Organizer 1
dr. peter van krieken, together with drs. udo arron
special advisor international affairs
ind/minjus
pkrieken@ind.minjus.nl
box 30125 nl - 2500 gc the hague
Tel: +31.70.370.3379
Fax: +31.70.370.3299
Email:pkrieken@ind.minjus.nl


Organizer 2
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Workshop description:
Family reunification, for a long while believed to be a fairly straightforward topic, is now turning in an hotly debated on (see also the challenges to agree on the EU Council Directive concerned


Goals of the workshop:
To put the related issues in context (legal principles, echr, integration, interests of the individual and the receiving society, etc)




Policy relevance and topic: It is not known whether the council will have agreed on a regulation, but even if that were the case, the relevance is obvious.


How international comparisons are included: Implementation, policy development of countries like Germany, Denmark, Austria and others will be taken into account


Reference to concerns with policy-making and best practice: The search for best practise is an ongoing one


Presenters / participants /other information
Ms. M. Koeman,
Policy Directorate,
Ministery of Justice,
Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Kate Jastram,
University of California,
Berkeley,
USA

Mr. J. Bezdeka
Austria

Mr. B.Puntervold Bo
Norway




Summary:
This workshop will focus on the following questions:
-Belongs the issue of family reunification exclusively to the human rights domain?
-Would a utilitarian approach be useful?
-Should integration be secured before accepting any (new) policies?
-Are developments on the ground sufficiently reflected in Brussels’ (EU/EC) efforts to come to a directive on this issue?





Date: 11 September


(1 session is 3 hours)
Number of sessions: 1

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