European Institutions

UK Report Finds Widespread Rights Abuses in EAW Countries

August 15, 2018

An analysis published by UK campaign group Due Process finds that, given the major problems in countries within the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) system regarding violations of the rights to a fair trial and against torture, the UK must require a broad reform of the EAW prior to agreeing to remain in the system after Brexit.
ECJ Adviser: Courts Cannot Reject UK Arrest Warrants Before Brexit

August 08, 2018

Advocate-General of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) Maciej Szpunar has advised the ECJ to rule that national courts in the EU cannot reject a European Arrest Warrant issued by Britain prior to its withdrawal from the EU, finding that the UK has not decided “to abandon the rule of law or the protection of fundamental rights” after Brexit.
EU Copyright Ruling Restricts Secondary Online Photo Posting

August 08, 2018

The Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has held that, under EU copyright law, a school was not permitted to post a photograph from a student presentation to its website without permission for the photographer, even though the photographer had given permission for the use of the image on the travel website from which the student copied the image.
EU Official Warns of Security Risk of “Golden Passports”

August 08, 2018

AP reports that European Commissioner for justice Věra Jourová has called on EU member states to ramp up restrictions preventing the awarding of citizenship to criminals, warning that so-called “golden passports” for people without a genuine link to the country concerned are a regional security risk due to EU rules on freedom of movement.
EU Officials Plan for Non-binding Brexit Political Declaration

August 06, 2018

The Guardian reports that EU officials are targeting a UK-EU political declaration on a post-Brexit trade and security framework that would not be legally binding and would be between 5 and 30 pages long, frustrating UK plans for a comprehensive, binding deal on its future relationship with the bloc.