| Author (Corporate) | European Migration Law |
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| Publisher | European Migration law.eu |
| Publication Date | 2015 |
| Content Type | Key Source, Overview |
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Asylum and migration are complex and ever evolving fields. In practice, professionals and practitioners use and implement rules from different sources: international (international conventions and human rights instruments), Council of Europe (European Convention on Human Rights), European Union (EU law and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights) and national (laws and implementing measures). Furthermore, these rules are subject to evolving case laws which makes the work of professionals even more difficult. In this legal tangle, regulations and directives adopted at EU level play a major role. Indeed, EU asylum and migration law has three defining characteristics + it creates rights for migrants and duties for member states + it is based on and sometimes goes beyond requirements enshrined in international conventions (for instance EU rules adopted in the field of asylum organise in some respects protections that goes beyond the Geneva Convention on the status of refugees) + it takes precedence over national law, according to the principle of primacy. This means that any national rule contrary to EU law should not be applied by national authorities and/or judges. Professionals and practitioners in asylum and migration law may face difficulties to follow the adoption of EU rules and the development of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice in this highly dynamic field. Updated knowledge of rules can safeguard the rights recognised by EU law to migrants. It is on the basis of these facts that the project EuropeanMigrationLaw.eu was designed. It aims to make quick and simple information about legislative and case laws developments in the areas of asylum and migration available to professionals and practitioners (judges, lawyers, trade unions, social workers, academics, researchers, NGOs, governments, international organisations,...). EuropeanMigrationLaw.eu proposes a bilingual (English and French), direct and up to date access to: + the main regulations and directives adopted in the field of asylum and migration + case laws of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice in this field + European Commission reports and documents regarding the implementation of regulations and directives + jurisprudence sheets accompanying each case law and summarising the facts, the Court's reasoning and the practical impact of the case law for individuals and/or member states (available 2nd semestre 2014) In addition, and in order to keep professionals and practitioners up to date, EuropeanMigrationLaw.eu allows users to subscribe to a system that monitors adopted and upcoming legislation and case law. In its inception phase, the project EuropeanMigrationLaw.eu was privately funded by its founders. Its development is based on the voluntary participation of the team of experts. In its second phase, maintaining quality information and making EuropeanMigrationLaw.eu an operational tool will require reflection on avenues for further project funding (government grants, private contributions, subscriptions). Users will be notified of the selected options and their impact on free access to all or part of the site. |
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| Source Link | http://europeanmigrationlaw.eu/en/ |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
