central and Eastern Europe: emerging new narratives or business as usual?”
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
date: 9-10 May 2024
-- CONFERENCE PROGRAMME --
9 May 2024 Thursday
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), Pavel Šturma (Charles University).
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
10 May 2024 Friday
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. (Trnava 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: 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 - 12:30–13:30
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. (legal education and access to justice consultant); Lupačová, H. & Králová, A. (Masaryk University); Molnár, T. (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights / Corvinus University of Budapest), and Barčáková, S. & Svoboda, T. (Charles University).