Date of event: Monday 12 June 2023

Event Time: 2.30-4pm

Speaker: Dr Amanda Spalding

Event Location: Hybrid event

• On-campus - Bartolome House (Moot Court) - School of Law, Winter Street, Sheffield S3 7ND
• Online - Joining links will be sent the day before the event

Whilst it is helpful if you use the booking page to indicate in advance if you are attending, you are also very welcome to turn up in-person on the day of the event and without pre-booking. You will need to pre-book the online attendance though as we will need to know where to send the joining link.

The Centre for Criminological Research is pleased to host this is an 'Author Meets Readers' event headed by Dr Amanda Spalding of the University of Sheffield (Law) author of The Treatment of Immigrants in the European Court of Human Rights: Moving Beyond Criminalisation (Hart, 2022). The panel will consist of Professor Ana Aliverti (Law, University of Warwick) and Dr Jonathan Collinson (Law, University of Sheffield).

Event abstract: This is an 'Author Meets Readers' event headed by Dr Amanda Spalding of the University of Sheffield (Law) and author of The Treatment of Immigrants in the European Court of Human Rights: Moving Beyond Criminalisation (Hart, 2022). The panel will consist of Professor Ana Aliverti (Law, University of Warwick) and Dr Jonathan Collinson (Law, University of Sheffield) and will be chaired by Dr Lucy Mayblin (Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield). The book examines the criminalisation of immigration in Europe and the adequacy of the European Court of Human Rights response to these developments. It argues that the complex powers and systems in immigration law and policy mean that much of the stigma and severity of the criminal law is being endured by migrants but often without the concurrent procedural safeguards that the criminal law typically provides. It also reflects on the fact that the criminalisation phenomenon may increase the harshness with which immigrants are dealt with and exacerbate existing issues, but it is not always the root problem in the failure of the Court to protect migrants fully.