The ICAV devotes a full-day conference on 1 December to international protection after the Migration and Asylum Pact entered into force

The Immigration and Human Rights Section of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Valencia (ICAV) is organising on Tuesday 1 December 2026 the conference "International Protection and its forms after the entry into force of the pact", a full-day event (9:00 to 13:30 and 16:00 to 20:30) held both in person and online, centred on the new asylum landscape after the European Pact on Migration and Asylum became applicable.

The normative context is the deepest European asylum law has experienced in years: last June the bulk of the Pact's package of regulations entered into full application, among them Regulation (EU) 2024/1348, establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union, and Regulation (EU) 2024/1351, on asylum and migration management. In Spain, the operational adaptation was channelled, among other instruments, through the Instruction of 11 June 2026, published in the BOE, on the application of those regulations in the Spanish international protection procedure.

The new map of procedures the conference examines

The title's reference to "the pact" has a concrete normative content that the Ministry of the Interior's Instruction of 11 June 2026 develops for Spain. Applied since 12 June 2026, the Instruction organises the administrative processing of applications in accordance with the procedures provided for in Regulation (EU) 2024/1348: the asylum border procedure, the accelerated examination procedure and the examination procedure, without prejudice to the prior determination of the responsible Member State. The border procedure applies, under the regulation, when the applicant lacks entry authorisation and does not meet the conditions of article 6 of the Schengen Borders Code, and the application has been lodged at border crossing points, after an apprehension for unauthorised crossing, after a search and rescue disembarkation or after a relocation under article 67.11 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351.

The Instruction sets guarantees of special practical significance: legal assistance for the applicant is mandatory and extends to the formalisation of the application and the entire administrative processing, with access to free legal aid under Spanish legislation; and, with the applicant's consent, UNHCR may access the applications and will be heard before inadmissibility or rejection resolutions. On deadlines, the border inadmissibility or rejection examination will be sought to conclude within the four-calendar-day period of article 21 of Law 12/2009, and the maximum duration of the border procedure is twelve weeks, including the possible administrative appeal (article 51 of Regulation 2024/1348), with the aim that the administrative resolution arrives within the first six weeks; failure to resolve within that period implies neither a change of procedure nor entry authorisation. Applications not following the border route will be processed under the examination or accelerated examination procedure, in conforming interpretation with articles 24 and 25 of Law 12/2009, and their resolutions will be appealable in administrative court within the period provided in article 67.7 of the regulation.

The Instruction, signed in Madrid on 11 June 2026 by the Interior under-secretary, Susana Crisóstomo Sanz, and published in BOE number 144, of 13 June, also maintains Law 12/2009, regulating the right of asylum and subsidiary protection, as the supplementary rule, applicable insofar as compatible with the regulations and with the principle of conforming interpretation, so that the profession must work today with three overlapping normative layers: the directly applicable European regulation, the administrative instruction and the pre-existing national law.

That is exactly the terrain a full-day conference can usefully cover: not a theoretical novelty, but a new procedure already in operation, with deadlines in weeks that immigration lawyers have to internalise.

Places, prices and enrolment

The offer comprises 90 in-person places and 100 streaming places. The general price is 160 euros for members of other bar associations and other professionals, as well as for non-members in the online format; ICAV members with more than five years' seniority pay 80 euros; and ICAV members with less than five years' seniority, the college's associates and retirees with twenty or more years of accredited practice at the ICAV pay 70 euros, both in person and via streaming.

In addition, the ICAV reserves 15 free places (5 in person and 10 via streaming) for its members during the three years following their admission to the college, with a penalty system for non-attendance which the call refers to the programme. The enrolment period ends on 1 December 2026 itself at 8:00. Those enrolling for streaming who have not received the access URL one hour before the start may contact the college's training support (telephone 963 941 880, extension 3404; soporteformacion@icav.org), and the organisers recommend making sure to receive the automatic registration confirmation email or contacting the Training Department (departamentodeformacion@icav.org).

A full-day conference, morning and afternoon

The time structure chosen by the Immigration and Human Rights Section (a morning session from 9:00 to 13:30 and an afternoon session from 16:00 to 20:30) makes it possible to cover both the normative framework and the practical cases with a detail a short session cannot afford. The call includes a downloadable programme on the conference's own page, listing speakers and content, and the ICAV maintains its policy of supporting its most recent members with free places during the three years following admission, conditional on effective attendance so as not to deprive other colleagues of the place. The hybrid format, with one hundred streaming places, opens the training to the profession across the Valencian Community and beyond.

Why this conference comes at the right time

For immigration lawyers, the application of the Pact is not a change of nuance but a reconstruction of the procedure: new application examination phases, solidarity rules between Member States and a common framework for granting and withdrawing protection. Update conferences like this one (led by the practical analysis of "the forms" of international protection after the change) are the fast route to landing the new regime in the daily work of applications, appeals and assistance to the applicant. This publication has already covered other recent events in the sector, such as the immigration conferences held in Benidorm this November.

The Valencia conference also stands out for its extensive full-day format with an afternoon session, uncommon in the bar association offer, which suggests a programme with detailed development of the practical cases.

Practical details

Date: Tuesday 1 December 2026. Time: 9:00-13:30 and 16:00-20:30. Format: in person (Valencia) and streaming. Places: 90 in person and 100 online, with 15 free for recent ICAV members. Prices: 70 to 160 euros depending on membership, seniority and format. Enrolment: until 1 December 2026 at 8:00. Organiser: Immigration and Human Rights Section of the ICAV.

Frequently asked questions

How much does the ICAV conference cost?

Between 70 and 160 euros depending on membership, seniority and format; there are 15 free places for ICAV members in their first three years.

Can it be followed online?

Yes: there are 100 streaming places in addition to the 90 in-person ones, and enrolment closes on 1 December 2026 at 8:00.

What is the European Pact on Migration and Asylum?

The package of EU regulations reforming the Common European Asylum System, in full application since June 2026, including Regulations (EU) 2024/1348 and 2024/1351.

Sources

• ICAV: conference page
• Instruction of 11 June 2026 on international protection (BOE-A-2026-12855)