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Examination of asylum procedures in third countries:
Federal Ministry of the Interior and Home Affairs publishes final report. This report was based on the findings from the series of hearings and the written statements of the experts, including Prof. Dr. Pauline Endres de Oliveira. The final report and the statements of the experts can be accessed here.
Award announcement - Klaus J. Baade Prize for Migration and Integration Research
The Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the non-profit Hertie Foundation are pleased to jointly announce the Klaus J. Bade Award for Migration and Integration Research 2025. The prize, which is funded by the Hertie Foundation and awarded by the BIM, is aimed at researchers in the early stages of their academic careers (early career) who have made outstanding research achievements in the field of migration and integration research. The award recognizes outstanding and innovative achievements in the field of migration and integration research. The outstanding research achievements should be demonstrated by a very good dissertation and at least two publications in renowned academic journals (usually peer-reviewed). The prize money of 7,500 euros is not earmarked for a specific purpose and is freely available.
Application deadline: 28.5.2025
Further information can be found here.
Nomination for the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Award for Good Teaching
Prof. Endres de Oliveira is very pleased about the nomination for the shortlist of the Humboldt University of Berlin's Award for Good Teaching with her lecture “Introduction to German and European Asylum and Residence Law”, which took place in the winter semester 2024/25 in cooperation with the Refugee Law Clinic Berlin e.V.
Every year, the award recognizes outstanding and innovative teaching concepts that have been implemented as part of regular teaching at HU. Excellent teaching is a central benchmark for the quality of the university - because in the spirit of Humboldt's ideal, research can only succeed in the context of learning.
The nominated lecture combines legal fundamentals with current socio-political issues in migration law. It is part of the training for volunteer legal advisors at the RLC Berlin and creates an open space for interdisciplinary exchange and reflective learning - accessible to students of all disciplines as well as non-students. The focus is on issues of social sustainability, legal participation and an open, diverse society.
You can find more information about the prize for good teaching here.
Events, lectures and media contributions:
- May 21, 2025, 18h30
Online input for Refugee Law Clinic Dresden on the topic "Sichere Fluchtwege in die EU"
- June 03, 2025, 14-16h
"The Role of the European Courts in the Common European Asylum System"
Discussion with Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, former judge of the European Court of Human Rights (2011-2020)
The event will be accompanied by coffee and cake.
The event is funded by the graduate program DynamInt, the Law and Society Institute (LSI), and the Berlin Institute for Empirical Research on Integration and Migration (BIM).
Please register here: migrationsrecht@hu-berlin.de
Where? Room E25, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-University, Unter den Linden 9
- June 3, 2025, 18-20h
"Disfellowshipping and Discrimination of a Religious Minority: On Articles 9, 11 and 14 of the ECHR"
Book Launch with Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, former judge of the European Court of Human Rights (2011-2020)
moderated by Prof. Pauline Endres de Oliveira
Followed by refreshments.
The event is funded by the graduate program DynamInt, the Law and Society Institute (LSI), and the Berlin Institute for Empirical Research on Integration and Migration (BIM).
Please register here: migrationsrecht@hu-berlin.de
Where? Room E25, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-University, Unter den Linden 9
About the Book
"This book aims at assessing the Norwegian Government’s policy of denying Jehovas vitner state grants, removing Jehovas vitner’s registration and denying re-registration through the lens of the European Convention on Human Rights. Its methodology is based on the Strasbourg Court’s approach to similar leading cases, describing in the first part of the text the factual circumstances of the case and the relevant legal framework and practice, including domestic, international, comparative law, case-law and soft law, in order to spotlight the most important court cases on disfellowshipping and disassociation reported in the world. The second part of the text focuses on articles 9 and 11 of the ECHR, read alone or in conjunction with its article 14, applying the general principles of the pertinent case-law to the present case. Concluding remarks close the text in the light of the overarching principles of autonomy of religious communities and state neutrality in religious matters." - Cambridge Scholar Publishing
- June 30, 2025, 16h
VCML Conference "Migration in Times of Polarization"
Rightlessness and Barriers: Workshop on "Extraterritorial Processing and the Future of Asylum in Europe" together with Dr. Nikolas Feith Tan (University of Melbourne). Further details available here.
- July 02, 2025, 16h
Externalising Protection? Transnational Asylum Policies & Current Legal Controversies
Join us for Coffee & Conversation to discuss current issues of migration law. Prof. Dr. Pauline Endres de Oliveira (HU Berlin) and Dr. Nikolas Feith Tan (University of Melbourne) will provide legal insights on the challenges of the Future of Asylum in Europe, on the occasion of Dr. Tan’s new book Transnational Asylum. Toward a Principled Framework, published in 2025 by Routledge.
The event is funded as part of the Joint Partnership Funding 2025 of the Berlin-University-Alliance.
Please register here: migrationsrecht@hu-berlin.de
Where? Room E25, Faculty of Law, Humboldt-University, Unter den Linden 9
About the Book
"This book presents an original framework of transnational asylum to inform future cooperation between states on asylum processing and refugee protection. The book provides scholarly guidance on how policies can be undertaken in a way that conforms with the rights of asylum seekers and refugees under international law, asking if transnational asylum offers a workable model for lawful international cooperation and responsibility-sharing. It engages with the practical and legal modalities needed to ensure respect for binding obligations in the context of the current trend of rejection of territorial asylum among some states. The book puts forward a blueprint for how existing policies of deterrence and externalisation can be retooled to share, rather than shift, responsibility for refugees. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners interested and working in Human Rights, International Refugee Law and Refugee Studies." - Routledge
Publications:
- Unlocking access to protection under the UN Global Compacts: Do humanitarian visas hold the key? in: Law & Migration Book Series, Visas, Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door, Routledge 2025 forthcoming (gem. mit Nikolas Tan)
- New publication: “Aufenthaltsrecht”, together with Bertold Huber and Johannes Eichenhofer (NJW Praxis Volume 98, 2nd edition, C.H. Beck 2024)
Research:
Cooperation with the University of Melbourne (Dr. Nikolas Feith Tan) on the externalization of asylum procedures
We are pleased that the German-Australian cooperation between the Chair of Migration and Law at HU and the University of Melbourne will continue to be funded by the Berlin University Alliance in 2025 as part of the Joint Partnership Funding!