About this Event
A one day conference taking place on Friday 29th November at Queen’s University Belfast School of Law will consider Article 2 of the Windsor Framework in wider context.
Academic and practitioner contributions will take stock of recent developments in WF Article 2 case law as well as examining the broader implications and potential implications of the provision in relation to issues such as environmental rights, frontier workers, social rights, and immigration policy.
This event is funded by the ‘Governance for a place between: the Multilevel Dynamics of Implementing the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland’ ESRC-funded project and is co-hosted by the Queen’s International Economic Law Centre.
Arrival at venue (Moot Court Room) – 8:40 am – tea and coffee
Welcome – 9:10 am Prof David Phinnemore – Professor of European Politics at Queen’s University Belfast, Principal Investigator of ESRC project on Governance for 'a place between’: the Multilevel Dynamics of Implementing the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
Panel I – 9:15 am - 10:35 am – “Article 2 Case-law & the Test”
Chair – Professor Aoife O’Donoghue (QUB)
i. Professor Christopher McCrudden (QUB) – Article 2 after Dillon
ii. Professor Colin Murray (University of Newcastle) – The Mouse that Roared: Windsor Framework Article 2 comes into its own
iii. Ms Htaik Win (Solicitor at Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission) – A practical guide to litigating Article 2 of the Windsor Framework
Coffee break – 10.45am
Panel II – 10:45 am – 12:05 “Article 2 in Wider Contexts”
Chair – Professor Billy Melo Araujo (QUB)
i. Professor Eleni Franziou (Durham) - Article 2 and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
ii. Prof Ruth McAreavey and Dr Katharine Wright (University of Newcastle) - The Impact of Brexit on Women
iii. Dr Lisa-Claire Whitten (QUB) - Non-diminution, dynamic alignment and cooperation: exploring the potential of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to protect the environment
Lunch 12.05 pm-1.20pm
Panel III – 1:20 pm-2.40pm – “Article 2 , Immigration and Frontier Workers”
Chair – Dr Marisa McVoy (QUB)
iv. Professor Colin Harvey (QUB) - Detaching Northern Ireland: asylum, immigration, human rights and the special arrangement
v. John McGrath (Solicitor – Brian Feeney Co Solicitors) - A house divided cannot stand: exploring Government immigration policy in a post-Brexit landscape
vi. Dr Sylvia De Mars (University of Newcastle) - Article 2, Frontier Workers and their Families
Duration: 5 hours
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
School of Law, Main Site Tower, QUB (Moot Court - MST.02.006), Moot Court, Belfast, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
