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After the Council's final green light on 21 May 2024, the pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, establishing the first comprehensive global regulatory framework for AI, was published in the EU’s Official Journal on 12 July 2024 (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689). The AI Act prohibits certain AI …

On 16 April 2024, the European Commission published the 2024 State of Schengen report, providing an overview of the past year’s developments and setting new priorities for the upcoming year (for the 2023 report → eucrim 2/2023, 114-115; for the 2022 report →  …

In anticipation of the 2024 European Parliament elections and the next European Commission, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) issued a manifesto urging EU institutions to uphold and enforce a fair and effective judicial system grounded in justice, fundamental rights, and …

On 28 February 2024, the European Parliament expressed significant concerns over the erosion of democratic principles, the rule of law, and fundamental rights across several EU Member States. In its resolution on the European Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report, the Parliament highlighted both progress …

In May 2024, Frontex published Guidelines for European Common Minimum Standards for Border Surveillance (CMS). The guidelines have identified commonalities concerning air, land, and maritime border surveillance; they address the main process phases - preparedness, prevention, and reaction - that make up border surveillance in …

In mid-June 2024, a major operation shared between law enforcement and judicial authorities across Europe and in the United States led to the take-down of numerous servers used for terrorist communication and propaganda as well as to the arrests of nine persons. The websites and …

Between 27 and 29 May 2024, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, authorities from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and many more EU and non-EU States as well as private partners conducted the largest ever operation against botnets: Operation Endgame. The action included arrests, …

On 23 May 2024, the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its annual report for the year 2023. It outlines the Forum's main observations and recommendations shared with Frontex and its Management Board, with the aim of strengthening fundamental rights protection in Frontex …

The FRA’s most recent Fundamental Rights Report (published in June 2024) analyses last year's developments in fundamental rights. True to its name “Towards a democracy anchored in fundamental rights”, the report focuses on key developments and shortfalls of fundamental rights protection in 2023. In addition, …

This news item continues the overview of the rule-of-law developments in Poland (as far as they are relevant under a European law perspective). It covers the period from the second half of January to the end of June 2024 and follows the overview in → eucrim 4/2023, 308-312.