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Bast is the spokesperson of the interdisciplinary research group “Human Rights Discourse in Migration Societies” (MeDiMi), funded by the DFG. MeDiMi examines the conditions, forms, and consequences of the humanrightization of discursive practices in migration-related conflicts.
Jürgen Bast
Key expertise
- migration and refugee law
- human rights law and practice
- Common European Asylum System
Current affiliation
- Justus Liebig University Giessen
Memberships
Professional career
Bast is Professor of Public Law and European Law at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), Germany. Before joining the JLU in 2013, he was a Full Professor of International and European Law at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. Bast has studied sociology and law in Frankfurt and Berlin. He holds a PhD (Dr. jur.) and a habilitation in law, both awarded by Goethe University Frankfurt.
Profile according to FFVT taxonomy
Scientific topics
- International Protection
- Borders
- Civil Society Engagement
- Humanitarianism
- National Refugee And Asylum Policies
- Return And Deportation
- Refugee Law
Research fields
- Migration Research
- Human Rights Research
Relevant publications
- Buckley-Zistel, S., Bast, J., Holderied, L. (forthcoming). Humanrightization of Migration Discourses. A Conceptual Framework, Journal of Human Rights Practice.
- Bast, J. (2024). The Rise of Human Rights Limits to Migration Control. A European Perspective. AJIL Unbound, 118(6), 208–213.
- Bast, J., Endres de Oliveira, P., Wessels, J. (2023). Enhancing the Rights of Protection-seeking Migrants through the Global Compact for Migration. The Case of EU Asylum Policy. International Journal of Refugee Law (IJRL), 35(4), 461–474.
- Bast, J., von Harbou, F., Wessels, J. (2022). Human Rights Challenges to European Migration Policy. The REMAP Study. Baden-Baden/Oxford: Nomos/Hart.
- Bast, J. (2011). Aufenthaltsrecht und Migrationssteuerung. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.