Family Reunification Procedures in EU Migration Law.

• Organiza:  Academy of european law (ERA).
• Lugar y fecha: Riga, 26-27 March 2012.
• Objective: The issue of family reunification applies not only to third-country nationals seeking to obtain permission for their family members to join them in an EU Member State but also affects EU nationals and thus goes to the heart of the free movement of persons. This seminar will provide legal practitioners with an in-depth analysis of the relevant legislative measures, the most recent and important developments in jurisprudence and the impact of European human rights instruments on this matter.

• Organiser: ERA (Killian O’Brien) in cooperation with the Latvian Judicial Training Centre.
  Event number: 412D66 
• Speakers:
  Adrian Berry, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers, London
  Ilze Briede, Head of Migration Unit, Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, Riga
  Harald Dörig, Judge at the Federal Administrative Court, Leipzig
  Michal Meduna, Policy Officer, Unit C.2 Union Citizenship and Free Movement, DG Justice, European Commission, Brussels
  Clare Ovey, Head of Division, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg
  Yves Pascouau, Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre, Brussels
  Pierre Robert, Avocat, Dayez Avocats, Brussels
  Dorota Pudzianowska, Law Faculty, Warsaw University, Lawyer, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Warsaw
  Borbala Szigeti, Policy Officer, Unit JLS B1 Immigration and Integration, DG HOME, European Commission, Brussels
  Dirk Vanheule, Professor of Law, University of Antwerp, Chairperson of the Antwerp Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS)-
• Programa.