Freedom - Liberté

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• Human Rights and the Future of the European Union

  28 April 2008, by Alegre Susie
  Human Rights and the Future of the European Union argues that EU institutions must be governed by a clear and coherent legally binding and enforceable human rights framework. Without such a framework, the EU risks becoming a black hole for fundamental rights rather than a champion of the principles of human rights, democracy and the rule of law on which it was founded.

• Les présidents du Conseil JAI de l’UE, Lovro Šturm et Dragutin Mate, participeront à la 8ième réunion du Conseil de partenariat permanent UE–Russie dans le domaine de l’espace commun de liberté, de sécurité et de justice

  23 avril 2008, par European Presidency
  M. Lovro Šturm, ministre slovène de la Justice, et M. Dragutin Mate, ministre slovène de l’Intérieur, participeront, dans le cadre de la troïka présidentielle, à la 8ième réunion du Conseil de partenariat permanent UE–Russie dans le domaine de l’espace commun de liberté, de sécurité et de justice, qui débutera, le 24 avril 2008 à Saint-Pétersbourg, par un dîner de travail et une discussion sur la lutte contre les stupéfiants. Le lendemain, la rencontre se poursuivra à une réunion officielle et se terminera par une conférence de presse.

• Eurobarometer survey measures perceptions amongst European data controllers

  22 April 2008, by European Commission
  National laws on data protection demand good data management practices on the part of the entities that process data: the «data controllers». These include the obligation to process data fairly and in a secure manner, and to use personal data for well-defined and legitimate purposes. National laws also guarantee a series of rights for data subjects.

• German constitutional challenge on Data Retention

  22 April 2008, by Lodge Juliet
  The complaint challenging the German data retention law in front of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe has become the biggest constitutional case in German history with the submission of more than 34000 signatures backing up the action. The Working Group on Data Retention has also prepared an amicus curiae brief that it wants to submit to the European Court of Justice in the case Ireland vs. the Data Retention Directive and that can be signed by other NGOs.

• The factors favouring support for terrorism and the recruitment of terrorists

  21 April 2008, by European Parliament
  The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted the own initiative report by Mr. Gérard DEPREZ (EPP-ED, BE), approving a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the factors favouring support for terrorism and the recruitment of terrorists.

• Téléchargement illégaux : criminaliser les consommateurs n’est pas la solution

  16 avril 2008, par Parlement européen
  Chaque année, les téléchargements illégaux sur internet couteraient plusieurs milliards d’euros aux industries musicales et cinématographiques. Pour mieux lutter contre les pirates du net, plusieurs gouvernements européens comme la France ou l’Allemagne ont adopté des législations répressives. Criminaliser les internautes est-il la solution ? Non, ont répondu les députés européens dans un rapport adopté la semaine dernière. Nous en avons rencontré l’auteur, le socialiste français Guy Bono.

• EDPS Opinion on ePrivacy Directive review: overall positive, but further improvements should be considered

  16 April 2008, by European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
  On 10 April, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted an Opinion on the European Commission’s proposal amending, among others, the Directive on Privacy and electronic communications, usually referred to as the ePrivacy Directive.

• Avis du CEPD sur la révision de la directive sur la protection de la vie privée : globalement positif mais de nouvelles améliorations sont à considérer

  16 avril 2008, par Contrôleur européen de la protection des données
  Le 10 avril, le Contrôleur européen de la protection des données (CEPD) a adopté un avis sur la proposition de la Commission modifiant, entre autres, la directive « vie privée et communications électroniques ».

• The Abolition of Internal Border Checks in an Enlarged Schengen Area: Freedom of movement or a scattered web of security checks?

  7 April 2008, by Faure Atger Anaïs
  This paper assesses the implications and practicalities stemming from the removal of land and sea internal border controls in an enlarged EU on December 2007. Freedom of movement represents a central feature of the supranational status of EU citizenship. Its practical application to the enlarged EU territory has constituted a necessary step to ensure equality among all European citizens. After providing an account of the processes and logic leading to the removal of checks at common borders, the state of play within the Schengen area is described. Particular attention is paid to the national security strategies carried out by the EU-15 member states currently in place and their consequences on the freedom of movement of individuals and on liberty.

• EU’s response to international terrorism

  31 March 2008, by Journal of Common Market Studies
  «at the European level, the European Commission has been active within both its Fifth and Sixth Framework research programmes, funding European Liberty and Security: Security issues, Social Cohesion and Institutional Development of the European Union (ELISE) in 2002 – which post-Madrid became increasing concerned with the implications of the bombings (Balzacq and Carrera, 2005; Apap et al.,2004) – and the n CHALLENGE, the Changing Landscape of Liberty and Security under the aegis of CEPS in Brussels.

• European Parliament Resolution of 20 February 2008 on the Treaty of Lisbon

  25 March 2008, by European Parliament
  The Lisbon Treaty would enhance the European Union’s democratic accountability, better protect citizens’ rights and improve the functioning of EU institutions. Member States should ratify it by the end of this year, to pave the way for the June 2009 European elections, said the European Parliament in an own-initiative report adopted with 525 votes in favour, 115 against and 29 abstentions. MEPs also say that they are aware of concerns, notably about exceptions made for some countries.

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

  18 March 2008, by Bigo Didier, Carrera Sergio , Guild Elspeth
  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.

• Terror, Insecurity and Liberty : Illiberal Practices of Liberal Regimes after 9/11

  18 March 2008, by Bigo Didier, Tsoukala Anastassia
  This edited volume questions the widespread resort to illiberal security practices by contemporary liberal regimes since 9/11, and argues that counter-terrorism is embedded into the very logic of the fields of politics and security.

• L’Europe en mouvement

  12 février 2008, par European Commission
  L’une des réalisations majeures de l’Union européenne est la création d’un vaste espace sans frontières à l’intérieur duquel les personnes peuvent se déplacer librement sans contrôle aux frontières. Les citoyens européens sont également libres de choisir le pays de l’Union dans lequel ils souhaitent vivre et travailler.

• L’Etat d’urgence : concilier la sauvegarde de l’ordre public et la protection des libertés individuelles ?

  11 février 2008, par Boumédiene Malik
  En application de la loi du 3 avril 1955, le gouvernement français a décrété, le 8 novembre 2005, l’état d’urgence, et ce pour ramener l’ordre public menacé par les émeutes. Cette loi de 1955, qui attribue de larges prérogatives à l’autorité de police administrative, ne va pas sans restreindre, au nom de ce rétablissement, certaines libertés individuelles.

• Area of Freedom Security & Justice boosted by launch of ’Justice Forum’

  6 February 2008, by European Commission
  The Vice-President of the European Commission, Franco Frattini, will unveil today the imminent launch of a unique and innovative new ’Justice Forum’. As of 15 April 2008 a multi-disciplinary, collaborative forum of practitioners involved in judicial and legal processes will come into being. The Justice Forum, in addition to existing processes, will inform the Commission’s work on justice policies and practice.

• L’espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice progresse grâce au lancement du « Forum sur la justice »

  6 février 2008, par European Commission
  Le vice-président de la Commission européenne Franco Frattini annoncera aujourd’hui le lancement imminent d’un nouveau projet unique et novateur : le « Forum sur la justice ». En effet, le 15 avril 2008, un forum multidisciplinaire rassemblant les praticiens qui interviennent dans les procédures légales et judiciaires verra le jour. Le Forum sur la justice complétera les structures existantes et éclairera les travaux de la Commission relatifs aux politiques et aux pratiques dans le domaine de la justice.

• 2008 World Report : Democracy charade undermines rights

  5 February 2008, by Human Rights Watch
  The established democracies are accepting flawed and unfair elections for political expediency, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2008. By allowing autocrats to pose as democrats, without demanding they uphold the civil and political rights that make democracy meaningful, the United States, the European Union and other influential democracies risk undermining human rights worldwide

• Protection of Private Data

  30 January 2008, by UK Parliament
  Following the spate, and ongoing disclosures of, sloppy government data security and weak data handling, the UK parliamentary justice committee has issued a damning report.

• Conclusion of informal council meeting of justice and home affairs ministers: to strengthen legal safety and fundamental rights in an area of freedom, security and justice

  28 January 2008, by European Presidency
  During the first part of the last day of the informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers at Brdo, the ministers of justice discussed judicial cooperation in criminal matters, with particular attention paid to the fundamental rights of the individual and to strengthening the principle of mutual recognition of judgements.

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