Hard (EU) Law through Soft Courts?

Chair

Paul Minderhoud (professor, Utrecht University & Radboud University Nijmegen)

Speakers

Cathryn Costello (professor, Hertie School, Berlin)
Marieke van Eik (lawyer, Prakken d’Oliveira, Human Rights Lawyers Amsterdam)
Elspeth Guild, (professor, Queen Mary University London & Radboud University Nijmegen)
Karin Zwaan (associate professor, Radboud University Nijmegen)

Programme

15.30-15.35 Welcome by Paul Minderhoud

3.35-4.15 Part I Non-Refoulement Protection and the UN-committees
Cathryn Costello, Hard Protection through Soft Courts? Non-Refoulement Before the United Nations Treaty Bodies
Karin Zwaan, Urgency in Expulsion Cases Before the UN-Committees

4.15- 4.25 Coffee break

4.25-5.05 Part II Non-refoulement Protection and the UN-Committees; Second Best?
Marieke van Eik, A Practioners Perspective: Hard Law through Soft Courts? The Forum Choice
Elspeth Guild, The ‘Pushing Upwards’ of Non-Refoulement Cases into UN ‘Soft’ Treaty Bodies

5.05-5.15 Discussion/closing by Paul Minderhoud

Registration: please register before 20 June by sending an email to: cmr-rechtssociologie@ru.nl (Charley Berndsen/Mayke van Harn), the link to the webinar will be sent after registration
Additional information: https://www.ru.nl/rechten/actueel/agenda/automatische-structuurkoppelingen/28-6-hard-eu-law-through-soft-courts/