Seminar 
Externalization of EU Border Controls

13.15 – 13.20 Introduction Dr Vladislava Stoyanova
13.20 – 13.50 The 2017 Italy – Libia and the 2023 Italy – Albania Memorandums, Dr Anna Fazzini
13.50 – 14.20 The UK – Rwanda Deal and Trends in light of the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, Dr Anna Liguori   
14.20 – 15.00 General Discussion 

Dr Anna Fazzini is a post-doctoral researcher in International Law at the University of Naples L'Orientale, where she also obtained her PhD in 2022. Author of several articles in class A journals and in volumes, she published her first monograph, entitled “The Externalisation of Border Controls and the Responsibility of European States: The Case Italy-Libya” in 2023. She has participated in national and international projects, including the Jean Monnet Network “M.A.P.S. - Migration and Asylum Policies Systems” (Director: prof. Giuseppe Cataldi). She was a visiting researcher at the University of Amsterdam in November 2023. Her research interests concern the international protection of human rights and migrants, state responsibility and environmental and climate law.
https://unior.unifind.cineca.it/get/person/206710

Dr. Anna Liguori  hold a Diploma of Advanced European Studies (College of Europe-Belgium) and PhD in European Law (SUN University of Naples). She is currently Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. She spent visiting periods at Max Planck Institute of International law in Heidelberg, Queen Mary University of London, Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Cordoba, Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute of University of Deusto, Bilbao. She has participated in international projects, such as the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Migrants' Rights in the Mediterranean, as member of the Steering Committee, and the Jean Monnet Network "MAPS – Migration and Asylum Policy Systems. Weaknesses, Shortcomings and Reform Proposals", as Key Staff Member. She is currently P.I. of a University Project on Anthropocene/Capitalocene and International Migrations. A critical reading”. Her research interests concern migration, asylum, human rights, climate change and the responsibility of States and International Organizations. Full list of publications here including "Migration Law and the Externalization of Border Controls. European State Responsibility” (Routledge, 2019) and “Some observations on the legal responsibility of States and International Organizations in the Extraterritorial Processing of Asylum Claims", The Italian Yearbook of International Law.