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• Economic profiles of general border security and their opportunity costs

  14 May 2009, by Lock Peter
  This paper focuses on the economic implications of border security policies within the European Union and the-Schengen-area in particular. As countless national and international agencies claim to take part in the execution of these policies, which are handled with high priority in the political arena, accounting for the direct and indirect costs becomes a rather complex exercise. Not least because the execution of controls is often externalised and thus may actually shift the location of the physical and legal borders.

• CHALLENGE Final Conference : The Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security

  7 May 2009, by Centre for European Policy Studies
  The Justice and Home Affairs Section of the Centre of European Policy Studies (CEPS) is pleased to invite you to the Final Conference of the CHALLENGE Project «The Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security ». The event will take place at CEPS during the 18 and 19 May 2009

• e-Security and National Parliaments: Digitised Citizens and Accountability

  6 May 2009, by Lodge Juliet, Mayer Terry
  This paper provides an overview of some key documents relating to the highly controversial subject of digitising citizens through the introduction of identity cards and biometric passports.

• E-security and National Parliaments

  6 May 2009, by Lodge Juliet
  National parliaments’ and the European Parliament’s powers vis-à-vis pillar III and related matters of judicial, police and migration cooperation have been progressively augmented. The draft Reform Treaty constitutionalises further reinforcement especially of (i) the European Parliament’s control powers, and (ii) the time granted for deliberation to national parliaments in respect of EU draft legislation.

• A new era of EU youth policies

  29 April 2009, by European Commission
  The Commission has adopted a new EU strategy for youth policy for the coming decade. Entitled «Youth – Investing and Empowering», the new strategy acknowledges the fact that (1) young people are one of the most vulnerable groups in society, especially in the current economic and financial crisis, and (2) in our ageing society, young people are a precious resource.

• Analysis of terrorist legislation, evolution and practices of penal agencies

  28 April 2009, by Aranda Mónica, Rivera Iñaki
  The Spanish concept of terrorism has evolved in a quite particular meaning. The identification of ETA (Basque Liberation Army) as the internal enemy has concentrated the use of every antiterrorist law and criminal justice agencies addressed to call a halt its activities. A number of criminal and procedural rules, police and prison regulations have been modified in Spain by following the antiterrorist philosophy.

• A right-based approach to migration policies in a context of emergencies: ’Expelling States’ and semi-persons in the European Union

  28 April 2009, by Fernández Bessa Cristina, Manavella Alejandra, Silveira Gorski Héctor C.
  The European socio-political climate and its repercussions on person’s rights and liberties trigger multiple challenges. The widening process of the European Union (EU), the hardening of legislation on immigration and terrorism, and the new practices of police and security services make the basic principles and values on which consolidated European democracies lay tilt.

• Desafio(s) 7- GÉNERO Y DOMINACIÓN. CRÍTICAS FEMINISTAS DEL DERECHO Y EL PODER

  28 April 2009, by Encarna Bodelón, Gemma Nicolás
  the contents of the present number of the review state the aspect that highlights the historical unequal relation between men and women through the legal domination tools. It refers to what strictly speaking (despite there are some controversies) is called in the specific language of feminism as «gender relations »

• Report on the situation on the Euro-Mediterranean borders

  27 April 2009, by Ceriani Pablo, Fernández Bessa Cristina, Manavella Alejandra, Picco Valeria, Rodeiro Luis
  Euro-Mediterranean borders are internationally known, especially in Europe, for the causalities and the violation of Human Rights of migrant people trying to reach the European shores of Andalusia, Sicilia, Lampedusa, the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla and later the shores of the Canary Islands. The management of migrations is a key topic of the contemporary national and European polices, mainly for the Euro-Mediterranean countries.

• The effects of exceptional legislation on criminalization of immigrants and people suspected of terrorism

  27 April 2009, by Fernández Bessa Cristina, Manavella Alejandra, Ortuño Jose Maria
  On the current global context of war against terrorism, the traditional liberties and guarantees of the Rule of Law, are not been respected for all people. This is the case of immigrants for example, as they are considered potential dangerous people. The measures to regulate immigration and the measures to fight against terrorism are dangerously being confused, causing terrible consequences for some people.

• Deprivation of Liberty and Human Rights in Spain

  27 April 2009, by Cano Francisca, Fernández Bessa Cristina, Manavella Alejandra, Ortuño Jose Maria, Rivera Iñaki
  The Spanish State figures at international reports as one of the countries where torture persist, resulting in recommendations to eradicate or, at least, to minimize this practice. As such, the international organizations responsible for the protection of human rights denounce the lack of political will on the part of the Spanish Authorities (statutory, regional and local) to eradicate torture.

• Desafio(s) 6- Jovenes y adultos- El dificil vinculo social

  27 April 2009, by Observatorio del sistema Penal y los Derechos Humanos
  The difficult «social bond» to which this edition is dedicated, takes particular connotations in the context of the freedom and security framework, another two categories of post-modern culture nowadays seriously threatened. However, taking into account the possibility of risking that the relationship between children and young, with the adults could be considered as one of the «emergency situation» to which will correspond exceptional reactions, we must emphasize how necessary it is to keep in mind the structural conditions within which the social bound manifests...

• Desafio(s) 5- Poder académico y educación legal

  27 April 2009, by Observatorio del sistema Penal y los Derechos Humanos
  when referring to the «academic power» we are also trying to highlight a particular kind of power. It is a power that is not circumscribed by the institution in which it is exercised (the university), although if she is the origin, determines it and legitimates it.

• EU survey of minorities and immigrants sheds new light on extent of racism in EU

  27 April 2009, by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) today releases results of the first ever EU-wide survey on immigrant and ethnic minority groups’ experiences of discrimination and racist crime. The survey reveals that discrimination, harassment and racially motivated violence are far more widespread than recorded in official statistics. The results suggest a sense of resignation among ethnic minorities and immigrants who appear to lack confidence in mechanisms to protect victims.

• CAIR reaffirms repudiation of terror on anniversary of Madrid bombings

  22 April 2009, by prnewswire
  The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) marked the 5th anniversary of the Madrid train bombings. In a statement released b the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy group, CAIR stated: On the 5th anniversary of the tragic 3/11 Madrid attacks, we once again condemn and repudiate all those who seek to justify the killing of civilians in order to achieve political or religious goals.

• Spain commemorates Madrid train bombings

  22 April 2009, by News Agencies
  The families of the victims of the Madrid train bombings commemorated the fifth anniversary of Europe’s worst Islamic terror attack, which killed 191 people and injured 1,800. Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero laid flowers at trees in the Forest of Remembrance – a hill specially landscaped with trees for each of the victims.

• Islamists are the main terror threat, says report

  22 April 2009, by Adnkronos
  The Italian government investigated 216 terror threats against Italy last year, concluding that Islamist cells were the «primary threat to the public interest, both Italy and abroad.» The extent of the terror threats were revealed in an anti-terrorism report presented to the department of information security.

• Judicial Cooperation in European and Security Challenge

  22 April 2009, by Bigo Didier, Bonditti Philippe, Mégie Antoine, Olsson Christian
  Graphic on Security agencies

• External Actions of Internal Security Policies

  22 April 2009, by Cuttitta Paolo
  Paper presented at the workshop «The Implications of Readmission and Enforced Return on Euro-Mediterranean Relations and Beyond», organised by the Robert Schuman Centre and the European University Institute within the frame of the Ninth Mediterranean Research Meeting, held in Montecatini, 12-15 March 2008.

• Italian court upends trial involving CIA links

  22 April 2009, by New York Times
  Italy’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that Italian prosecutors had violated state secrecy in their case against American and Italian intelligence operatives. The decision by the Italian Constitutional Court was a significant blow to a case in which the CIA, the American Air Force colonel, and several Italian intelligence officials are charged with the seizure of an Egyptian terrorism suspect in 2003.

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