PROJECT TEAMS & JOINT TOPICS OF THE EXCHANGE SEMINARS/NATIONAL REPORTS

SEELS PROJEKAT

The Legal Status and Protection of Internationally Displaced Persons, Refugees,
Asylum Seekers and ‘Invisible’ Persons without IDs
(FORCED MIGRATIONS PROJECT)

PROJECT TEAMS
&
JOINT TOPICS OF THE EXCHANGE SEMINARS/NATIONAL REPORTS

1. LABOR LAW AND SOCIAL SECURITY

(coordinator: Helga Špadina, Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Law, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek)

• Professor Goran Obradović, Law Faculty, University of Niš, Head Manager of the Forced Migration Project, CV
• Professor Aleksandar Ristovski, Law Faculty Iustinianus Primus, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, CV
• Assistant Professor Ivana Grubešić, Law Faculty, University of Zenica, CV
• Assistant Professor Helga Špadina, Law Faculty, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, brief CV
• Teaching Assistant Marija Dragićević, Law Faculty, University of Niš, CV
• Assistant Professor Ivana Simonović, Law Faculty, University of Niš, CV

JOINT TOPICS:

• Access of the internationally protected persons to the national labour markets;
• Prevention of the forced migrants exploitation;
• Access to health care (legal aspects of the health care of asylum seekers and refugees at the international and national level, and the implementation of the international obligations at the national level;
• Recognition of qualifications;
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the access to national labour markets in terms of migrations in general

2. HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

(coordinator: Dženana Radončić, Assistant Professor,
Law Faculty, University of Zenica)

2.1. ACCESS TO COURT

• Professor Nevena Petrušić, Law Faculty, University of Niš, CV
• Professor Milka Rakočević, Law Faculty Iustinianus Primus, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, CV
• Assistant Professor Dženana Radončić, Law Faculty, University of Zenica, CV
• Assistent Professor Paula Poretti, Law Faculty, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, brief CV
• Assistant Professor Anđelija Tasić, Law Faculty, University of Niš, CV

JOINT TOPICS:

• Notion of the access to court in terms of different disputes (types and accessibility to the protection mechanisms - court/ADR; non-contentious proceedings for determining the birth date and place in case of 'invisible' persons without IDs; judicial civil protection against discrimination);
• Procedural issues in terms of forced migrants as parties to the proceedings; impediments in the exercise of the access to court:
- external – objective (costs of proceedings, legal representation, free legal aid)
- internal - subjective (party's capacity, age, language, education)
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the access to court (national and international level).

2.2. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN SMUGGLING

• Professor Nezir Pivić, Law Faculty, University of Zenica, CV
• Professor Aleksandra Gruevska Drakulevska, Law Faculty Iustinianus Primus, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, CV
• Assistant Professor Mirjana Kondor-Langer, Police Academy, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Croatia, Zagreb, CV
• Assistant Professor Ivan Ilić, Law Faculty, University of Niš, CV
• Lana Kovačić Markić, counsellor in the Croatian Constitutional Court, Zagreb, CV

JOINT TOPICS:

• Security aspects of migrations;
• Human trafficking vs Human smuggling;
• Women and children trafficking;
• Practical aspects (analysis of the current criminal legislation of the involved states);
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in these matters.

2.3. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS

• Professor Maša Alijević, Law Faculty, University of Zenica, CV
• Professor Ivana Shumanovska Spasovska, Law Faculty Iustinianus Primus, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, CV
• Associate Professor Dejan Vučetić, Law Faculty, University of Niš, CV
• Assistant Professor Ana Đanić Čeko, Law Faculty, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer Osijek, brief CV
• Assistant Professor Miloš Prica, Law Faculty, University of Niš, CV

JOINT TOPICS:

• Asylum issue;
• Procedural aspects of asylum proceedings: the parties position;
• Time-limits;
• Types of decisions;

• Legal recourses (mechanisms of legal protection in administrative law and administrative judicial practice).

2.4. PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE EU LAW

• Professor Nebojša Raičević, Law Faculty, University of Niš, CV
• Professor Julija Brsakoska Bazerkoska, Law Faculty Iustinianus Primus, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, CV
• Professor Elena Mihajlova Stratilati, Law Faculty Iustinianus Primus, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, CV
• Assistant Professor Dunja Duić, Law Faculty, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, (EU Law), brief CV
• Assistant Professor Enis Omerović, Law Faculty, University of Zenica, CV
• Assistant Professor Helga Špadina, Law Faculty, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, brief CV

JOINT TOPICS:

• Fundamental Principles in the international protection of the forced migrants;
• Notion of the refugees in the 1951 Refugee Convention;
• Right to asylum in international law;
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in these matters.

3. PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

(coordinator: Toni Deskoski, Professor,
Law Faculty Iusitinianus Primus, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje)

• Professor Toni Deskoski, Law Faculty Iustinianus Primus, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, CV
• Professor Mirela Župan, Law Faculty, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, brief CV
• Associate Professor Zlatan Meškić, Law Faculty, University of Zenica, CV
• Assistant Professor Vangel Dokovski, Law Faculty, Iustinianus Primus University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, CV
• Teaching Assistant Martina Drventić, Law Faculty, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, brief CV
• Associate Professor Sanja Marjanović, Law Faculty, University of Niš, CV

JOINT TOPICS:

• Recognition of the personal status acquired abroad;
• Recognition of the family status acquired abroad;
• Application of foreign law;
• Unaccompanied minors - provisional and protective measures.