This liber amicorum is dedicated to Prof. dr. Hildegard Schneider who has shaped the study of European migration and asylum law and was a pioneer in fighting against legal and practical barriers to free movement. Hildegard’s profound impact on the faculty of law of Maastricht University is well noticeable due to her multidisciplinary research and teaching initiatives, the creation of several multidisciplinary institutes and because of her early emphasis on the societal relevance of legal re...

The pace at which media changes and new technologies are developed is unprecedented. Attempting to keep up with these evolutions, international and supranational organisations adopt legislative and non-legislative documents in order to clarify the roles, obligations and rights of governments, private actors and citizens. This codex offers students and practitioners an overview of the most relevant legislation and policy documents that have been adopted by the United Nations, the Council of Eu...