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European Union
23/01/2019
Published by Yana Zagorskaya at 23/01/2019
The Legal Dialogue Grant Programme has made it possible for Russian lawyers Yana Zagorskaya and Artyom Lapov to attend a hearing at the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. The Grand Chamber deliberated whether taking and sharing photographs of one’s ballot paper was acceptable and whether it could affect the electoral process.
22/10/2018
Published by Daria Vasilevskaia at 22/10/2018
While the prevention of waste pollution of the marine environment is ensured by several legal documents on international, regional and national levels, the effectiveness of such initiatives is still not clear.
21/09/2018
Published by Polina Baigarova at 21/09/2018
We interviewed the leaders of the European Prison Litigation Network (EPLN), a leading organization that advocates for prisoners’ rights in broader Europe: Hugues de Suremain, lawyer, EPLN’s co-founder and legal coordinator, and Julia Krikorian, its coordinator of the development.
03/07/2018
Published by Yuliia Schastlivtseva at 03/07/2018
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation is an attempt to shift the paradigm and revise the 'social contract' of private companies and individuals defined as 'privacy in exchange for comfort and free services.'
28/06/2018
Published by Anastasia Kirilenko at 28/06/2018
Most corruption investigations that require exchange of international legal assistance between countries fail or take decades. NGOs and prosecutors discussed reasons and solutions for such situations.
19/12/2017
Published by Olga Gulina at 19/12/2017
Part 2. Mechanisms for Managing Humanitarian Migration to European Continent In 2014 to 2016, EU Member States faced an influx of humanitarian migration which […]
14/12/2017
Published by Olga Gulina at 14/12/2017
The current EU legislation on migration and asylum has been set out and interpreted in a number of legal documents. The existence of multiple […]
01/05/2017
Published by Ksenia Semenova at 01/05/2017
Dr. Vigjilenca Abazi is an Assistant Professor of EU Law at Maastricht University and a Research Coordinator at the Centre for European Research in […]
26/04/2017
Published by Anastasia Kirilenko at 26/04/2017
On 6 September 2016, a branch of Human Constanta, a Belarus-based human rights group, was opened in Brest to help refugees, mostly from Chechnya, […]
31/01/2017
Published by Jackie Jones at 31/01/2017
Introduction Associated Press reported on 29 November 2016 that Romania’s Constitutional Court had announced it would consult with the European Court of Justice (CJEU) […]
31/01/2017
Published by Anastasia Kirilenko at 31/01/2017
The bulk of investigations into the Russian mafia usually come to nought or are not carried out at all. Specific provisions in international legislation […]
31/01/2017
Published by Valentin Gefter at 31/01/2017
Following the United States presidential election of 2016, the very mechanism of Electoral College and, more generally, the democratic institutions of indirect citizen participation […]