ΑΛΛΗΛΕΓΓΥΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΕ: ΕΞΕΛΙΞΕΙΣ ΣΤΟ ΠΕΔΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΙΚΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΕ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ

Judicial developments and administrative procedures after the implementation of the EU - Turkey statement Δικαστικές εξελίξεις και διοικητικές διαδικασίες μετά την εφαρμογή της Κοινής Δήλωσης ΕΕ-Τουρκίας Maria Papamina Attorney at Law, MA, Legal Unit of the Greek Council for Refugees Μαρία Παπαμηνά Δικηγόρος, ΜΔΕ, Νομική Υπηρεσία Ελληνικού Συμβουλίου για τους Πρό- σφυγες I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to discuss about and shed light on various aspects of international protection in the area of refugee law and human rights, as they have been shaped by the EU/Turkey Joint Statement. I will actually focus on the essence of the European acquis and the rules and principles that govern the function of the EU. Please allow me to summarize my approach in the phrase: European Acquis VS Po- litical Choices on the management of the refugee question. The European acquis is law acquired in the context of rule of law and democra- cy; it is reflected in a binding way in the legal texts for the establishment and functioning of the European Union (Treaty on the European Union and Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights), which among others have been aligned with the international texts for the protection of human rights, i.e. the European Convention for Human Rights and the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees. Both the right to request asylum and the right to a fair and effective asylum procedure in Europe have been expressly entrenched in the European acquis (which dictates respect of the Geneva Conven-