The purpose of the course is to examine the refugee rights regime; it will consider this topic from an International law perspective as well as a European one. It will look at the structure of entitlement of refugee rights and explore in detail the specific right of free movement for refugees. This will be followed by an examination of refugee rights under the Qualification Directive and its Recast. The final sessions will examine how the European Social Charter can be applied in the area of asylum law and  case studies practically applying the European Social Charter.

The course fee is 485 Euros per person for lawyers and NGO staff; and 585 Euros for government participants. The fee includes two nights accommodation (30 November and 1 December), meals as per the programme, including an evening meal on the Friday 30 November, the conference package and reading materials.

The closing date for registration 26 October 2012.

For more information please visit this page or contact Caoimhe Sheridan, Project and Training Officer: csheridan@ecre.org