International Migration Management: from theory to practice

The Summer School is a joint effort of the University of Barcelona and the Public Law Institute and is planned to take place in Barcelona from 2 until 12 September 2014. The aim of the Summer School is to provide participants with knowledge of the current developments in the field of international migration. In the framework of the Summer School, migration will be examined by different disciplines including law, sociology and political sciences. The classes will be conducted by professors and professionals in the field of migration from different European Universities and organizations and they will be accompanied by practical exercises, debates and research work. The classes will be given in English. At the end of the Summer School, participants will be requested to write a memo and they will be rewarded with a certificate of participation.

Lectures

International Migration: Basic Concepts and Theories

- International Migration Flows: Evolution and Tendencies. Drivers of Migration Flows, International Migration Flows and Main Regions of Destination

- International Migration Management: Actors, Policies and Legislation. States and Regional Integration Organizations

- The Regions and the Cities Facing the Migration Challenge (I). Case Study: the Euro Mediterranean Area

- The Regions and the Cities Facing the Migration Challenge (II). Workshop

- Migration, Return and Co-development

- Globalization and Migrant Workers. The World as an International Marketplace: OMC, GATTS and Markets Liberalization. Impact on Migration

- Migrant Workers’ Education and Vocational Training

- Education and Training of Young People of Migrant Origin

- Immigrant Workers’ Social Rights and Protection

- Highly Skilled Workers and Services Providers

- Workers under Hardship: Sailors, Domestic Workers, Irregular Workers

Teaching Staff

This program will include lectures from experienced professors and lecturers from all over the world. A few of our professors include:

Professor Eleonore Kofman (Middlesex University of London)- Co Leader, Health and Social Research cluster and Co-Director Social Policy Research Centre

Professor Jean-Pierre Cassarino (European University Institute)-Director of the Return migration and Development Platform (RDP)

Professor Alisa Petroff (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

Mrs. Maria Jesus Herrera (IOM-International Organization for the Immigrants)-General Director

Date and Location

The Summer School will take place at the University of Barcelona from 2 September 2014 until 12 September 2014.

Admission requirements

Applicants are required to be enrolled or acquire a Degree preferably on social sciences, law or humanities and have a strong interest in various aspects of migration. Work experience in the field of migration will also be considered sufficient for admission. Undergraduate and postgraduate students, PhD candidates, researchers and professionals in the field of immigration are highly encouraged to apply.

Tuition fees

The tuition fee for participation in the Summer School is 450 Euros, covering registration fee, class materials and the issue of the certification. Travel, accommodation and food expenses are excluded from the tuition fees. The University of Barcelona will be able to provide successful candidates with accommodation. The accommodation expenses per night will be 43 Euros for a single room and 30 Euros for a shared room.

Application procedure

Application should be made by 30th of August. Late applications will be considered depending on the number of places left. Interested candidates can apply by sending their CV at cr.migracions@uab.cat.

Contact

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact (EMAIL cr.migracions@uab.cat and TEL +34 686446670)

Número 48 de la Revista catalana de dret públic

This issue includes 11 articles dealing with a variety of subjects: EU law; the local administration reform in Spain; the Gibraltar crisis; the Canadian Senate reform or Europe’s crisis of values make out a varied issue which combines current topics with in-depth reflection.

With more than 150 posts the journal’s blog has consolidated itself as a useful resource for those interested in public law.

http://revistes.eapc.gencat.cat/index.php/rcdp/index

http://blocs.gencat.cat/blocs/AppPHP/eapc-rcdp/

Perspectives on Federalism 3/2013

Issue 3/2013 (Vol. 5) of Perspectives on federalism can be found at the following link: http://www.on-federalism.eu/index.php/archives. The editorial by Roberto Castaldi can be found here: http://www.on-federalism.eu/index.php

PhD programme Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, deadline September 2014

http://www.sssup.it/ist_context.jsp?ID_LINK=370&area=199

Overview
The PhD Programme in "Individual Person and Legal Protections" is characterized by an interdisciplinary connotation on the subject of the protection of the individual in modern society in the following fields: Private Law; Comparative Private Law; European Public and Comparative Law; Public and Constitutional Law; Legal Theory; Criminal Law.

The Programme consists in the following curricula:
- Human Person, Liabilities and Contracts;
- Constitutional Law and the protection of Individual;
- Criminal Law and the Individual
- Legal Protection in Comparative and Transnational Law
- Law and Technology.

Admission Requirements
- Applicants must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree or equivalent title. EU citizens applicants who will obtain their degree no later than October 31, 2014 may also apply. In this case applicants will be temporarily admitted but they must provide evidence that they have graduated by that date. Such candidates must fill in the application form stating the expected date of the defence of their thesis, and must attach a summary of their thesis to the documentation of the call.
- to be under 35 years old on September 9, 2014; as an exception, older than 35 may be admitted by the Examination Committee on the basis of their experience as reported in their curriculum.

Positions and grants
6 positions with 6 scholarship (amounting to € 14.000 per year + one free meal (lunch or dinner) per day at the canteen of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna from Monday to Saturday+ Campus facilities). One of these scholarship will be assigned to citizens from NON EU countries.

Deadlines
Candidates are requested to apply online by September 9, 2014.

Attachments to the application
Applicants must attach pdf files of:
- a copy of their passport;
- a copy of their CV;
- a copy or the abstract of their Master's thesis in English, and a copy of any other publication that they deem suitable;
- a detailed list of academic courses taken (written either in English, Italian, French, German, or Spanish). This list must contain information regarding credits and/or units (or the equivalent) and the score and date of each course taken. Candidates who have completed the Bachelor's degree will also produce certification of exams in the three years;
- a copy of the research project, of no more than 3,000 words (excluding bibliography), which describes the research activities that the applicants would like to perform during their PhD course. The research project should include:
- a title;
- the scientific premises and relevant bibliography;
- the aim and expected results of the research project;
- the common ground between the research project and the research lines followed by the Professors of the PhD Programme (For more information on the research line: www.dirpolis.it);
- the experimental methods and data analysis methods which will be used, where required;
- two reference letters written by faculty members who have supervised the applicant’s work during his/her university studies.
- Only for non EU citizens: a copy of the Master's degree or equivalent title, to be translated into Italian or English, unless originally written in French, German or Spanish.

Selection of applicants
- Assessment of the titles: the submitted documents and publications, including the CV, and the Research Project.
- Interview dealing with documents and publications, the proposed Research Project and a test for assessing the level of knowledge of a language chosen by the candidate among French, English, German and Spanish

Only for non Italian native speakers: the Selection Committee will be tested to check whether their knowledge of Italian is sufficient to enable them to profitably take part in the training and research scheduled for the Programme.

Beginning of the PhD Programme
The PhD Programme will start on November 3, 2014.

Information
email: phddirpolis@sssup.it
tel. +39.050.883170

IL PLURALISMO INTEGRATIVO IN AMERICA LATINA: LA DIALETTICA ‘AGONISTICA’ NEI RAPPORTI TRA I LIVELLI GIURISDIZIONALI UN’ANALISI COMPARATA CON L’ESPERIENZA EUROPEA IN MATERIA DI DIRITTI UMANI

L PLURALISMO INTEGRATIVO IN AMERICA LATINA: LA DIALETTICA ‘AGONISTICA’ NEI RAPPORTI TRA I LIVELLI GIURISDIZIONALI

UN’ANALISI COMPARATA CON L’ESPERIENZA EUROPEA IN MATERIA DI DIRITTI UMANI

11-12 Giugno 2014
Sala stampa centro congressi –Università della Calabria
Campus di Arcavacata – Rende (CS)

http://diritto.typepad.com/files/locandinaconvegno.pdf

Our New Book: Kadi on Trial (Routledge)

Avbelj, Fontanelli, & Martinico: Kadi on Trial: A Multifaceted Analysis of the Kadi Trial
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415640312/

The judgment of the European Court of Justice concerning the Kadi case has raised substantive and procedural issues that have caught the attention of scholars from many disciplines including EU law, constitutional law, international law and jurisprudence. This book offers a comprehensive view of the Kadi case, and explores specific issues that are anticipated to resonate beyond the immediate case from which they derive.
The first part of the volume sets out an analysis of the new judgment of the Court, favouring a "contextual" reading of what is the latest link in a judicial chain. The following three parts offer interdisciplinary accounts of the decision of the European Court of Justice, including legal theory, constitutional law, and international law. The book closes with an epilogue by Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, who studies the role of the Kadi case in the methodology of international law and its contribution to the concept of global justice.

EU Crisis and Constitutional Mutations: A Review Article

Giuseppe Martinico 

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
May 21, 2014

STALS (Sant'Anna Legal Studies) Research Paper n. 3/2014 
Abstract:      

The aim of this article is to offer an overview of the relevant literature devoted to the constitutional implications of the European Union (EU) crisis. My analysis explores the main scholarly views on the mutations of the constitutional structure of the Union produced by the crisis. To this purpose I do not conceive “constitutional mutation” as a complete rupture from the past and in fact in this piece I shall try to stress both continuities and discontinuities with the traditional understanding of the EU constitutionalization process.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 28

Keywords: European Union, Crisis, European Economic Governance, Intergovernmentalism, Asymmetry, European Constitutional Law

Full text available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2439614