Guild Elspeth

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• Security versus Justice? Police and Judicial Cooperation in the European Union

  4 June 2008
  One of the most dynamic areas of recent EU law has been cooperation in the fields of policing and criminal justice. This book enables readers to understand the changes that have taken place by examining how and why they occurred, along with the subsequent outcomes.

• What Future for the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice? : Recommendations on EU Migration and Borders Policies in a Globalising World

  18 March 2008
  The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, has launched a brainstorming exercise about the future policy priorities for the development of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ). Migration and borders will constitute two of the most relevant policies on which the next EU budget covering the AFSJ beyond 2013 will be focused.

• The Commission’s New Border Package Does it take us one step closer to a ‘cyber-fortress Europe’?

  18 March 2008
  The European Commission presented a new ‘Border Package’ on 13 February 2008, setting out its vision of how to foster the further management of the EU’s external border. Billed in a Commission press release as a «comprehensive vision for an integrated European border management system for the 21st century», one of the key elements of this package is a Communication aimed at establishing an EU entry/exit system registering the movement of specific categories of third country nationals at the external borders of the EU.

• EU Policy on Labour Migration: A First Look at the Commission’s Blue Card Initiative

  19 November 2007
  On 23 October 2007, the European Commission adopted a long-awaited legislative proposal on economic migration: a draft Framework Directive on the admission of highly-qualified migrants to the EU (the so-called ‘Blue Card’ initiative). This briefing note looks at the key issues arising in the proposed directive and set out the main debates.

• An EU Framework on Sanctions against Employers of Irregular Immigrants: Some Reflections on the Scope, Features & Added Value

  28 August 2007
  In May 2007, the European Commission issued a Proposal for a Council Directive providing for sanctions against employers of illegally staying third country nationals. The measure aims to provide a harmonised EU framework for imposing sanctions on employers for hiring third country nationals (TCNs) who do not enjoy a regular status of stay in the EU. This paper outlines the main contents of the proposal by looking at the obligations and sanctions applicable to the employer, the procedures foreseen for the presentation of complaints as well as the set of guarantees provided to the TCN worker.

• A SZABADSÁG ÉS BIZTONSÁG VÁLTOZÓ ÖSSZKÉPE EURÓPÁBAN : A Challange-projekt eredményeiről szóló időközi beszámoló

  2007. július 2.
  A Challange-projekt a jelenlegi liberális kormányok antiliberális joggyakorlatáról alkotott, széles körben elterjedt nézetekre reagál. E gyakorlatok főként a globális mértékben egyre inkább elterjedő biztonság megbomlásból származnak, olyan jelenségekből, melyek széles körben úgy értelmezhetők, mint kötelező intézkedések a hatóságok részéről, következésképpen, mint tulajdonképpeni új korlátok a törvény által biztosított szabadság és az egyén ártatlanságának vélelmének ellenében. A kutats célja olyan ellentmondások vizsgálata, amelyeket azon állítások idéznek elő, miszerint „a biztonság az első számú szabadságjog», ezért új egyensúlyt kell kialakítani, hogy felmérhessük korunk globális veszélyeinek széles skáláját. A projekt első számú tárgya azon irányelvek, illetve veszélyre és megelőzésre hivatkozva kialakított korlátozó intézkedések vizsgálata, amelyek a radikálisan átalakuló környezetben jönnek létre, továbbá ezen intézkedések hatásának vizsgálata a polgári szabadságjogokra, politikai jogokra, illetve a társadalmi kohézióra.

• Inquiry into the EU-US Passenger Name Record Agreement

  18 April 2007
  Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the US authorities decided to collect and retain data on individuals coming to the US by air as a measure intended to increase US security. This act, however, which came into force in May 2004, was found to provide inadequate protection of personal data, and the European Court of Justice required the formulation of a new agreement.

• Merging Security from the Two Level Game : Inserting the Treaty of Prüm into EU law ?

  17 avril 2007
  This paper examines the proposal to incorporate parts of the Prüm Treaty into EU law. Particular attention is paid to the issues that were highlighted as problematic in an earlier assessment of the treaty when it first come into operation and comment on how they have been dealt with.

• The Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security: Mid-Term Report on the Results of the CHALLENGE Project

  20 February 2007
  The CHALLENGE project responds to widespread concerns about the resort to specific illiberal practices by contemporary liberal regimes. These practices are linked with the identification of increasing insecurities globally, insecurities that are widely interpreted as obliging sterner policies from the authorities and, consequently, new constraints on principles of liberty under law and presumptions about the innocence of individuals. Specifically, the project examines tensions created by claims that ‘security is the first freedom’ and that a new ‘balance’ has to be established to manage the global scale of contemporary dangers.

• Making the EU Citizens’ Agenda Work

  13 February 2007
  This Policy Brief reproduces her submission in full.and addresses six areas of the 2007 Work Programme which are related to CEPS’ work in the area of freedom, security and justice

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