The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: From Paper to Practice
This year’s joint ICHR–IACBA conference will focus on key issues arising from the implementation of the EU Pact on Immigration and Asylum Law, which will become applicable in June/July 2026. The programme will examine reception conditions, the new border procedure, unaccompanied minors, appeals procedures, and related developments.
Date: Friday, 5th June 2026
Start Time: 1.45pm (Registration from 1pm)
Finish Time: 5.30pm
Location: Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS), North Campus, University of Galway
For further information on the associations, including membership, please visit:
Immigration Asylum and Citizenship Bar Association: Home - IACBA
Chaired by:
The Hon. Ms. Justice Mary Faherty
Speakers Include:
Professor Iris Goldner Lang, University of Zagreb “The Main Novelties and Challenges of the EU’s Migration Pact”
Professor Ciara Smyth, University of Galway “The Neoliberal Construction of the Individual and the Group in the EU Pact”
Jyothi Kanics, Director of Policy and Advocacy for Europe, Kids in Need of Defence “Unaccompanied Minors in the EU Pact”
David Conlan Smyth SC “Early legal counselling and legal assistance”
Andrew Robinson BL “Appeal procedures and oral hearings”
Grace Tierney BL “Vulnerability and special procedural guarantees”
This event is open to IACBA Members, Solicitors, Department of Justice, students and NGO's.
This event qualifies for 3 CPD points.
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The Immigration, Asylum and Citizenship Bar Association (IACBA) is an association of barristers who are members of the Bar of Ireland. We specialise in immigration (including EU free movement of persons), asylum and citizenship law, in addition to related areas such as employment permits, family reunification and trafficking in human persons. Their aim is to provide relevant continuing professional development seminars, information and public events to better inform barristers and the wider public of these areas of law. For more information, go to www.iacba.ie
The EU Bar Association (EUBA) is a specialist bar association for Irish barristers who practise in the area of EU Law. It was established in December 2016 with the purpose of providing a forum for barristers who practise or possess expertise in the area of EU law or who would wish to develop such practice or expertise.
The EUBA provides specialist education to its members through seminars, conferences and morning briefing sessions which seek to keep members up to date on developments in a complex and fast moving area of EU law.
The EUBA promotes the Bar as a specialist provider of advocacy and legal advice in this area. For more information, go to www.euba.ie