Demanding Rights - Europe s Supranational Courts Dilemma of Migrant Vulnerability

Evaluates and reconsiders how the human rights of vulnerable migrants are protected through Europe's supranational courts.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Expanding the rights to stay?; 3. Establishing responsibility; 4. Reaffirming jurisdiction; Part II: 5. From dilemmatic to strategic adjudication; 6. From strategic to consolidating litigation; 7. Migrant rights as existential commitments; 8. Demanding rights: some conclusions.

About the author

Moritz Baumgärtel is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands and at University College Roosevelt. He holds a Ph.D. from the Université libre de Bruxelles, an M.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and an LL.M. in Public International Law from Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands. In recent years, he has been a lecturer at Tilburg Law School and has held visiting positions at the law schools of the University of Michigan, Duke University, and the University of Copenhagen. Baumgärtel's research concerns the human rights of vulnerable migrants such as refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants.

Summary

This interdisciplinary book evaluates key judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU pertaining to migration. Based on this multifaceted analysis, it offers a critical discussion on how Europe's supranational system could become more effective in protecting the rights of vulnerable migrants.

Product details

• Authors: Moritz Baumg¿el, Moritz Baumgartel, Moritz (Universiteit Utrecht Baumgartel, Moritz (Universiteit Utrecht the Nethe Baumgartel, Moritz (Universiteit Utrecht the Netherlands) Baumgartel, Moritz Baumgärtel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781108733885
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73388-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Cambridge Asylum and Migration; Cambridge Asylum and Migration; Cambridge Asylum and Migration Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, immigration law, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, EU (European Union), Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties