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Independent courts, judges who will withstand political pressure and rule against the will of the government if the law demands it. It’s called the rule of law, and as long as you have it, you rarely notice it. If you don’t have it, you’ll know what you miss – but then it’s too late. We need to talk about the rule of law because in a growing number of EU member states, the rule of law is already severely damaged - and we will all feel the consequences. We need to talk about the rule of law as Europeans, among Europeans. This is what we, Verfassungsblog and Deutscher Anwaltverein, want to do with this podcast. Twelve weeks, twelve episodes: Every week we invite a number of high-profile political and legal actors and experts to discuss the most urgent aspects of this topic. If you want to be part of this debate, please feel warmly encouraged, do send us your question, use the hashtag #lawrules or send us a speech memo on our Instagram account (@verfassungsblog).
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Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
We need to talk about refugees and migration law. In discussions about these topics, refugees
and migration policy are often being treated as the other of politics and policy. But the way
states treat those seeking refuge and asylum on their territory is fundamentally a rule of law
issue, and actually says a lot about the current state of the rule of law there: Are refugees
able to enter a jurisdiction and apply for their right to asylum? Are due process obligations
being observed? Do refugees have access to justice? Does the European migration law
system work? This is what LENNART KOKOTT discusses in this week’s episode of We Need to Talk About the Rule of Law with our distinguished guests:
MÁRTA PARDAVI is a lawyer and co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a nongovernmental watchdog organization that protects human dignity and the rule of law.
PHILIP WORTHINGTON is the Managing Director of European Lawyers in Lesvos, a NGO
providing access to legal counselling in Lesvos.
MARIA KALIN is a lawyer with expertise in migration law and member of the migration law
committee of the German Bar Association. She teaches at the University of Passau.
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