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Fundamental Rights Implications of the Coronavirus Pandemic
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights compiled a bulletin on the fundamental rights implications of the coronavirus pandemic in the EU. The bulletin, which covers the period from 1 February to 20 March 2020, scrutinizes the measures taken by the EU Member States to … Read more
Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
EU
Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
Risk Analysis 2020
On 28 April 2020, Frontex published its Risk Analysis for the year 2020. In its three main chapters, the analysis assesses the situation with regard to migratory flows, several border management challenges, and it features analysis.According to the report, the year 2019 saw … Read more
EU
Frontex
Operation of False and Authentic Docu-ment Online System
At the end of April 2020, Frontex’ Centre of Excellence for Combatting Document Fraud became responsible for the operation of the False and Authentic Documents Online system (FADO). FADO is an EU Internet-based image-archiving system set up to support the rapid sharing of images … Read more
EU
Frontex
Recruitment: European Border and Coast Guard Standing Corps
In mid-May 2020, the first 280 selected candidates were offered jobs by Frontex to form the EU’s first uniformed law enforcement service. This newly established European Border and Coast Guard standing corps will consist of Frontex border guards and national officers from EU Member … Read more
EU
Frontex
Eurojust Annual Report 2019
On 14 April 2020, Eurojust published its Annual Report for the year 2019. In 2019, Eurojust once again saw an increase in its casework, with 3892 new cases and 3912 ongoing cases from previous years. The majority of new cases in 2019 dealt with … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Update on Ne Bis In Idem Case Law
At the beginning of May 2020[T1] , Eurojust published an updated edition of its overview on the case law of the CJEU on the ne bis in idem principle in criminal matters, covering 20 cases from 2003 to 15 March 2020. The update explains the … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Ne bis in idem
Update on EAW Case Law
In March 2020, Eurojust issued an update of its overview of the CJEU’s case law on the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) covering 46 cases from 2007 until 15 March 2020. The document contains an index of keywords, with references to relevant judgments, a chronological list … Read more
EU
Eurojust
European Arrest Warrant
YouTube Channel Launched
Eurojust has launched its own channel on YouTube, offering information on the Agency and its work in videos and messages. Subscription to the channel can be made here. Read more
EU
Eurojust
JIT Evaluation Report
In March 2020, Eurojust published the third Evaluation Report on Joint Investigation Teams (JITs). It covers the period from November 2017 to November 2019. In its two main chapters, the report presents the experiences of JIT practitioners with the evaluation of JITs and Eurojust’s experience … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Cooperation with CENTRIC
On 13 May 2020, Europol and the Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organised Crime Research (CENTRIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Europol and CENTRIC will now be able to assist law enforcement authorities with joint activities such as … Read more
EU
Europol
Resumption of Hearings
Since 25 May 2020, the Court of Justice of the EU has resumed holding hearings at its premises in Luxembourg. The hearings are subject to strict hygiene and social distancing protocols. Read more
EU
European Court of Justice (ECJ)
Europol Report on Migrant Smuggling
Europol published the 4th Annual Report on its European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), looking at its 2019 activities to counter facilitated illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings. Key findings of the report in the area of migrant smuggling underline that border control … Read more
EU
Europol
EPRS: Implementation Assessment of EAW
European Parliamentary Research Service published the second part of the evaluation on implementation of the FD EAW. The comprehensive study report of June 2020 (by Dr. Wouter van Ballegooij) presents conclusions on implementation of the FD EAW and makes recommendations as to how to address the shortcomings identified. Read more
Thomas Wahl
EU
European Arrest Warrant
Moneyval: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Gibraltar
On 12 February 2020, Moneyval published its fifth round evaluation report on the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. MONEYVAL calls on the authorities of Gibraltar to better use the tools and mechanisms they have in place to combat ML and FT.The financial sector in … Read more
Dr. András Csúri
EU
Money Laundering
Moneyval: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Cyprus
On 12 February 2020, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on the effectiveness of the Cypriot anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) regime and its level of compliance with FATF Recommendations. MONEYVAL calls on the Cypriot authorities to take a … Read more
EU
Money Laundering
ECtHR: Publication of Annual Report and Statistics for 2019
On 29 January 2020, the ECtHR published its annual activity report and statistics for 2019. At the close of 2019, the number of applications pending before the Court totalled 59,800. The majority of pending cases were against the Russian Federation (25.2 %), followed by cases … Read more
European Court of Human Rights