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Open Europe Proposes EU Rules Change on Work Benefits
November 26, 2014
The think tank Open Europe has called for the EU to modify its freedom of movement rules to authorize member states to restrict access to "in-work benefits," which often go to immigrants taking low-paid work, in order to respond to concerns over unlimited migration within the bloc.
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ECHR Calls for Belgium Review of Prison Conditions
November 26, 2014
In a decision granting an applicant compensation for alleged human rights violations in Belgian prisons, including his sharing cells with smokers, the European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") called on Belgium to adopt "general measures guaranteeing prisoners adequate conditions of detention."
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FRA Calls for EU "Child Protection System"
November 26, 2014
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") has called for the EU to protect, among other things, the economic and social rights of European children by putting together "an integrated child protection system" that operates across the bloc.
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U.K. Justice Criticizes "Slavish" Adherence to ECHR Rulings
November 19, 2014
In a recent speech, Lord Toulson of the U.K. Supreme Court argued that in the early years of the U.K. Human Rights Act, which requires British courts to "take into account" rulings of the European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR"), judges "went too far" in considering themselves bound by ECHR decisions.
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EU Official Acknowledges Importance of Subsidiarity
November 19, 2014
Reflecting the current pressure of anti-EU parties on European institutions, European Commissioner for Energy Union Maroš Šefcovic has called for respect of the principle of subsidiarity and has argued that national parliaments must have a greater say in EU decisions.
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