The course charts the position of local authorities and administrations in the EU legal system. It analyses their responsibilities in the application of EU law and describes their intervention on EU policy-making and legal standing before the EU courts.

Make your national administration a winner in EU infringement procedures: respond persuasively to Commission allegations, avoid the risk of a court case, a condemnatory ruling and potential financial sanctions for your national administration.

The first module provides participants with an overview of international and EU legal frameworks for alternatives to the detention of migrant children.

The fifth module provides an overview of the guiding principles on access to justice for migrant children and lists the main relevant rights.

This handbook provides an overview of the law applicable to asylum, border man-agement and immigration in relation to European Union (EU) law and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). It looks at the situation of those foreigners to whom the EU usually refers as third-country nationals, although that distinction is not relevant to cited ECHR law. This handbook is designed to assist legal practitioners who are not specialised in the field of asylum, borders and immigration law; it is intended for lawyers, judges, prosecutors, border guards, immigration officials and others working with national authorities, as well as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other bodies that may be confronted with legal questions relating to these subjects.

Module 0 introduces the series of training materials relevant to protecting the rights of migrants and refugees and provides a short introduction on access to justice for migrants.

The e-Presentations offer compact updates on the latest in EU law. The annual subscription gives you access both to our back catalogue of over 500 e-Presentations and to at least 60 new e-presentations every year on the latest developments in EU Law. Each e-presentation lasts on average 35 minutes. Each package features a video of the speaker, their slides, exhaustive background documentation, a quiz and the option to obtain a certificate on completion. The e-presentations can also be downloaded to be viewed offline.

The fourth module provides an overview of the guiding principles on access to justice in the protection of migrants’ rights to family life.

The fourth and last training module on alternatives to detention for migrant children provides participants with better knowledge of how to communicate and work with children subject to alternatives to detention.

This Guidance covers the right of free movement of EU citizens and their families. It focuses primarily on Directive 2004/38/EC, but also on specific applications of Articles 20 and 21 TFEU. It aims at providing updated guidance and supporting the work of national authorities, courts and legal practitioners. It integrates the relevant case law of the EU Court of Justice and aims to provide for the necessary clarifications on specific issues that citizens and national administrations have faced during the last years.