Edit Frenyo

European University Institute, Law, Post-Doc

Georgetown University Law Center, Law School, Graduate Student

McGill University, Law, Post-Doc

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Transnational Families – The Right to Family Life in the Age of Global Migration

Routledge Handbook of International Family Law 1st Edition, 2019

This chapter describes the key attributes and challenges of transnational parenting and the growi... more This chapter describes the key attributes and challenges of transnational parenting and the growing phenomenon of transnational families within the European Union. Using the case of children left behind by labor migrants in Central Eastern European member states, the chapter demonstrates that transnational parenting is a functioning yet neglected part of the “right to family life” with significant implications for the field of family law and policy, challenging existing state-centric normative frameworks regulating the family.

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Unsafe from Any Angle: Vulnerability-Generation on the US–Canada Border

LAWS, 2022

This article provides a review of the functioning and legality of the Safe Third Country Agreemen... more This article provides a review of the functioning and legality of the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the United States, placing it in the broader context of systemic factors that generate and exacerbate the vulnerability of protection seekers. It offers a critical evaluation of what the legal challenges against the STCA reveal about the promises and limitations of safe-country-related litigation and the future of the Agreement.

INTERNALIZING THE CONSEQUENCES OF EXTERNALIZED ASYLUM PROCESSES – FEDERAL COURT AFFIRMS THAT THE SAFE THIRD COUNTRY AGREEMENT VIOLATES ASYLUM SEEKERS’ FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS UNDER CANADIAN LAW.

Cahiers de l’EDEM Louvain-La-Neuve, 2020

The decision in Canadian Council for Refugees v Canada marks a long-awaited victory for advocates... more The decision in Canadian Council for Refugees v Canada marks a long-awaited victory for advocates of asylum seekers and a significant blow to the safe third country agreement with the US, acknowledging its infringement of the fundamental rights of non-Canadians. The case built on previous court challenges brought by refugee advocates in Canada, in an effort to affirm and uphold Canada’s national and international legal obligations, ensuring that every person physically present in Canada has a legal right to life, liberty and security of person under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.