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How do the EU and its member states respond to "illegal" immigration? Are readmission agreements successful? In this episode, Elsa Fernando Gonzalo discusses her research on EU's informal migrant readmission deals with third countries. 

Are minority language speakers impacted when to comes to accessing their right to a fair trial? How are they treated by the justice system? What laws protect their human rights? PhD candidate Gearóidín McEvoy explains her research in this area, specifically concerning Irish and Irish Sign Language speakers.

The controversial trade deal known as CETA or the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement has become an issue in the Irish government recently. Many are questioning the impact ratifying this deal would have in Ireland. Barry Finnegan, a senior lecturer at Griffith College discusses the problems with the Investor Court System in CETA.

In this episode, we talk with Hasmik Grigoryan, a PhD research at Dublin City University, about her research on the political positions of Armenian political parties towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as how they have evolved over the last three decades. We also discuss the difficulties in conducting archival research.

Violence organisations have been using visuals for years to recruit people to join their forces. This applies to both legal and illegal violence organisations. This week on the Dublin Law and Politics Review podcast, Sheelagh Brady, a former Garda Sargent and a former senior security analyst, delves into her PhD research on comparing recruitment videos of legal and illegal violence organisations. She discloses the similarities found, the cues and myths the videos pander to and what she has found so far, in an effort to answer how and why people join these organisations.

In this week's episode, we talk with Miraji Mohamed, a PhD researcher at Dublin City University about her research on how Kenya has been tackling various forms of violent extremism. For further insights, you may read Miraji's recent article on Kenya's War on Terror.