The Department of Law welcomes your attendance at the
Symposium on the Experience of LGBTQ Asylum Seekers: Legal and Practical Dimensions
A workshop with
Maria Avgeri and Evgeny Shtorn
Thursday 28th November, from 1-3 p.m.
Education Lecture Theatre, Education House, North Campus
This workshop addresses the legal position of asylum seekers under European Union law and the European Convention on Human Rights, the particular experience of LGBTQ asylum seekers and the challenges posed by the direct provision system
Maria Avgeri is a PhD student and Hume Scholar at Maynooth University, and a graduate of Democritus University Law Department and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Maria is a qualified lawyer who has worked with Greek Asylum Service both as a case-worker and as a member of the Appeals Committees. Maria’s research interests involve refugee and migration law, gender, sexuality, gender identity and expression and the law, disability and transformative justice.
Evgeny Shtorn is a sociologist and human rights activist holding a master’s degree from the Higher School of Economics in St Petersburg. He is a cultural diversity researcher for Create, the National Agency for Collaborative Arts and project coordinator for the National Gallery of Ireland’s community project "Something from There", working with people seeking asylum.
The symposium forms part of the Gender, Sexuality and Law module offered by the Department of Law at Maynooth University.
All are welcome to attend all or part of the symposium but, if planning to attend, please indicate your attendance on our doodle poll: https://doodle.com/poll/wchxf29f4t5hvhur