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Following its communication of 2 December 2020 on the digitalisation of justice in the EU (→ see seperate news item), the Commission has published a consultation on the digitalisation of cross-border criminal and civil proceedings. The consultation is running until 11 May 2021 and …

On 9 March 2021, the Commission presented a concrete vision, targets and avenues for Europe to become a leader in the digital area by 2030. The Communication “2030 Digital Compass: the European Way for the Digital Decade” (COM(2021) 118 final) sets out:A vision for …

After the UK finally left the EU on 1 January 2021, the rules for international data transmission in the General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016/679 (GDPR) and the Directive on the exchange of personal data between law enforcement authorities No. 2016/680 (LED) will apply. Both …

In February 2021, the Commission launched several infringement proceedings against EU Member States for having incorrectly transposed various EU instruments in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA). In the following proceedings, the Commission took the first step by sending a letter of formal …

On 11 March 2021, the EU Commission published a roadmap for the new edition of the EU Justice Scoreboard 2021. The roadmap sets out the Commission’s approach for this year’s ninth report on the state of European justice systems. For previous editions → eucrim 2/2020, …

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President David Sassoli and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa (whose country holds the Council of the EU’s rotating presidency) signed the Joint Declaration on the Conference on the Future of Europe at a ceremony on 10 …

In its annual report assessing the human rights situation in the world in 2019, adopted in the plenary on 20 January 2020, MEPs express deep concerns about authoritarian regimes around the world having used the pandemic to repress civil society and critical voices. They called …

The CEPOL Research and Science Conferences aim to convene practitioners, trainers and educators in policing and other areas of law enforcement, with researchers and academic scholars from Europe and the international sphere since 2003. This edition of the event will be organised in partnership with the Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania) – and for the first time as an exclusive online event.

Bringing together stakeholders from law enforcement and civil society, the aim of this closing workshop is to improve the effectiveness of efforts to fight illegal logging, to generate substantial spill-over effect to other EU member states, and so strengthen existing and build up new networks.