The course is divided in two parts.
The first one is related to the EU external borders policy and consequently to these topics: free movement of persons, immigration, asylum and visas policies. The ongoing communitarization of these areas will be underlined.
The second one will deal with the police and judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters. Main aspects will be approached:
- judicial cooperation (mutual recognition and enforcement of judgments)
- police cooperation (creation of coordinating bodies, operative information, training of personnel)
- EU's relations with third countries
- EU's policies (fight against terrorism, organized crime, drug abuse and the trade in illicit drugs)
- prospects (Lisbon treaty, enhanced cooperations, passerelle clause).
There are two objectives: on one hand, at the end of the course, students are supposed to have a good knowledge of the legislation, the main cases laws and the uses in the field of free movement of persons inside and towards the European Union. On the other hand, on theses bases, the course opens the discussion on the future challenges.
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Oral or written examination.
