78125 - Criminal Procedural Law on Immigration

Learning outcomes

The course aims at analysing the various measures which may be adopted in order to limit the liberty of migrants and their compiance with fundamental rights. The first part of the course will be dedicated to the examination of constitutional and supranational principles relevant to the field of immigration law. The concepts of “respingimento”, “espulsione”, “trattenimento”, “partenza volontaria”, “accompagnamento alla frontiera” will be analyzed in the light of national and supranational law.
Il will examined whether and to what extent the measures aimed at limiting the liberty of migrants comply with fundamental rights. In this perspective, particular attention will be paid to the right of defence, the right to an interpreter and the right to be informed of defence rights.

Course contents

The size of the migration flow -documented on a daily basis by newspapers and TV news- hints at a in-depth analysis of the “criminal procedure of immigration”.Specifically, the course will offer students an occasion for an informed, incisive monographic study of those institutions limiting the foreigners’ personal freedom. These very institutions will therefore be probed and tested, in the light of the constitutional and supranational principles pertinent to the matter

Teaching methods

The teaching method will follow in most part the problem based approach. Students will be required to examine case that will be submitted by the teacher.

Assessment methods

Oral exam.

Office hours

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