FRC emphasises impact on the vulnerable in a collective call from academia for a societal exit from lockdown
Building on the first country overview of the fundamental rights impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in Belgium, FRC members, Dr. Amy Weatherburn, Prof. Paul De Hert and Prof.
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Assessing the Fundamental Rights Impact of Covid19 Measures in Belgium
Government measures to combat COVID-19 have profound implications for everybody’s fundamental rights, including the right to life and to health, as mapped by a new Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) report.
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FRC Research on Labour Exploitation and Human Trafficking Featured in the Juristenkrant
Dr Amy Weatherburn’s doctoral thesis on conceptualizing labour exploitation in human trafficking law has been featured in the most recent edition of the Juristenkrant.
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New Policy Brief on the Cross-Border Access to E-Evidence
FRC member, Sergi Vazquez Maymir, and LSTS co-director, Gloria Gonzáles Fuster, published a paper on the "Cross-Border Access to E-Evidence on CEPS website. This paper aims at situating the policy discourse accompanying current European Union (EU) initiatives on facilitating acc...
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FRC Member Presents at Conference on Rights, Dignity and Religion: responding to ‘modern slavery’
On 24 January 2020, Dr Amy Weatherburn will present her doctoral research findings at a conference that considers the responses to modern slavery in the context of ights, dignity and religion hosted by the University of Sheffield.
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FRC Researcher Presents during Artificial Intelligence Conference
On 13 December 2019, FRC researcher Júlia Zomignani Barboza presented at the 2019 BENELUX conference on Artificial intelligence organised by the European Law Students’ Associations of Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
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New Blogpost: Fair Trial Rights Undermined in Spain Following ‘Operation Judas’
Following a year-long investigation, a series of raids took place on 23 September throughout Catalonia in the context of ‘Operation Judas’ that resulted in the arrest of nine independence activists and alleged members of the Committees for the Defense of the Republic.
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FRC Member Contributes to Author Workshop for POINCaré Edited Volume on Migration and Diversity
On 8 November, Amy Weatherburn attended the author workshop for the forthcoming Edited Volume on Migration & Diversity as part of VUB POINcaré Initiative (2019-20) organized by the Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities (BIRMM) a VUB...
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FRC Member Joins the Kick-Off Meeting of the Italian Research Group on Prostitution and Sex Work
On 8th November 2019, FRC member, Carlotta Rigotti, will join the Constituent Assembly of the Italian Research Group on Prostitution and Sex Work.
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FRC Member Contributes to the Policy Brief #2 on Methods for Data Protection Impact Assessment
On 5th November 2019, FRC member, Sergi Vazquez Maymir, together with the d.pia.lab, published a 2nd policy brief on methods for impact assessment, entitled Towards a Method for Data Protection Impact Assessment: Making Sense of GDPR Requirements’ Abstract: ...
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FRC Member Joins the EXIT Europe Consortium Meeting
FRC member, Carlotta Rigotti, will join the EXIT Europe Consortium meeting in Bratislava. On 4th and 5th November 2019, all Consortium partners will meet to update each other on project progress and to clarify future tasks and activities.
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FRC Member Presents Conference Paper on Modern Slavery from Labour Market Perspectives
On 30 October 2019, FRC Member Amy Weatherburn will present at a one day conference “Critical perspectives on modern slavery: law, policy and society” at the University of Hull. She will present as part of a panel that focuses upon “The false virtue of modern slavery law and policy.
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