MV840K Legal Clinic of Refugee Law II

Faculty of Law
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Linda Janků, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Hana Lupačová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Anna Makarenko (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Beáta Szakácsová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Linda Janků, Ph.D.
Lifelong Learning Centre – Commercial Activities Centres – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Sochorová
Supplier department: Lifelong Learning Centre – Commercial Activities Centres – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MV840K/01: Mon 29. 2. to Fri 20. 5. each even Monday 18:15–19:45 126
Prerequisites
MV728K Legal Clinic
Completing Legal Clinic I.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The course is focused on asylum and immigration law, dealing not only with Czech legislation, case-law and to some extent also with the European asylum acquis and with the relevant international conventions (Geneva Convention, European Convention on Human Rights). The theory lessons are complemented by practical exercises in which students may try to write an appeal and other legal submissions, they may take part in a moot court, etc. Feedback is provided not merely by the teacher but also by invited external lecturers (Miroslav Jurman from the Supreme Administrative Court, Pavel Pořízek and Miloš Valášek from the Public Defendor of Human Rights Office, Lucie Atkins, expert in legal argumentation). The lessons are also complemented by practice in a local NGO, SOZE, which provides free legal counselling to asylum-seekers and other aliens. Practice includes not merely visits of the NGO, but also travelling to detention and asylum centres run by Ministry Interior. Students may see the legal counsellors of NGOs in practice and are also given opportunity to provide legal counselling themselves. Apart from (non-exhaustive) theoretic basis of asylum and immigration law, the course aims to show students what work of a lawyer in an NGO requires, and how to provide assistance to a specific group of persons who are often dependent on the assistance of NGOs. The students are also - in seminars - given opportunity to try what later in their legal practice will influence the results of disputes.
Syllabus
  • 7. Migration law – introduction a) legislation on migration in the Czech Republic (law No. 326/1999 Coll., on stay of foreigners) b) basic terms c) overview of basic types of stay of foreigners d) rights and duties of foreigners 8. Migration law (Czech Republic) – legal statuses of foreigners from third countries a) visa b) long-term stay – purposes of stay c) permanent stay (also in relation to asylum procedure) 9. Migration law (Czech Republic) – EU citizens Rights and obligations related to stay (work, health care, social security, education). a) short-term stay b) permanent stay 10. Integration of foreigners, recognized refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection (State integration programme; work and enterpreneurship, accommodation, education) a) Policy of integration of foreigners b) green cards, blue cards c) Czech language Recognized refugees: a) integration facilities b) integration flats c) Czech language Role of NGOs and ministries in integration of foreigners 11. Expulsion, detention of foreigners a) duties of foreigners, reasons for expulsion, legal effects of expulsion b) detention centres c) expulsion; detention and asylum claim 12. Rights of foreigners from the viewpoint of ombudsman a) rights of ombudsman in this field; how to complain; procedure b) preventive visits of asylum centres and detention centres c) current activities of ombudsman regarding foreigners and/or asylum-seekers 13. Naturalisation from the viewpoint of ombudsman a) conditions for being granted citizenship b) naturalisation procedure c) current activities of ombudsman regarding naturalisation d) new law on citizenship 14. Final lesson
Literature
  • JÍLEK, Dalibor. Společný evropský azylový systém:doplňková ochrana (The Common European Asylum System: The Subsidiary Protection). první. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, Spisy Právnické fakulty MU č. 320, 2007, 235 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4476. info
  • JÍLEK, Dalibor and Renáta KLEČKOVÁ. Společný evropský azylový systém : procedurální směrnice (Common European Asylum System : Procedure Directive). / editoři: Dalibor Jílek a Renáta Klečková. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 214 pp. Spisy PrF MU. Řada teoretická ; Svazek 304. ISBN 80-210-4058-0. info
  • JÍLEK, Dalibor. Společný evropský azylový systém:právní pojem "pronásledování" : sborník (The Common European Asylum System: The Common Concept of "Persecution"). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 275 pp. (Spisy PrF MU v Brně. Řada teoretická ; Sv. 292). ISBN 80-210-3798-9. info
  • JÍLEK, Dalibor. Společný evropský azylový systém:právní pojem "pronásledování" : sborník (The Common European Asylum System: The Common Concept of "Persecution"). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 275 pp. (Spisy PrF MU v Brně. Řada teoretická ; Sv. 292). ISBN 80-210-3798-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures - on theory (first three lectures in both semesters) Seminars - practical exercises with guests (other seminars) Practice in an NGO and in asylum centres Argumentation seminar Opportunity to participate in the Asylum Law Moot Court
Assessment methods
presence in classes and in practice (in the NGO)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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