International Migration Law

Dozent/in	Prof. Dr. iur. Martina Caroni; Lucia Della Torre, PhD
Veranstaltungsart	Vorlesung
Code	FS161431
Semester	Frühjahrssemester 2016
Durchführender Fachbereich	Öffentliches Recht
Studienstufe	Master
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Mo), ab 22.02.2016, 15:15 - 17:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Inhalt	As a result of globalisation of labour markets, demographic pressures in sending and receiving States, environmental disasters, political changes in sending States etc. international migration is a topic of ever-increasing interest and relevance. The course focuses on the international legal framework that regulates the flow of people across international borders as regular or irregular migrants including the rights and responsibilities of States as they pertain to international migration and the protection of human rights of migrants. Topics will include: contemporary patterns of international migration; nationality and statelessness; regulation of entry and exit of persons; refugees and asylum seekers; international labour migration, international labour law and protection of non-nationals; international Human Rights of Migrants; trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants; international, regional and bilateral migration processes; emerging migration issues.
Lernziele	Students are able to indentify, analyse and assess issues relating to international migration.
Voraussetzungen	Basic knowledge of Public International Law, Human Rights Law and/or Migration Law would be an asset.
Sprache	Englisch
Abschlussform / Credits	The examination type (oral, written or paper) will be announced at the beginning of the semester / 6 Credits
Hörer-/innen	Ja
Kontakt	lehrstuhl.caroni@unilu.ch
Material	Will be announced in due course