By Dr. Jasmine Sommardal, Associate Editor of the ECHR Blog As 2024 has come to an end, the European Court of Human Rights’ (‘the Court’) final selection of key cases for the past year has been published. Among the Court’s four categories of cases, key cases are accorded the highest level of importance. The…
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On 25 February, the EU adopted its latest package of restrictive measures against Russia, which contains new listings plus trade and financial sanctions, including further export bans worth more than €11 billion. Slightly after the start of Ukraine’s official commemorations of its first year at war, EU Member States have adopted the 10th package of…
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The Costs of Mexico Illegally Transferring 29 Nationals to the US On 27 February, the Mexican government transferred 29 alleged drug lords to the US. Some of them, long wanted, had pending extradition proceedings. However, instead of undergoing the due process required for extradition, they were simply removed of their cells, put on a plane…
Juan Gálvez Galisteo (PhD student at the University of Seville, undertaking a research stay at the University of Minho) I. 27 February 2018. This is the date on which the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its landmark judgment in the “Portuguese Judges” case [Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses v. Tribunal…
The security situation in eastern Congo is once again rapidly deteriorating and even attracting Western media attention. This blog sheds light on the lived consequences of three decades of conflict. An often cited proverb in the context of African conflicts, is that ‘when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers’. This blog sheds light…
Image via PxHere form Introduction It took more than three years after the deadline to implement the CDSM Directive in Poland. The new copyright law, the amended Polish Copyright and Related Rights Act of 1994, entered into force in the early autumn of 2024. Poland is the last country, after Bulgaria, to implement the CDSM Directive. During…
On 16 January 2025, Advocate General Capeta (“AG Capeta”) rendered her opinion (the “Opinion”) in Case C-600/23 – Royal Football Club Seraing v. FIFA et al. (“RFC Seraing”). She purports to be building upon the 21 December 2023 decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in Case C-124/21 P, International Skating…
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After six months of enforcement of Oregon’s Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA), a new report from Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield indicates strong consumer engagement with the law’s privacy rights, notable business compliance efforts and key areas where businesses are falling short. Since the OCPA took effect in July 2024, the Privacy Unit at the Oregon…
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I could not quite think of a catchier title conveying both the plus (claim will continue to be heard in England) and the minus (the discussion having already caused considerable delay), without resorting too obviously to football metaphors. The claim is brought in England by a number of Liverpool fans physically and psychologically damaged by…
Written by David Kemp with Adam Furman. New methods are now available for processing mined metal ores that produce essentially no pollution compared to existing techniques. The large-scale development of these methods would allow EU mines to reopen, greatly contributing to EU sovereignty targets while lowering carbon emissions. Demonstrations of these technologies in Europe already…
