A Practitioners' Handbook on the CEAS and EU and Member States' Commitments under the UN Global Compact on Refugees and the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Launched

30 September 2022

On 27 September 2022, the Practitioners’ Handbook on the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and EU and Member States’ Commitments under the UN Global Compact on Refugees and the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was launched at an event co-organised with the Centre for International Law at the University of Bristol.

On 27 September 2022, This Practitioners’ Handbook on the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and EU and Member States’ Commitments under the UN Global Compact on Refugees and the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was launched at an event organised in collaboration with (B)OrderS: Centre for the Legal Study of Borders and Migration at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the Centre for International Law at the University of Bristol.

This Handbook identifies CEAS provisions which fulfil the Compacts’ requirements as well as those that diverge therefrom. Through this exercise, the Handbook highlights how practitioners, including policymakers, can use the Compacts to augment the protective scope of corresponding CEAS provisions or pursue the required law or policy change to align law and practice with states’ commitments.

The Handbook authors – Professor Elspeth Guild (QMUL), Dr Kathryn Allinson (University of Bristol), Dr Nicolette Busuttil (University of Westminster) and Dr Maja Grundler (Royal Holloway University of London) – examined how EU Member States (and associated states) can apply the CEAS in a manner consistent with GCM and GCR commitments, with leading experts in the field providing their insights and expertise.

Summary and recording of the event can be found on this website - A Novel Approach to EU Asylum Law - PROTECT The Right to International Protection (uib.no)