Dublin Law and Politics Review

How do the EU and its member states respond to "illegal" immigration? Are readmission agreements successful? In this episode, Elsa Fernando Gonzalo discusses her research on EU's informal migrant readmission deals with third countries.

Are minority language speakers impacted when to comes to accessing their right to a fair trial? How are they treated by the justice system? What laws protect their human rights? PhD candidate Gearóidín McEvoy explains her research in this area, specifically concerning Irish and Irish Sign Language speakers.

The controversial trade deal known as CETA or the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement has become an issue in the Irish government recently. Many are questioning the impact ratifying this deal would have in Ireland. Barry Finnegan , a senior lecturer at Griffith College discusses the problems with the Investor Court System in CETA.

In this episode, we talk with Hasmik Grigoryan, a PhD research at Dublin City University, about her research on the political positions of Armenian political parties towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as how they have evolved over the last three decades. We also discuss the difficulties in conducting archival research.

Violence organisations have been using visuals for years to recruit people to join their forces. This applies to both legal and illegal violence organisations. This week on the Dublin Law and Politics Review podcast, Sheelagh Brady , a former Garda Sargent and a former senior security analyst, delves into her PhD research on comparing recruitment videos of legal and illegal violence organisations. She discloses the similarities found, the cues and myths the videos pander to and what she has found so far, in an effort to answer how and why people join these organisations.

In this week's episode, we talk with Miraji Mohamed , a PhD researcher at Dublin City University about her research on how Kenya has been tackling various forms of violent extremism. For further insights, you may read Miraji's recent article on Kenya's War on Terror .

What does it mean to be a citizen of Abkhazia, South Ossetia or any other de facto state? Are the people living in such territories stateless? What are some of the precarious situations they are faced with? In this episode, Ramesh Ganohariti , a PhD student from Dublin City University , shares his research on Citizenship in post-Soviet de facto States. Ramesh's research is funded by the Irish Research Council.

If you're confused about the controversy surrounding the AstraZeneca vaccine contract and the EU, don't worry, you are not the only one. Should the EU be given vaccines produced in the UK? Does the UK's contract take priority over the EU's? What happens if the EU sues AstraZeneca? Dr Eoin O'Dell , an associate professor at Trinity College Dublin explains all in this episode.

Dr Brian Barry, Lecturer at the Technological University Dublin and Caoimhe Kiernan discuss Dr Barry’s new book, ‘ How Judges Judge: Empirical Insights into Judicial Decision-Making ’, the idea of ‘perfect justice’, and some insights on the future of judging in Ireland.

Why does FIFA not allow the participation of some national teams? How many national football teams are there? What is the relationship between football & politics? Here is our latest episode, where we discuss the above questions, with this week's guest Sasha Düerkop . Recommended literature Blood and Circuses : A Football Journey Through Europe’s Rebel Republics by Rober O’Connor CONIFA: Football for the Forgotten : The Untold Story of Football’s Alternate World Cup by James Hendicott Forgotten Nations : The Incredible Stories of Football in the Shadows by Chris Deeley. One Football No Nets by Justin Walley. Invisible Countries : Journies to the edge of Nationhood by Joshua Keating

In November 2020, over 140,000 intimate and sexual photographs of Irish women, including underage girls, were shared without their consent and distributed through a Discord server. In this episode, Dr Sorcha McCormack from Leeds Beckett University discusses how image-based sexual abuse has been addressed through legislation and what needs to be done to protect victims of this crime.

To close Season 2, Dublin Law and Politics Review bring forward a longer podcast developed from the UN75 Dialogue on Inequality & Financial Crises held last month. In this podcast, four experts Dr. George Georgopolous, (York University, Canada), Prof. Dr. Atiur Rahman, (10th governor Central Bank of Bangladesh), Dr. Ane Fernandez de Aranguiz, (Antwerp University), and Annelieke Mooij (PhD candidate, Dublin City University) discuss why the rich get richer and the poor poorer during times of financial instability?

Controversy arose when an Irish Supreme Court judge, Séamus Woulfe, attended an Oireachtas golf society dinner during the COVID-19 pandemic. After public backlash, questions came about surrounding the need for codes of ethics and detailed impeachment procedures for judges. Dr Laura Cahillane and Dr Tom Hickey, both lecturers of law, discuss these topics.

Following the war in Kosovo, numerous international actors got involved in its state-building process. One institution, which has now taken on the primary role, is the European Union. However, the question remains whether the EU is truly succeeding in this state-building project? To answer this and other questions we are joined by Ramadan Ilazi, a PhD candidate at Dublin City University, who will share his research on everyday state-building approaches of the EU in Kosovo.

On the 22nd of October, the Dáíl voted on a Bill to “seal” the records gathered by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. The Seanad passed the Bill the next day. This new legislation caused quite the controversy, causing an uproar on social media and within the Oireachtas. This week, the Dublin Law and Politics Review Podcast is speaking to one of the Oireachtas’s most vocal critics, Senator Alice-Mary Higgins. Join our discussion on where and why the Legislation was brought in, where the record is actually going, and are they actually sealed?

Questions around the concept of citizenship have become commonplace within the European Union since Brexit. How has this development changed citizenship, and who can access it? What effect would a new interpretation of citizenship have on member states and their national identity? Professor Ulrike Guérot, the founder of the European Democracy Lab, talks about her opinions on a European Republic and as a co-plaintiff in a case in the European Court of Justice surrounding British people’s citizenship rights.

In this episode with talk with Katharina Krüsselmann, a PhD researcher at Leiden University, whose research focuses on the prevalence and impact of gun violence in Europe. In particular, we focus on issues surrounding the drafting and implementation of firearm legislation in the EU, as well as discuss the challenges in fighting firearm violence. Tune in for this episode to find out.

What is the relationship between law and art? Does art inspire law or law inspire art? In this podcast we talk to Dr Sophie Doherty who has written her PhD on the relationship between law and art. She describes the different visualizations of Susanna and the elders by artists depending on their vision of the law. We further talk about the use of art to explain legal concepts and how art can change the view on law.

Why cannot all people be prosecuted under international law? What makes someone immune to prosecution even when they have committed the most heinous crimes. Is this diplomatic immunity still appropriate for today's world? We discuss these questions with Luisa Giannini whose research focuses on these questions in light of the Al Bashir case.

As part of the Europe 2020 Strategy EU institutions and Member States pledged to lift 20 million people out of poverty. By 2020, the Strategy has not achieved, or even significantly advanced towards, this initial target, although there was a significant reduction after the economic crisis-geared peak in 2012. The idea of taking sturdier steps towards poverty reduction in the EU has often been shut down based on the argument that the EU lacks competences to act further in this field. In this podcast we talk to Ane Aranguiz researcher at the University of Antwerp about the legal framework of the EU and whether stronger (binding) steps to lift people out of poverty can be taken. Additionally we discuss whether it is the EU or the Member States who should be primary responsible for poverty reduction.