Europe - new material (10)
01 December 1995
Council Joint action of 10 March 1995 adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty of European union concerning the Europol Drugs Unit OJ L 62 20.3.95 pp1-3.
Directive laying down arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals OJ L 368 31.12.94 pp38-43.
Common position of the Council on the proposal for a Parliament and Council directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data 15.3.95 ref: C4-0051/95. The final draft of the long-awaited directive on data protection covering the work of the Commission and Council. The exceptions where it will not apply in Article 3 are Titles V and VI of the Treaty on European Union - foreign and security policy and justice and home affairs. In addition there is an overall rider excluding: processing operations concerning public security, defence, State security (including the economic well-being of the State) and the activities of the State in areas of criminal law .
Recent developments in European Convention law John Wadham & Philip Leach. Legal Action January 1995 pp16-20. Summarises cases at the European Court and Court of Human Rights which are relevant to Britain and Northern Ireland.
Belgian police raid Brussels Kurds Sheri Laizer. Kurdistan Report 20:16 (January-February) 1995. Eye-witness account of the police raid on the Confederation of Kurdish associations in Europe last November.
Giving Europeans a legal identity Gavin Barrett and Jennifer McHugh. European Brief vol 2 no 5 February/March 1995 pp29-31
Argues that the meaning of being "a citizen of the Union" needs to be clarified for nationals and migrants.
An impassioned plea for free speech in Turkey: Gurbetelli Ers”z's defence. From: Friends of ™zgr Gndem & Action for Kurdish Women 44 Ainger Road London NW3 3AT. Contains the defence statement by Gurbetelli Ers”z the chief editor of ™zgr Gndem, the radical pro-Kurdish daily newspaper closed down by the Turkish state in April 1994.
The Eastern Enlargement of the European Union Nicholas Hopkinson. Wilton Park papers no 91 HMSO 48 pages 5.00.
Reforming the United Nations: The International and institutional contexts of reform Richard Langhorne. Wilton Park papers no 95, HMSO 32 pages 5.00.