New Project DESIrE: Demand for Sexual Exploitation in Europe
We are happy to announce the start of our latest European Commission project DESIrE. The two-year project aims to generate a better understanding of the impact of sex work legislation on the prevalence of trafficking in human beings.
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FRC Director Speaks at the Ghent Festival of Equality
On 2 December from 20:30 - 22:00, FRC Director Professor Paul de Hert will participate in ‘the big privacy debate’ at the Ghent Festival of Equality, where a penal of experts will discuss the contemporary challenges to the notion of privacy.
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New policy brief: EU internal and external criminal justice policy
FRC researcher Auke Willems has co-authored a policy brief with VUB research professor Florian Trauner for the European Union Institute for Security Studies. The brief deals with the nexus between the EU’s internal and external criminal justice policy.
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FRC Member Contributes to 2016 Annual Report on Trafficking and Smuggling in Human Beings
MYRIA, the Federal Centre for Migration in Belgium, today launched its annual report on trafficking and smuggling in human beings.
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New Publication: Is the Law an Ass When It Comes to Mules? How Indonesia Can Lead a New Global Approach to Treating Drug Traffickers as Human Trafficked Victims
FRC Members, Julia Muraszkiewicz and Felicty Gerry QC have recently co-authored an article entitled Is the Law an Ass When It Comes to Mules?
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Bridging Brussels Based Research & Decision Making: FRC & LSTS Research Showcased at Study Day for DG Justice
In collaboration with VUB-IES and ULB-IEE, FRC research has been showcased at a Joint ULB/VUB Intersectoral Dialogue on Fundamental Rights, Citizenship, Freedom of Movement and Data Protection with members of the DG Just Directorate C - Fundamental rights and Union citizensh...
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New Article: the Impact of the 2012 Domestic Workers in a Private Household Visa on Human Trafficking for Domestic Servitude
FRC Members, Amy Weatherburn and Julia Muraszkiewicz have published an article in the National Journal of Immigration and Asylum entitled The Impact of the 2012 Domestic Workers in a Private Household Visa on Human Trafficking for Domestic Servitude.
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FRC Researcher to Present on Balancing Security and Justice in EU Criminal Justice Cooperation
FRC Researcher Auke Willems will present his paper ‘Balancing Security and Justice in EU Criminal Justice Cooperation’ at the Católica 2016 Graduate Legal Research Conference in Lisbon from 22-23 September 2016.
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PHD Position in Fundamental Rights, Migration and Asylum Law
The Fundamental Rights and Constitutionalism (FRC) Research Group, part of the Department of Metajuridica of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, is offering a three year PhD funding to a doctoral student to examine the challenges that the current migration situation poses for migration and asylum law,
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FRC Member Publishes on the European Arrest Warrant
Auke Willems, FRC Member, has recently had an article published in the Criminal Law Forum. The article, entitled Extradition on the Two Sides of the Atlantic: The U.S.
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FRC Researchers to Present at IASFM 16: Rethinking Forced Migration and Displacement: Theory, Policy, and Praxis
FRC researchers, Amy Weatherburn and Julia Muraszkiewicz, will be presenting papers at the 16th conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) to be held on 12-15 July 2016 in Poznań, Poland.
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PhD Position in EU Criminal Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels : Mutual Legal Assistance in the Digital Age
The Fundamental Rights and Constitutionalism (FRC) Research Group, part of the Department of Metajuridica of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, is offering 3 years PhD funding to a doctoral student to examine the challenges traditional and newest mutual legal assistance instruments face in the context...
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