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Academic: UK Criminal Courts Charge Conflicts with ECHR
September 28, 2015
In a recent interview, Professor Mike Hough of Birkbeck School of Law argued that a fee charged in the UK to defendants found guilty in criminal cases violates the provision of the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") guaranteeing the right to a fair trial by encouraging defendants to plead guilty.
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EU Spends Millions on Ending Death Penalty in US
September 25, 2015
According to a report by the European Court of Auditors, the EU spent millions of euros promoting the abolition of the death penalty in the US between 2007 and 2013 and had a "combined positive impact" on the debate in various US states.
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Minister: UK-EU Treaty Change Could Include Eurozone Integration
September 24, 2015
In an interview with The Guardian, French economics minister Emmanuel Macron has proposed EU treaty changes that both return some competences to the UK and advance integration of the eurozone, including through the creation of a eurozone budget, commissioner, and parliament.
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ECJ Official: US-EU Data Protection Deal Is Invalid
September 24, 2015
Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") Yves Bot, whose decisions are not final but tend to be followed by the ECJ, has found that the data protection agreement between the US and the EU is invalid because it does too little to protect Europeans' privacy, casting doubt upon online data transfers between the US and EU.
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EU Leaders Adopt Mandatory Resettlement Plan
September 23, 2015
The Washington Post reports that national officials from EU member countries, overriding the dissent of four Central and Eastern European countries, have agreed to implement a mandatory system to resettle 120,000 asylum seekers throughout the bloc.
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