Key Fundamental Rights Issues in the EU
Acronym: RIseEU
Abstract
RIseEU proposes a 72-hour teaching programme on Key Fundamental Rights Issues in the European Union (EU) to be held at NOVA School of Law in Lisbon. The project seeks to provide a comprehensive assessment of the key fundamental rights issues in the main areas of EU action, with an in-depth analysis of migration and asylum. Two Master-level courses will be offered: ‘Key Fundamental Rights Issues in the EU’ and ‘Key Fundamental Rights Issues in EU Migration and Asylum Law’. In the last two decades or so, a series of crises and developments have shaken the EU, posing fundamental rights challenges. The treatment of migrants and asylum seekers, the climate crisis, the rule of law backsliding in some Member States, the energy crisis in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the artificial intelligence ‘revolution’, have all sparked heated debates on fundamental rights issues and the role of the EU therein. Taking seriously EU’s ambition as a beacon of human rights and recognizing the important steps it took so far, RIseEU will assess the extent to which the EU delivers on its commitments and if this requires amendments to its current legal or institutional framework. Given the numerous critiques of the soon to be adopted New Pact on Migration and Asylum, special attention will be given to migration and asylum.
One of the main objectives of the project is to produce and disseminate impact-oriented knowledge on key fundamental rights issues in the EU, while enhancing the active citizenship of students, researchers, and the general public. The activities developed within the framework of RIseEU will include the drafting of reports, the organization of webinars, as well as a final conference in view of the publication of a special issue in a peer-reviewed journal. These activities will be conducted by a seven-member team committed to interdisciplinary approaches and meaningful impact, in close collaboration with stakeholders from civil society.
Coordinator
NSL
PI:
Prof. Veronica Corcodel
Duration: 36 months
Total Budget: 30.000€