Thursday, 10 – Friday, 11 November 2016 Administrative Court of Helsinki

Radanrakentajantie 5, 00520 Helsinki, Finland

EJTN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW PROJECT JUDICIAL TRAINING ON EU ASYLUM LAW

[AD/2016/07]

With financial support from the Justice

Programme of the European Union

This day-and-a-half training will address the legal framework and key jurisprudential developments in the field of EU asylum law and policy. It will combine theoretical lectures with practical workshops focused on central issues arising from the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, the assessment of country of origin information and the standards for credibility assessments. The workshop sessions will include a practical analysis of case-studies from both a legal and anthropological perspectives, joining EJTN

judicial training with the Max Plank Institute’s project on the role of cultural diversity in judicial practice. Participants to this event are expected to have a background understanding of the subject matter. This training seeks to operate as a platform for the exchange of knowledge and best practices among colleagues, the debate of key developments in this field, and the creation of lasting networks of judicial cooperation and understanding in one of the most pressing fields of judicial development in Europe.

PROGRAMME

THURSDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2016

Moderator: Emil WARIS, Judge at the Administrative Court of Åland, Finland

8.30 – 9.00

Arrival and Registration of Participants

9.00-9.30 Welcome Words

Presentation of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) & Pre-Training Knowledge Assessment (Turning Technologies)

Emil WARIS, Administrative Judge at Administrative Court of Åland, Finland

Teresa CABRITA, Project Manager, European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), Belgium

9.30–10.00 State of Play: The Refugee Situation in and beyond Europe

Annikki VANAMO-ALHO, Government Counsellor, Migration Department/Political Unit, Ministry of Interior, Finland

10.00-10.30 The Journey to Europe as an Anthropologic Phenomenon

Professor Werner MENSKI, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom

10.30-11.00 Group Photo & Coffee break

11.00-12.15 The ECHR and Fundamental Rights in Asylum Cases

Q&A – Discussion

Martin KUIJER, Human Rights Unit, Ministry of Security and Justice, The Netherlands

12.15-12.30 Presentation of the Case-Study

The Assessment of an Asylum Claim: A Legal and Anthropological Analysis

Workshop Moderators

Wolfgang BARTSCH, Administrative Court of Braunschweig, Germany Martin KUIJER, Human Rights Unit, Ministry of Security and Justice, The Netherlands Werner MENSKI, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom Federica SONA, University of Turin, Italy

12.30-14.00 Lunch Break (training venue)

14.00-15.00 The CEAS: Overview and Challenges

Q&A – Discussion

Yann LAURANS, Référendaire, Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Luxembourg

15.00-15.45 Workshop breakout groups Session 1 Workshop Moderators

15.45-16.00 Coffee Break (in breakout groups)

16.00-16.45 Workshop breakout groups Session 2 Workshop Moderators

16:45-17:15 Plenary Workshop Conclusions Workshop Moderators & Rapporteurs

17.15 End of First Day

19.30 Dinner at Block by Dilan Bistro, Eteläranta 18, 00130 Helsinki (http://www.dylan.fi/block/)

FRIDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2016

Moderator: Emil WARIS, Judge at the Administrative Court of Åland, Finland

8.30-9.00 Arrival and Registration of Participants

9.00-10.15 Country of Origin Information Q&A – Discussion

Wolfgang BARTSCH, Administrative Court of Braunschweig, Germany

10.15-10.45 Coffee Break

10.45-12.15 The "Credibility" of Asylum Claims: From gut-feelings to a structured assessment in a multidisciplinary framework

Q&A – Discussion

Gábor GYULAI, Programme Coordinator and Trainer, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Hungary

12.15-13.00 Dealing with Soaring Caseloads National Reports and Common Challenges

Lars I. MAGNUSSON, Administrative Court of Gothenburg, Sweden

13.00-13.30 Closing Session Assessment of Knowledge Acquired (Turning Technologies) & Evaluation of the Training by the Participants (Submission of Evaluation Forms)

Emil WARIS, Judge at Administrative Court of Åland, Finland Teresa CABRITA, Project Manager, European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), Belgium

13.30 Departure of Participants

SPEAKERS

Wolfgang BARTSCH

Administrative Court of Braunschweig, Germany; Expert forum advising the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Nuremberg, Germany

Gábor GYULAI

Coordinator of the Refugee Programme and Trainer at the Hungarian Helsinki Committee; Member of the ECRE Asylum Systems policy core group, and Chair of the Steering Committee of the European Network on Statelessness

Martin KUIJER Head of the Human Rights Unit, Ministry of Security and Justice of The Netherlands; Liaison officer of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Committee for the Prevention of Torture of the Council of Europe; Venice Commission

Yan LAURANS Référendaire, Chambers of Judge Lars Bay Larsen, Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Luxembourg

Lars I. MAGNUSSON Administrative Court of Gothenburg; Judicial Training Academy, Sweden

Werner MENSKI Max Plank Institute for Social Anthropology; SOAS University of London, United Kingdom

Federica SONA SOAS University of London, United Kingdom; University of Turin, Italy

Annikki VANAMO-ALHO Government Counsellor, Migration Department, Political Unit, Ministry of Interior, Finland Emil WARIS Judge at Administrative Court of Åland, Finland; Representative of the Finish Ministry of Justice to the EJTN Administrative Law Sub-Working Group

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