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EU: Joint Letter: NGOs’ perspective on the EU accession to the ECHR: The proposed co-respondent procedure and consultation with civil society
EU: Joint Letter: NGOs’ perspective on the EU accession to the ECHR: The proposed co-respondent procedure and consultation with civil society (pdf) signed by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Liberty, Justice, International Commission of Jurists, Read More
European Parliament: Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 establishing FRONTEX
European Parliament: Commission proposal and EP amendments proposed: Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Read More
EU: ACTA: Finalised version: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: 3 December 2010
EU: ACTA: Finalised version: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: 3 December 2010 (pdf) Read More
EU: Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council), 2-3 December 2010, Brussels: Press release, 2-3 December 2010, B Points Agenda and A Points Agenda: non-legislative
EU: Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council), 2-3 December 2010, Brussels: Press release, 2-3 December 2010 (pdf) B Points Agenda (pdf) and A Points Agenda: non-legislative (pdf) Read More
EU: New SitCen Director appointed: Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, announced on 17 December the appointment of Ilkka Salmi as Director for the EU Situation Centre
EU: New SitCen Director appointed: Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, announced on 17 December the appointment of Ilkka Salmi as Director for the EU Situation Centre. Baroness Ashton pointed out, Read More
EU: MANDATORY DATA RETENTION: Data Retention Directive evaluation: expect the unexpected? (Bits of Freedom, link)
EU: MANDATORY DATA RETENTION: Data Retention Directive evaluation: expect the unexpected? (Bits of Freedom, link): "The evaluation of the controversial Data Retention Directive takes an unexpected turn, for the worse. At a crucial one-day conference Read More
EU: European Parliament: Draft report: On the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
EU: European Parliament: Draft report: On the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, repealing Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (COM(2010)0094 Read More
NETHERLANDS: Dutch police search home of Rwandan opposition leader
NETHERLANDS: Dutch police search home of Rwandan opposition leader: At the request of the Rwandan government, Dutch police searched the house of opposition leader Victoire Ingabire in Zevenhuizen on Monday 13 December. Ingabire lived there Read More
EU: Statewatch Analysis: The new Directive on trafficking in persons (pdf) by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, University of Essex
EU: Statewatch Analysis: The new Directive on trafficking in persons (pdf) by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, University of Essex. "The European Parliament (EP) and the Council have agreed on the first substantive criminal law Read More
EU: Plans to open a cyber crime centre
EU: Plans to open a cyber crime centre: The director of Europol Rob Wainwright on 15 December briefed House of Lords EU sub-committee F - Home Affairs on plans for a European cyber crime centre. Read More