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| SPOL0954-1 | Freedom, security and justice
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Roland Genson, Richard Szostak |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The course intends to deepen the study of the implementation of the area of freedom, security and justice at the level of the European Union, from the Treaty of Maastricht until the very recent provisions of the Lisbon Treaty.
The proposed approach integrates the lastest developments in 'Justice and Home Affairs' (JHA) policies, examines strategies, action plans and other relevant cooperation instruments of the EU. It also confronts different levels of integration through the analysis of 'Schengen' cooperation and other forms of regional cooperation.
From session to session, students will discover the current landscape of this area of freedom, security and justice, its heritage, the issues at stake, challenges and perspectives, while examining
- migration, visa, asylum, border management policies
- judicial cooperation in civil law matters
- mutual recognition and approximation of law in the field of criminal justice
- practical judicial cooperation, the role of Eurojust and the perspective of a european prosecutor
- the concept of an internal security architecture, its actors and operational cooperation
- information exchange and data protection issues
- external relations in the field of JHA
- the sensitive question of evaluation of adopted policies. |
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| Course objective : | The objective of the course is to introduce students to the complexity of EU negotiations in the field of Justice and Home Affairs and to highlight the difficulties in conciliating Member States judicial cultures and challenges linked to the introduction of some new and original cross-border cooperation models at a supranational level. |
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| Organization : | The course is organized through discussion seminars based on a series of topics set out at the introductory session.
All students will have to present (individually or collectively, depending on the number of students), on the basis of a personal research and a written preparation, one of these topics to the class. These presentations are followed by a critical debate, accompanied by the teacher and kept going with topical policy information.
4 hours sessions are foreseen every fortnight. |
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| Written notes : | Apart from relevant Titles of the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Communities, no bibliography is proposed. After the introduction session, participating students will have sufficient elements to document themselves and will be invited to carry out their own research on the different topics, with a view to fully participate, in an interactive way, at the subsequent sessions. |
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| Assessment : | Assessment and grading are made on the basis of each student's presentation (written preparation and oral presentation) during the courses' sessions. Thus, there will be no examination, but a regular presence at the courses is compulsory. |
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| Contacts : | Roland GENSON,
Director, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union,
Directorate General 'Justice and Home Affairs'
roland.genson@consilium.europa.eu
Richard SZOSTAK,
General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union,
Legal Service
richard.szostak@consilium.europa.eu |
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