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Cooperation with third countries within the EU legislative reform on migration and asylum – EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy
Print this article POST 10 OF THE SERIES OF THE ODYSSEUS BLOG ON THE PACT ON MIGRATION & ASYLUM By Paula García Andrade, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid In spite of its manifest political importance under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum and its constant topicality, cooperation with third countries might not appear as a […]
ESIL Newsletter – Summer 2024 – European Society of International Law
Editor: Helmut Aust (Freie Universität Berlin) 1. Message of the President Dear ESIL members, I write this in the final throes of marking season, with a sea of handwriting behind me and what I hope will be a quiet season free of administrative tasks. I hope that all of you are settling down for a […]
Tweede druk van het boek “De Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming in Europees en Nederlands perspectief” – EU Law Enforcement
Begin april verscheen de tweede druk van het boek “De Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming in Europees en Nederlands perspectief”. Het is een bijgewerkte versie van de eerste druk die verscheen rond de tijd dat de Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming (de “AVG”, ook wel bekend onder de Engelse afkorting: “GDPR”) van toepassing werd. De eerste druk is de […]
CFP – 3rd Utrecht EU Trade and Investment Law Workshop: ‘Questioning Economic Security’
Event announcement The Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE)’s building block on EU values in International Trade is organizing the third edition of its annual informal workshop on EU trade and investment policy, to take place on Friday, 6 December 2024. Building on earlier editions on the trade-security nexus (2022) and the […]
Call for Papers | The Case of the S.S. Lotus – The first 100 Years – European Society of International Law
Inaugural hybrid (Lund/online) workshop: 9-10 January 2025 Author conferences in Marseille, Istanbul and The Hague: 2025-2026 Discussed and dismissed, celebrated and critiqued, the Case of the S.S. “Lotus” has inspired controversial debates ever since it was decided by Max Huber’s presidential casting vote in 1927. As we approach the centenary of the Lotus Case in 2027, we invite […]
Towards a needs-oriented international development aid system
States have a duty to cooperate for international development. But how can this be achieved? Ways to implement the broad duty to cooperate under international law. The necessity for effective international cooperation in the interest of development has never been more pressing in this interconnected world. Despite the noble intentions behind international aid, the current […]
The EU Commission’s Proposal for the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence and “human-centric” Regulation for AI as Medical Device
*Daria Onitiu from https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/ai-alliance-consultation/guidelines.1.html The EU Commission’s proposal for the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence (the ‘AI Act’) will bring significant changes to standard-setting for high-risk systems, including medical AI. The proposal’s risk-based approach intends to balance the socio-economic benefits of medical AI and the need for harmonised standards for safety-critical applications in healthcare. From medical […]
Mitigating Antitrust Risks in Due Diligence between Competitors – EU Law Enforcement
In the realm of mergers & acquisitions (“M&A”) transactions, corporations almost always undergo due diligence, wherein the buyer conducts a thorough investigation and evaluation of the target company before entering into a transaction. In the context of due diligence operations, antitrust challenges may arise in specific situations, such as when the involved parties are direct […]
The end or the beginning of an era? The Court of Justice delivers its verdict in the Google Shopping case
The long-awaited judgment from the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) in the Google Shopping saga has finally arrived. On 10 September 2024, following a case that started with an investigation in 2010 and spanned nearly one and a half decades, the CJEU rejected Google’s appeal and delivered a huge victory for the European Commission (“Commission”). […]