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The New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and Emerging Issues in Immigration and Asylum Law in Ireland

Jun 18 2024 Posted: 16:31 IST

This event 'The New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and Emerging Issues in Immigration and Asylum Law in Ireland' is hosted by Immigration, Asylum and Citizenship Bar Association and University of Galway’s Irish Centre for Human Rights.

Location: MRA201 The Ryan Institute, University of Galway

Date & Time: 5th July at 2pm

CPD Points: 3

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Chair
	The Hon. Ms. Justice Siobhán Phelan Ms Justice Siobhán Phelan graduated from Trinity College Dublin with an LL.B in 1992 before studying for her LL.M at McGill University, Montreal. She was called to the Bar in 1995 and took silk in 2015. Ms Justice Phelan was Chairperson of FLAC from 1995 until 2004. In practice, her areas of specialization included public and human rights law. Ms Justice Phelan was appointed to the High Court in December, 2021.
Speakers
	Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway, University of London Professor Steve Peers is a professor of EU and human rights law at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a renowned commentator on the immigration and asylum aspects of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and on Brexit, among other topics. His EU Law Analysis blog supplies critical analysis of EU law and policy developments as they are unfolding. His scholarly works are too numerous to list but include EU Justice and Home Affairs Law(5^th edition, 2023), European Union Law (2020) (with Catherine Barnard) and The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, A Commentary (2014) (with Tamara Hervey, Jeff Kenner and Angela Ward)
	Andrew Munro, Assistant Secretary, Civil Justice - Legislation and Policy, Department of Justice Andrew Munro is Head of the Legislation and Policy Functions for the Civil Justice Pillar of the Department of Justice, which deal with a wide range of policies and legislation concerning Family Law, Access to Justice, Courts, Judiciary, Legal Services, Coroners, Data Protection, Immigration, International Protection, Sale of Alcohol, Gambling, Personal Insolvency, Defamation and other matters. He previously served as Assistant Secretary to the Government in the Department of the Taoiseach.
	Professor Bernard Ryan, University of Leicester Bernard Ryan is Professor of Migration Law at the University of Leicester, and was previously Professor of Law at the University of Kent. His current research covers British nationality law, the lived history of migration law, and links between employment law and migration. He has published extensively on the Common Travel Area. He chairs the University of Leicester’s Migration and Citizenship Network, which develops interdisciplinary research on migration.
	Noeleen Healy, BL Noeleen is a practising barrister working the areas of immigration, international protection, family law and general civil law. In 2020, she was awarded the Catherine McGuinness Fellowship, working for one year with the Children’s Rights Alliance, whilst practising full-time at the Bar. Prior to commencing practice at the Bar, Noeleen worked as a caseworker with the Refugee Legal Service and, before that, as a judicial assistant, assigned to the asylum, immigration and citizenship list at the High Court. She has also worked as a legal researcher for a public body. Noeleen has volunteered with a number of migrant-rights and civil society organisations. Noeleen was educated at University of Galway, obtaining a commerce degree followed by a postgraduate degree in law. She then obtained an LLM in Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict from the Irish Centre for Human Rights.
	Niamh Keady-Tabbal, Irish Centre for Human Rights Niamh Keady-Tabbal holds a PhD from the Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway. Her research focuses on EU migration policy, access to asylum, and border violence at the EU's external borders, particularly at Greece's maritime border. Niamh engages in legal advocacy, including litigation before the European Court of Human Rights challenging systematic pushbacks of asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea. Her work has been published in such journals and blogs as the Leiden Journal of International Law and EJIL:talk!, and has been featured in various media outlets, including the New York Times, Al Jazeera, and France 24. She has lectured on human rights, refugee, and migration law at the University of Galway and Trinity College Dublin.