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Mónica Ávila Currás has worked as an asylum lawyer in an NGO in Spain since 2016 to 2022 specializing in gender-based asylum claims. She has participated in printed and audiovisual media, as well as in conferences, governmental panels, and pieces of training to discuss the asylum system and to raise awareness of the diverse challenges faced by asylum seekers, not only in their country of origin but also in European territories. She is listed as a EUAA external expert for several roles, including “legal expert”.
She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the MeDiMi project “Who is empowered by Strasbourg? Migrants and States before the ECtHR”, directed by Dr. Janna Wessels. She is currently working on her Ph.D. thesis “Joining forces on migration? A systematic analysis of European States’ third-party interventions before the ECtHR” at the Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law in the Vrije Universiteit, in Amsterdam, while teaching at the Law Bachelor’s degree. She is also the VU’s Law faculty coordinator of the Migration and Diversity Center (MDC).
Academic qualification
Humanities, Master, International Solidarity Action and Social Inclusion, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
1 Oct 2017 → 30 Jun 2018
Business Administration, Bachelor, Bachelor's Degree on Business Administration
Law, Bachelor, Bachelor's Degree on Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
User created Keywords
- Migration Law
- Asylum
- SOGI
- Gender
- ECtHR
- EU Law
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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MI v Switzerland: consolidating jurisprudence on asylum on grounds of sexual orientation European Court of Human Rights (Chamber): Judgment of 12 November 2024
Ávila Currás, M., Klüger, J. & Wessels, J., Dec 2025, In: European Human Rights Law Review. 2025, 6, p. 703-712 10 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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From dialogue to strategy in migration cases: Third-party interventions by states as a risky patch to a systemic tension
Ávila Currás, M., 19 Aug 2025Research output: Web publication or Non-textual form › Web publication or Website › Professional
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On Us and Them
Ávila Currás, M., 2025, Critical Spijkerboer Studies: Liber Amicorum voor Thomas Spijkerboer. Battjes, H., de Hart, B., Slingenberg, L. & Stronks, M. (eds.). Boom Juridische Uitgevers, p. 61-68 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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States joining forces before the ECtHR
Ávila Currás, M., Aug 2023, In: Asiel&Migrantenrecht. 2023, 6/7, p. 291-293 3 p., ve23001755.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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DFG project: Who is Empowered by Strasbourg? Migrants and States before the European Court of Human Rights
Wessels, J. (Principal Investigator), Ávila Currás, M. (PhD candidate) & Klüger, J. (PhD candidate)
1/09/22 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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Strasbourg Observers 15th Anniversary Symposium
Ávila Currás, M. (Participant)
8 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference › Academic
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International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL)
Ávila Currás, M. (Visiting researcher)
22 Nov 2025 → 23 Dec 2025Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Shaping Tomorrow
Wessels, J. (Participant) & Ávila Currás, M. (Participant)
21 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference › Societal
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Reverse Strategic Litigation by Governments on Migrants’ Rights?
Ávila Currás, M. (Member of programme committee)
27 Mar 2025 → 28 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop › Academic
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MeDiMi Conference: Human Rights in Migration Societies. Exploring the Intersection of Human Rights and Migration in Law, Politics, and Everyday Life
Ávila Currás, M. (Member of programme committee)
18 Sept 2024 → 20 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference › Academic