Civil society organisations call for EU spyware ban
Civil society organisations demand for comprehensive legislation banning spyware throughout the EU, citing widespread misuse and insufficient regulation,ย in a joint statement.
Civil Society Organisations
Civil society criticises Commissioner Bretonโs approach to EU digital rulebook
Civil society groups and academics have criticised European Commissioner Thierry Breton’s recent letter to Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform X, arguing that it misinterprets the Digital Services Act and threatens free expression.
Does Finland’s new migration bill break international law? | Radio Schuman
The Finnish government has approved a migration law which enables border guards to block migrants from entering the country. A move seen by many civil society organisations as legalisation of so-called ‘pushbacks’.
Outrage in Georgia after MPs override presidential veto on foreign influence bill โ video report
Georgia’s parliament has voted to override a presidential veto on the ‘foreign influence’ law, which will require civil society organisations and media that receive more than 20% of their revenues from abroad to register as ‘organisations serving the i…
Georgian parliament overrides veto by president on โforeign influenceโ law
Salome Zourabichvili addresses protesters outside parliament by video link, urging them to mobilise against โRussian slaveryโGeorgiaโs parliament has voted to override a presidential veto on the controversial โforeign influenceโ law, a move that is poi…
Compatibility of Member Statesโ Alcohol Health Warning Labelling with EU Law
Dr Nikhil Gokani,
Lecturer in Consumer Protection and Public
Health Law at the University of Essex, Chair of the Alcohol Labelling and Health Warning
International Expert Group at the European Alcohol Policy Alliance,
Vice President of the La…
Protests as Georgia approves controversial ‘foreign agent’ law
The bill targets civil society organisations and independent media that receive foreign funding.
Protests as Georgia approves controversial ‘foreign agent’ law
The bill targets civil society organisations and independent media that receive foreign funding.
Threats against NGO leaders multiply as Georgia green lights โRussian lawโ for final vote
A decisive vote on Tuesday could see the final adoption of a law, dubbed the โRussian lawโ by critics, that targets civil society organisations and independent media in Georgia that receive foreign funding. For ten days now, the pro-Russian government…
NGOs unite against EUโs rollback of green policies for the agrifood sector
Hundreds of civil society organisations decried the recent reversal of EU sustainability policies for the blocโs agrifood sector in an open letter published on May 13.
Hope is like the sun: Court of Justice ruling extends right to family reunification for refugee minors
Chiara De Capitani (PhD)
is a linguist agent at the European Commission and member of Amnesty
International Belgique francophoneโs Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
(OSIG) coordination. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this paper
are …
Oliver Rรถpkeโs big tent approach in his first year as EESC president [Advocacy Lab Content]
After one year in office, the launch of a bold manifesto including the voices of youth, an emphasis on gender equality, and a fresh approach to enlargement, Oliver Rรถpke, President of the EESC is making waves with a Blue Deal.
โTrustedโ rules on trusted flaggers? Open issues under the Digital Services Act regime
Alessandra Fratini and Giorgia
Lo Tauro, FratiniVergano European Lawyers
Photo credit: Lobo Studio Hamburg, via Wikimedia Commons
1 Introduction
The EUโs Digital Services Act (DSA)
institutionalises
the tasks and responsibilities of โt…
Podchasov v. Russia: the European Court of Human Rights emphasizes the importance of encryption
Mattis van โt Schip & Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius*
*Both authors work at the iHub and the Institute for
Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University, The Netherlands – mattis.vantschip[at]ru.nl & frederik…
EU warns candidate country Georgia over disputed โforeign agentโ law
‘The EU regrets that it is once again being considered,’ foreign policy department said about controversial legislation.
Thousands across Austria take part in protests against far right
โDefend democracyโ events were planned for Innsbruck, Salzburg and in front of parliament building in ViennaThousands of Austrians have taken to the streets of the countryโs three largest cities, in a spillover of protests over the rise of the far righ…
Commission VP: Implementation of foreign interference law down to EU countries
The nature of the implementation of the European Commission’s controversial directive to limit foreign interference will be up to leaders of member states, Commission Vice-President Dubravka ล uica explained in an interview with Euractiv.
Live Facial Recognition for Law Enforcement: The European Unionโs Regulatory Approach Should be Informed by UK Policeโs Practice
Asress Adimi
Gikay (PhD)
Senior Lecturer in
AI, Disruptive Innovation, and Law at Brunel University London
Photo credit: Dirk
Ingo Franke, via Wikimedia
Commons
Divergent
Approaches to Regulating Live Facial Recognition …
Major researchers, think tanks, CSOs support Spanish foundation models risk management approach for EU AI Act
In this open letter, researchers, think tanks, civil society, and ethics representatives defend the Spanish approach to risk management, putting the responsibility on developers, which, the letter argues, is a bare minimum to protect EU citizens and in…