Seitz, Claudia
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The Covid 19 pandemic has cast traditional health protection issues in a new light due to their cross-border significance with far-reaching consequences for almost all areas of social life and places health protection in the European Union in a broader context that goes beyond the national consideration of necessary measures at EU Member State leve...
Malůšková, Zuzana
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To implement the NextGenerationEU (NGEU) borrowing operations on an unprecedented scale the European Commission has established a new governance framework, under which the operations are conducted in accordance with sound financial practices and in compliance with the limits set in the Own Resources Decision. The Commission uses a diversified fundi...
Marcoulli, Anna Cappelletti, Luigi
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Recent case law of EU Courts on access to documents bring some interesting developments concerning the obligations of applicants and institutions, both with regard to formal requirements and substantive elements. EU Courts retained a strict interpretation of the exceptions concerning ongoing procedures under Regulation No 1049/2001 and refrained fr...
Buono, Laviero
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Ruschemeier, Hannah
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The proposal for the Artificial Intelligence Act is the first comprehensive attempt to legally regulate AI. Not merely because of this pioneering role, the draft has been the subject of controversial debates about whether it uses the right regulatory technique, regarding its scope of application and whether it has sufficient protective effect. More...
Spoerer, Markus More O’Ferrall, Richard
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The right of public access to EU documents was formally established 30 years ago, and given widespread effect through legislation in 2001. The European Ombudsman is a redress mechanism for those seeking access to EU documents. Together with the Court of Justice, the Ombudsman has helped to define how this right can be exercised and set best practic...
Holzer, Lena
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The COVID-19 pandemic has made the role of identity papers for the enjoyment of human rights once more obvious. It is thus a suitable moment to analyse the current implementation of the right to change the gender and/or name on official documents and civil registries in Europe. This article specifically examines the jurisprudence on the right to ge...
Spiezia, Filippo
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The topic of the victims of cybercrime is addressed here in the context of a fundamental analysis of modern forms of cross-border crime. In the framework as outlined, international judicial cooperation remains, once again, a key concept in implementing effective and successful strategies, also with a view to ensuring better protection of those who ...
D’Andrea, Sabrina
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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected workers’, especially women’s, ability to combine their paid work and care obligations in an unprecedented way. However, it has also raised the political relevance of the work-life balance issue. The moment is timely as the Work-life Balance Directive adopted by the European Union (EU) in 2019 comes to its implemen...
Velasco, Cristos
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The purpose of this paper is to assess whether current international instruments to counter cybercrime may apply in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and to provide a short analysis of the ongoing policy initiatives of international organizations that would have a relevant impact in the law-making process in the field of cybe...
