FRC Member Chairs Panel on ABC Gates and Border Management
On 20 March 2018, FRC Member, Sergi Vazquez Maymir, chaired the panel on “ABC gates: an interoperable solution in border control management” with speakers discussing legal, technical and ethical aspects of ABC -gates and in particular addressing the issues concerning its interoperability with Inform...
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FRC Researcher, Sibel Top, Accepted as Visiting Researcher at Queen Mary University London
FRC researcher Sibel Top will be a visiting researcher alongside Prof. Valsamis Mitsilegas at the Law Faculty of Queen Mary University of London from January 2019 till December 2019. During her time there, she will be working under the supervision of Prof.
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DESIRE Newsletter (Issue 4) Now Available
All the recent updates of the first year of the DESIRE project, coordinated by FRC, can be found in the 4th issue of the Newsletter.
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New Book Review: Human Trafficking and Slavery Reconsidered: Conceptual Limits and State’s Positive Obligations in European Law (Vladislava Stoyanova)
FRC Researcher, Amy Weatherburn has published a book review of Vladislava Stoyanova's monograph Human Trafficking and Slavery Reconsidered: Conceptual Limits and State’s Positive Obligations in European Law on Rutgers Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books.
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LIVE_FOR Roundtable - Summary and Video Now Available
table “The European Investigation Order: Challenges to Fundamental Rights and Sovereignty in the Digital Age” that took place in Brussels on 15 January 2018. The round table addressed cross border access to electronic evidence and judicial cooperation examining its fundamental e...
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FRC Affiliated Member, Paul Nemitz is Appointed VUB Fellow
On 6 February 2018 Paul Nemitz, Principal Advisor at the European Commission and FRC Affiliated Member, has been appointed as a Fellow of the University. The award ceremony will be held on June 21, 2018.
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New Publication: Integrating Disability and Elder Rights into the ECHR: rewriting McDonald v the United Kingdom
FRC Researcher, Dr Marijke De Pauw and FRC Co-Director, Prof. Paul De Hert have contributed a chapter to E. Brems (ed.), Fragmentation and Integration in Human Rights Law: Users' Perspectives, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2018 forthcoming).
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Policy Forum: Migration Crisis as a Challenge to Democracy
On 14 November, FRC, in collaboration with the University of Bialystok Centre for Direct Democracy Studies, will be hosting a policy forum on migration crisis as a challenge to democracy. Programme 14:00 – 14:30 Sandwich lunch &nb...
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DESIrE Explanatory Video: Differences in Sex Work Legislations
As part of the DESIrE project, an explanatory video has been developed that informs the general public about the different legal and policy approaches that exist across Europe.
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New Blog Post: the European Arrest Warrant against Puigdemont: a Feeling of Déjà Vu?
FRC Researcher, Sibel Top has published a EJIL Talk blog post on the recent issue of an European Arrest Warrant against Carles Puigdemont, read the full entry here: The European Arrest Warrant against Puigdemont: A feeling of déjà vu?
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DESIrE Workshop in Tilburg
Workshop in Tilburg on the analysis of national law and policies on sex work in relation to sexual exploitation and human trafficking On 17 October 2017, the consortium will engage with external stakeholders to present and validate the findings on the research conducted...
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