New Publication on Prosecuting Political Dissent
FRC member, Sibel Top, has published a new article "Prosecuting political dissent: Discussing the relevance of the political offence exception in EU extradition law in light of the Catalan independence crisis" on the New Journal of European Criminal Law. A...
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FRA Report: Presumption of Innocence and Related Rights
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has just published a comparative report on presumption of innocence and related rights across the EU Member States, as well as the country report for Belgium. As the national contractor for the FRA in Belgium,
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New Publication: When the law meets feminisms: The Shortcomings of contemporary prostitution policies across the European Union
FRC member, Carlotta Rigotti, has published a new article 'When the law meets feminisms: The shortcomings of contemporary prostitution policies across the European Union' on Women's Studies International Forum Abstract: Prostitution is a multi-f...
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EXIT Europe Final Conference
The online EXIT Europe final conference will take place on 29 March 2020, 10-16.30. The event will be hosted on Cisco Webex by the EXIT Europe project coordinator, namely the Austrian Ministry of Interior (BMI). During the conference, the Consortium partn...
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New Publication: Dodelijk politiegeweld en artikel 2 EVRM. Vier plichten voor de politie om te vermijden dat er doden vallen
FRC Member, Katrien Keyaerts, and one of the FRC directors, prof. Paul De Hert, have just published a new article entitled "Dodelijk politiegeweld en artikel 2 EVRM.
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Call for participants: FRA fieldwork on long-term residents
As national contractor for the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), FRC is currently working on a fieldwork on long-term residents in Belgium. For this project, FRC will be conducting interviews and focus groups with third-country nationals (non-EU citizens) who have been li...
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New Blogpost: The Waiver of Immunity of Catalan MEPs
FRC Member, Sibel Top, has just published a new blogpost entitled "The Waiver of Immunity of Catalan MEPs: Reintroducing Politics in EU Extradition Law" on EJIL:Talk!.
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New Publication: Europees Hof Rechten van de Mens en politie 2019. Thematische bespreking EVRM-rechtspraak
FRC Member, Katrien Keyaerts, and one of the FRC directors, prof.
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PhD Research Level Position on Human Rights Accountability for Contemporary Surveillance Practices
FRC is proud to be partner in the iBOF project “Future-proofing human rights. Developing thicker forms of accountability” supervised by prof. Paul De Hert and prof.
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New Publication: The Principle of Mutual Trust in EU Criminal Law
FRC affiliated member, Auke Willems, has published a book entitled The Principle of Mutual Trust in EU Criminal Law. This book develops a conceptual framework of the principle of mutual trust in EU criminal law.
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FRC Member Gave a Class on "Justice and Home Affairs Policy" during the Jean Monnet Winter School on EU Policy Making
FRC member, Sibel Top, gave a class on "Justice and Home Affairs Policy" at the Jean Monnet Winter School on EU policy making" on 3 February 2020, at 8.45 am. The class offered an overview of the birth and development of the field of justice and home affai...
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FRC Members Organises an Online Talk in the Series Empirical Methods in Legal Research at Leiden University.
FRC Member, Aleydis Nissen, has invited Teresa Marchiori (American University) to give an online talk in the series Empirical Methods in Legal Research at Leiden University. The event will take place on Thursday, 25 February 2021 at 11 a.m.  ...
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