Objective Speakers This conference will provide asylum law practitioners with practical insight into the current challenges and changes affecting applications for asylum in the EU under the subsidiary protection regime. It will also analyse the recent case law of the European courts on asylum law. Roland Bank, Chief of the Legal Protection Department, UNHCR, Berlin Samuel Boutruche, Legal Associate, UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions, Strasbourg Nuala Mole, Senior Lawyer, AIRE Centre, London Key topics Violeta Moreno-Lax*, EU Asylum Law Coordinator, Refugee Law Initiative of the University of London, Lecturer, University of Liverpool  The concept of subsidiary protection  The scope and limits of Art. 15(c) Qualification Directive (‘indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict’) Matthias Oel, Head of Unit, Asylum and Relations with EASO, DG Home Affairs, European Commission, Brussels  Changes to subsidiary protection in the reformed Common European Asylum System Flip Schüller, Partner, Prakken d’Oliveira, Amsterdam  Update on developments in European asylum legislation  Recent case law of the CJEU and ECtHR in the area of asylum law and their incorporation into national law Who should attend? Staff of government bodies and national asylum authorities, asylum lawyers and judges in national courts, NGOs. ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN ASYLUM LAW 2014 Hugo Storey, Senior Immigration Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, U.K. Upper Tribunal, London  Boštjan Zalar, High Court Judge, Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana  NN*, Italian Presidency Focus on subsidiary protection Recent developments in case law and legislation Trier, 29-30 October 2014 ERA Conference Centre Metzer Allee 4, Trier, Germany * Invited Organiser: Dr Karine Caunes (ERA) Language: English Event number: 414R19 Travel to Trier: Shuttle services from Luxembourg airport to the ERA Conference Centre can be booked at special rates at: www.taxi-franken.de/era For further information: Elizabeth Klopocki Tel. +49 (0)651 937 37 322 Fax. +49 (0)651 937 37 773 E-mail: [email protected] Online registration: www.era.int/?124652&en era.int Education and Culture DG Erasmus+ Programme ERA is funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the view only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of information contained therein. Wednesday, 29 October 2014 08:30 09:00 I. 09:15 Arrival and registration of participants Thursday, 30 October 2014 14:00 Welcome 14:45 Discussion 15:00 The 1951 Refugee Convention and Article 15(c) of the Qualification Directive: the UNHCR’s perspective Subsidiary protection in Europe: setting the scene Violeta Moreno-Lax 15:45 Discussion Discussion 16:00 Coffee break 10:15 Coffee break 16:30 10:45 Subsidiary protection cases: the CJEU’s and national courts’ perspectives Reconciling divergent standards? A roundtable R.Bank, K.Caunes, N.Mole, V. Moreno-Lax, F.Schüller, H.Storey Hugo Storey Questions 11:45 Subsidiary protection cases: the perspective of the European Court of Human Rights Flip Schüller 12:30 Questions 12:50 Lunch RECENT LEGISLATIVE AND CASE-LAW DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPEAN ASYLUM LAW Chair: Karine Caunes 09:00 The way forward in ensuring implementation of the Common European Asylum System:  17:30 Discussion 18:00 End of the first day 18:45 Guided tour of the city of Trier 20:00 Conference dinner The view of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Italian Presidency Roland Bank 10:00 11:30 II. Nuala Mole Karine Caunes WHO GETS PROTECTION? UNFOLDING THE MULTI-LAYERED SYSTEM OF SUBSIDIAR PROTECTION IN EUROPE Subsidiary protection cases: an asylumseeker’s perspective  The view of the European Commission Matthias Oel 10:00 Discussion 10:30 Coffee break 11:00 The latest contribution from the European Court of Human Rights to European asylum law Samuel Boutruche 11:45 Discussion 12:00 The CJEU’s and national courts’ latest contributions to European asylum law Boštjan Zalar 12:45 Discussion 13:00 End of conference Programme may be subject to amendment. For programme updates: www.era.int