Provision of legal assistance to refugees, stateless persons and other categories of foreigners by advocates
August 14, 2023
Course duration: 16 hours
Training methods: presentation, case study, group discussion, working with documents
Target group: advocates
Aim: to enhance the skills of advocates in the process of providing legal assistance to refugees, stateless persons and other categories of aliens from the perspective of a human rights-based approach, as well as in the process of developing optimal strategies for representing beneficiaries in legal proceedings, in particular in the asylum procedure.
Basic Topics:
– Landmarks in the history of the emergence and development of refugee law;
– The situation of refugees in the world;
– International, regional and national frameworks addressing the rights of asylum seekers, refugees and beneficiaries of humanitarian protection;
– General principles of refugee protection;
– Asylum in the Republic of Moldova. Authorities with competence in the field of asylum;
– Forms of protection granted on the territory of the Republic of Moldova;
– Definition of vulnerability and vulnerable group among refugees and stateless persons. Criteria for determining vulnerability;
– Types of vulnerable groups in humanitarian conditions;
– Existing referral system in the Republic of Moldova in the situation of refugees;
– Procedure for examining asylum applications in the Republic of Moldova;
– Judicial review of administrative decisions on asylum applications;
– Incidence of statelessness among refugees;
– Naturalization of refugees and stateless persons, post-naturalization documentation;
– Restrictive measures applicable to foreigners;
– Situation of refugees from Ukraine on the territory of the Republic of Moldova.
Last Updated on:
September 12, 2023
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