In response to the challenges posed by global conflicts, particularly Russia’s war with Ukraine, the Council of the EU and European Parliament (EP) have made a landmark agreement to criminalize the violation of EU sanctions across Member States. This agreement marks one of the most significant achievements of the EU’s commitment to uphold a unified […]
This week, Verfassungsblog all eyes were on EYES EVERYWHERE, our Focus symposium on state and private mass surveillance under the EU Charta. At its core is the question of balancing security interests with fundamental rights in an increasingly digitalized world. The symposium offers nuanced perspectives on how far democratic societies can go in the name […]
Ana Cardoso (PhD candidate at the School of Law of University of Minho) Last Monday, 25 November, marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, stressed that MEPs “stand with those abused, traumatised, bullied and brutalised”, as Parliament buildings were illuminated as part of […]
A few years ago, digital services were mainly subject to horizontal rules (i.e., rules that apply to all sectors of the economy), such as competition rules, consumer protection regulation, and data protection regulation. Until recently, these rules were not well-equipped to address the challenges posed by digital technologies. As regards sector-specific instruments, digital services were […]
Alas, this has not exactly been the modus operandi of the Brexit negotiations. The Member States have long agreed on what the basic parameters of the Withdrawal Agreement should be: protection of the rights of EU citizens living in the UK and UK citizens’ living in the EU; the financial settlement; and ensuring that the […]
How has the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child shaped children’s rights over the last 35 years and what still needs to be done in the face of the current global challenges? 20 November 2024 marks the 35th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This human rights […]
Generated with OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 model based on a prompt corresponding to the wording of Recital 106 AI Act Introduction The interaction between the AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) and the exceptions for text and data mining (TDM) in the CDSM Directive is one of the most important topics in EU copyright law today. One particularly […]
On March 6, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered its (in)famous Achmea judgment (Case C-284/16), which subsequently became synonymous with the demise of investor-state arbitration in bilateral investment treaties between Member States of the European Union (“intra-EU BITs”). In this decision, the CJEU concluded that investor-state arbitration clauses in intra-EU […]
The revised directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law entered into force on 21 May 2024 in the European Union (EU), placing its member states under a two-year transposition obligation. It establishes minimum rules with regard to the definition of criminal offences, penalties, prevention and enforcement measures in order to protect the […]
Implementing Regulation Developing NIS2 Rules for Certain Digital Service Providers Enters into Force On November 7, 2024, the Commission Implementing Regulation 2024/2690 laying down rules for the application of the NIS2 Directive as regards technical and methodological requirements of cybersecurity risk-management measures and further specification of the cases in which an incident is considered to […]