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ECHR Rules Against Italy in "Torture" of Protesters
April 08, 2015
The European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") has found that the beating of a 62-year-old protester at a G-8 Summit in Genoa by the Italian authorities amounted to torture and has criticized the Italian Government for not holding these authorities accountable.
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Ireland: Doctors Cannot Comply with EU Working Time Rules
April 08, 2015
Ireland's Health Service Executive says the country's health system must go through substantial "reconfiguration" to meet the standards set out by the EU working time directive and that non-consultant doctors will not be in compliance with the directive until 2017.
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EU Launches Legal Action over Energy Efficiency
April 08, 2015
EurActiv reports that the European Commission has brought legal actions against 27 of the 28 EU member states for failure to comply with the EU Energy Efficiency Directive.
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EU Seeks to Integrate "Digital Economy"
April 08, 2015
Draft proposals recently released by the European Commission would reduce national government control over managing mobile telephone frequencies and would seek to overcome limitations within the EU to cross-border access of online markets.
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Report Seeks Non-Application of ECHR on Battlefield
April 01, 2015
Responding to increasing U.K. human rights litigation relating to actions of soldiers on the battlefield, a report from the think tank Policy Exchange argues that Britain should exercise its right to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") during times of military conflict.
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