European Institutions

  • European Commission and U.S. Agree on New Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

    March 29, 2022

    The European Commission and the United States have announced that they have agreed in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework addressing the concerns raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Schrems II decision of July 2020 and will strengthen the privacy and civil liberties protections applicable to U.S. signals intelligence activities.

  • EU's Top Court Rejects Appeal By Hungary, Poland, Over Bloc's Rule-Of-Law Tool

    March 23, 2022

    Following a challenge from two EU countries, the European Court of Justice, the EU’s top court, has dismissed legal challenges by Poland and Hungary to the bloc's new instrument enabling it to withhold funding to member nations if they are found to be failing to uphold the rule of law.

  • Venice Commission statement regarding Ukraine

    March 23, 2022

    The Venice Commission released a statement that it fully supports the public statement by the ECtHR President on “the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine”, expressing its full solidarity with Ukraine as its fighting for « the protection of our shared European principles and values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law. »

  • Russian Prosecutors Call for Navalny to Serve 13 Years in Prison

    March 17, 2022

    Russian prosecutors have added charges to jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny , including embezzlement and contempt of court, demanding he serve 13 years in prison.

  • The Russian Federation is excluded from the Council of Europe

    March 16, 2022

    After 26 years of membership, the Committee of Ministers decided in an extraordinary meeting that the Russian Federation is no longer a member of the Council of Europe, citing Article 8 to launch the procedure which states that any member of the Council of Europe which has seriously violated the rule of law, citizens’ freedoms and human rights may be suspended from its rights of representation.

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