Jorrit Rijpma, Associate Professor of European Law at the Europa Institute of Leiden Law School will hold a lecture on the topic: «Europe after the refugee crisis: the challenge of managing borders, migration and asylum»

Venue: Moscow, Bolshoy Trekhsvyatitelsky per. 3, Faculty of Law, HSE, room № 537.

Date and Time: 22 of  April 2019, 18:00-19:30.

Working language is English (without translation) .

 About the speaker

Jorrit Rijpma is Associate Professor of European Law at the Europa Institute of Leiden Law School and holds a Jean Monnet Chair on Security and Mobility in Europe (MOSE). Jorrit studied law at the European Law School in Maastricht and the College of Europe in Bruges. He defended his PhD at the European University Institute in Florence on the regulatory framework for the management of the external borders of the European Union. He conducted part of his research at the European border agency (Frontex) in Warsaw. He was a visiting professor at Koç University in Istanbul and Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. Rijpma's research focusses on cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs in Europe, the so-called Area of Freedom, Security and Justice.
He looks in particular at the link between security and mobility and the institutional and technological developments in this field. He is also one of the Directors of the Faculty's profile area on Interaction between Legal Systems, responsible for a research project on Maritime Security. Rijpma is a member of the standing committee of experts on international immigration, refugee and criminal law (Meijers Committee). He also acts as deputy judge and external council to a private firm of immigration lawyers.

Participation is free of charge. Registration is obligatory:  http://dutchsciencetalks.com/lectures/brexit

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