Workshops - Potential & challenges of private international law in the current migratory context - 20-06-2017 - Committee on Legal Affairs

On 20 June, the Policy Department for Citizens Rights and Constitutional Affairs will organise a workshop on "Potential and challenges of private international law in the current migratory context" for the JURI Committee.

While Private International Law governs relations between persons coming from or living in different States, migration law regulates the flow of people between States. Rights related to migration often depend on private relations (marriage, parentage) or personal status (age); and global migration flows put traditional rules on applicable (foreign) law and jurisdiction under strain. The workshop aims to examine the ways in which these two fields of law interface and how to ensure a more coherent and efficient approach. It will in particular examine how traditional private international law solutions and tools can offer innovative ways to address issues of immigration law, ensuring better protection to those who most need it (in particular, children on the move) and easier coordination between different authorities across Europe.

Location : Brussels, ASP 3G3