(a) International and Regional Legal Framework

  Main Debates Do the 1951 Convention and Article 3 of the ECHR Create a Right of Access to Territory?   Main Points Absence of a  Right to Cross a Border as Such under International Law   EU Instruments Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) OJ L 105, 13 April 2006.Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as regards that mechanism, COM (2006) 401, 19 July 2007.Council Resolution of 26 June 1997 on Unaccompanied Minors who are Nationals of third Countries OJ C 221, 19 July 1997.Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union OJ L 349/1, 25 November 2004.Readings Core E. Guild, ‘Jurisprudence of the ECHR: Lessons for the EU Asylum Policy’, in C. Dias Urbano de Sousa and P. de Bruycker, The Emergence of a European Asylum Policy, (Brussels: Bruylant, 2004), pp. 329–342.E. Guild, ‘Reaching into the European State: Border Pressures and International Asylum Obligations’, in E. Guild, Moving the Borders of Europe (University of Nijmegen, 2001), pp. 52–61.   Extended E. Brouwer, ‘Data Surveillance and Border Control in the EU: Balancing Efficiency and Legal Protection’, in T. Balzacq and S. Carrera (eds), Security versus Freedom? A Challenge for Europe’s Future (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006), pp. 137–154.R. Cholewinski, ‘No Right of Entry: The Legal Regime on Crossing the EU Border’, in K. Groenendijk, E. Guild, and P. Minderhoud (eds), In Search of Europe’s Borders (The Hague: Kluwer, 2003).A. Edwards, ‘Human Rights, Refugees, and the Right ‘To Enjoy’ Asylum’, International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 17, no. 2 (2005), pp. 293–330.H. Staples, ‘Adjudicating Schengen’, in K. Groenendijk, E. Guild, and P. Minderhoud (eds), In Search of Europe’s Borders (The Hague: Kluwer, 2003). 

About the Reader

Section I Introduction to International Refugee Law: Background and Context


Section II International Framework for Refugee Protection


Section III European Framework for Refugee Protection


Section IV UNHCR and Other Actors Relevant to International Asylum Law




(a) International and Regional Legal Framework

 

Main Debates

Do the 1951 Convention and Article 3 of the ECHR Create a Right of Access to Territory?

 

Main Points

Absence of a  Right to Cross a Border as Such under International Law

 

EU Instruments

Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) OJ L 105, 13 April 2006.

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as regards that mechanism, COM (2006) 401, 19 July 2007.

Council Resolution of 26 June 1997 on Unaccompanied Minors who are Nationals of third Countries OJ C 221, 19 July 1997.

Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union OJ L 349/1, 25 November 2004.

Readings

Core

E. Guild, ‘Jurisprudence of the ECHR: Lessons for the EU Asylum Policy’, in C. Dias Urbano de Sousa and P. de Bruycker, The Emergence of a European Asylum Policy, (Brussels: Bruylant, 2004), pp. 329–342.

E. Guild, ‘Reaching into the European State: Border Pressures and International Asylum Obligations’, in E. Guild, Moving the Borders of Europe (University of Nijmegen, 2001), pp. 52–61.

 

Extended

E. Brouwer, ‘Data Surveillance and Border Control in the EU: Balancing Efficiency and Legal Protection’, in T. Balzacq and S. Carrera (eds), Security versus Freedom? A Challenge for Europe’s Future (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006), pp. 137–154.

R. Cholewinski, ‘No Right of Entry: The Legal Regime on Crossing the EU Border’, in K. Groenendijk, E. Guild, and P. Minderhoud (eds), In Search of Europe’s Borders (The Hague: Kluwer, 2003).

A. Edwards, ‘Human Rights, Refugees, and the Right ‘To Enjoy’ Asylum’, International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 17, no. 2 (2005), pp. 293–330.

H. Staples, ‘Adjudicating Schengen’, in K. Groenendijk, E. Guild, and P. Minderhoud (eds), In Search of Europe’s Borders (The Hague: Kluwer, 2003).
 



EU Instruments

Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)

Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) OJ L 105, 13 April 2006.

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as regards that mechanism

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as regards that mechanism, COM (2006) 401, 19 July 2007.

Council Resolution of 26 June 1997 on Unaccompanied Minors who are Nationals of third Countries

Council Resolution of 26 June 1997 on Unaccompanied Minors who are Nationals of third Countries OJ C 221, 19 July 1997.

Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union

Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union OJ L 349/1 (12 November 2004).

Readings

Core

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Jurisprudence of the ECHR: Lessons for the EU Asylum Policy

E. Guild, 'Jurisprudence of the ECHR: Lessons for the EU Asylum Policy' in C. Dias Urbano de Sousa and P. de Bruycker The Emergence of a European Asylum Policy, (Brussels: Bruylant, 2004), 329–342.

Reaching into the European State: Border Pressures and International Asylum Obligations

E. Guild, ‘Reaching into the European State: Border Pressures and International Asylum Obligations’, in E. Guild, Moving the Borders of Europe (University of Nijmegen, 2001), pp. 52–61.

The inaugural lecture delivered during the official ceremony on the occasion of the assumption of the professorship of the CPO Wisselleerstoel at the University of Nijmegen, the Stichting Steunfonds Juridisch (Post) Doctoraal Onderwijs on 30 May 2001.

Extended

Data Surveillance and Border Control in the EU: Balancing Efficiency and Legal Protection

E. Brouwer, ‘Data Surveillance and Border Control in the EU: Balancing Efficiency and Legal Protection’, in T. Balzacq and S. Carrera (eds), Security versus Freedom? A Challenge for Europe’s Future (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006), pp. 137–154.

No Right of Entry: The Legal Regime on Crossing the EU Border

R. Cholewinski, 'No Right of Entry: The Legal Regime on Crossing the EU Border' in K. Groenendijk,  E. Guild, and P. Minderhoud (eds.), In Search of Europe's Borders (The Hague: Kluwer, 2003).
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Human Rights, Refugees, and the Right ‘To Enjoy’ Asylum

A. Edwards, ‘Human Rights, Refugees, and the Right ‘To Enjoy’ Asylum’, International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 17, no. 2 (2005), pp. 293–330.

Adjudicating Schengen

H. Staples, 'Adjudicating Schengen' in K. Groenendijk,  E. Guild, and P. Minderhoud (eds.), In Search of Europe's Borders (The Hague: Kluwer, 2003).