Monthly Archives: November 2013

FREE Newsletter: 28 and 29 November 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS * Belgium: Lawmakers back allowing minors to request euthanasia DATA PROTECTION * MEPs not convinced by positive reports of data exchange deals with the US * NSA ‘collected details of online sexual activity’ of Islamist radicals EUROPEAN AREA … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 25-26-27 November 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – RIGHT TO PRIVACY * UN advances surveillance resolution reaffirming ‘human right to privacy’ DATA PROTECTION * NSA surveillance: Europe threatens to freeze US data-sharing arrangements * Want to set up a website? The “Five Eyes” want your … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 21 and 22 November 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – AGE DISCRIMINATION *European Commission closes infringement procedure on forced retirement of Hungarian judges – SEX DISCRIMINATION *Cracking Europe’s Glass Ceiling: European Parliament backs Commission’s Women on Boards proposal EUROPEAN AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE *Drones : … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 18, 19, 20 November 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – NON DISCRIMINATION/ASYLUM RIGHTS * La Cour de justice et les persécutions fondées sur l’orientation sexuelle, un tournant de la protection internationale ? CJUE, 7 novembre 2013, X., Y. et Z., C-199/12, C-200/12 et C-201/12 * Major EU … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 14 and 15 November 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – NON DISCRIMINATION * Le retour de la burqa dans l’actualité judiciaire? EU CITIZENSHIP* Maltese parliament approves selling citizenship to non-EU citizens EUROPEAN AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE – BORDER SURVEILLANCE/GOOD ADMINISTRATION * Ombudsman calls on Frontex … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 11, 12, 13 November 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS * Sweden closes four prisons as number of inmates plummets – LGBT RIGHTS * EU Court of Justice rules sexual orientation valid ground for fear of persecution in asylum procedures – FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND DEMOCRACY* “Freedom of … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 7 and 8 November 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – LGBT RIGHTS * EU Court of Justice rules sexual orientation valid ground for fear of persecution in asylum procedures * Greece: Judges unconvinced by reasons for excluding same-sex couples from civil unions law TRANSPARENCY * Proposal for … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 4, 5, 6 November 2013

index FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – LGBT RIGHTS * New European Parliament report in the making on a future EU LGBT equality roadmap DATA PROTECTION * L’affaire Prism et ses suites : beaucoup de bruit pour rien ? * US-EU: Despite the … Continue reading

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