Human Rights at the EU’s External Border

RefMig director, Professor Cathryn Costello, delivered the keynote speech at the 14th Conference of the Network Migration Law in November 2020. In her talk titled 'Human Rights at the EU’s External Border' Costello reflected on the topic of law at borders, questioning whether those are also the borders of law. Her talk considered the multisited nature of the border -including not only extraterritorial border control but also within states and communities, and on the different ways that law works at these borders. She concluded her talk by reflecting on the rule of law in migration control - not only in terms of accountability but also about its conduct guiding function.