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Commission Proposal for Better Protection of the Environment by Means of Criminal Law
On 15 December 2021, the Commission adopted a proposal for a new EU directive to crack down on environmental crime. In this way, the Commission intends to fulfil a key commitment of the European Green Deal.The proposal aims to make protection of the … Read more
Dr. Anna Pingen
EU
Environmental Crime
Initiative to Extend List of EU Crimes to Hate Speech and Hate Crime
On 9 December 2021, the European Commission published an initiative to extend the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime. The initiative follows a set of EU actions already in place to counter illegal hate speech and violent extremist ideologies and terrorism … Read more
EU
Racism and Xenophobia
2021 Report on Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU
On 10 December 2021, the European Commission released its 2021 report on application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU. A special focus was on the challenges of protecting fundamental rights in the digital age. The 2021 report follows last year’s strategy to … Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
ECA Report on Regularity of Spending in EU Cohesion Policy
On 23 November 2021, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published a report on the European Commission’s estimate of error in EU cohesion policy. The ECA pointed out that the related error rates, as disclosed by the Commission, are likely to underestimate the real level … Read more
EU
Protection of Financial Interests
Civil Society Organisations Call for Prioritisation of Fundamental Rights in AIA
On 30 November 2021, 115 civil society organisations published a collective statement calling for EU institutions to prioritise fundamental rights in the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). The statement outlines recommendations to guide the European Parliament and Council of the European Union in amending the European … Read more
EU
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Legislation
Proposal for JIT Collaboration Platform
On 1 December 2021, the European Commission adopted a new initiative establishing a collaboration platform to support the functioning of Joint Investigation Teams (JITs). The Commission noted that JITs, which are set up by two or more States for specific criminal investigations with a cross-border … Read more
EU
Legislation
Eurojust
Proposal to Improve Digital Information Exchange in Terrorism Cases
On 1 December 2021, the European Commission launched a new initiative to digitalise EU justice systems and to improve digital information exchange in terrorism cases. The main goal of this proposal is to render the exchange of information between the competent national authorities, Eurojust, and … Read more
EU
Legislation
Eurojust
Terrorism
Proposals to Modernise EU Cross-Border Judicial Cooperation via Digitalisation
On 1 December 2021, the Commission adopted two proposals to improve the digitalisation of cross-border judicial cooperation:Proposal for a Regulation laying down rules on digital communication in judicial cooperation procedures in civil, commercial and criminal matters;Proposal for a Directive aligning the existing rules … Read more
EU
Legislation
CEPEJ Launches European Cyberjustice Network
On 16 November 2021, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) held a virtual inaugural conference to officially launch the European Cyberjustice Network. The network provides a platform for the interdisciplinary exchange of good practices in the field of cyberjustice and artificial … Read more
Dr. András Csúri
Council of Europe
Cybercrime
Judicial Cooperation
Second Additional Protocol to Cybercrime Convention
On 17 November 2021, the Committee of Ministers of the CoE adopted a second Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence. The second additional protocol lays down inter alia the criteria for direct cooperation between state parties and … Read more
Council of Europe
Cybercrime
e-Evidence
Law Enforcement Cooperation
Committee of Ministers Declaration on MEDICRIME Convention
On 16 November 2021, the CoE Committee of Ministers published a declaration on the CoE Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes Involving Threats to Public Health (the MEDICRIME Convention → eucrim 2/2016, 84-85). The MEDICRIME Convention, signed in Moscow on … Read more
Council of Europe
Counterfeiting & Piracy
CCJE: Opinion on Evolution of Councils for the Judiciary
During its 22nd plenary meeting, held online from 3 to 5 November 2021 in Strasbourg, the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) adopted Opinion No. 24 (2021) “on the evolution of the Councils for the Judiciary”. These are … Read more
Council of Europe
Human Rights Issues
CCPE: Opinion on the Practical Independence of Prosecutors
On 25-26 November 2021, the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) adopted Opinion No. 16 (2021) regarding the implications of decisions of international courts and treaty bodies on the practical independence of prosecutors. The Opinion is designed to guide States’ judicial and prosecutorial reforms … Read more
Council of Europe
Human Rights Issues
CEPEJ: Action Plan on the Digitalisation of Justice
On 8-9 December 2021, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) adopted an Action Plan on digitalisation for a better justice. The four-year plan aims to reconcile the efficiency of new technologies and respect for fundamental rights (in particular Art. 6 ECHR), … Read more
Council of Europe
Human Rights Issues
ECtHR: Election of new Vice President, and Section President
On 15 November 2021, the Court elected Judge Síofra O’Leary (Ireland) as new Vice President and Marko Bošnjak (Slovenia) as new Section President. They took office in January 2022.Before joining the ECtHR Ms O’Leary was Head of Unit of the Research and Documentation Directorate … Read more
European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR: Launch of HUDOC Case-Law Database in Bulgaria
On 8 November 2021, the Court launched the Bulgarian interface of its case-law database HUDOC, developed in cooperation with Bulgarian authorities. With more than 820 texts in Bulgarian uploaded from various partners, the interface shall further increase the understanding of the Court’s case law among … Read more
European Court of Human Rights