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Homophobic bias in conditions for donating blood

Prohibitions and restrictions on donating blood continue to affect homosexual males around the world. Why it is high time for future legal innovations to change the approach to this delicate matter.

Francesco Schmidt • 17-01-2020

Public Law

“Free the MEPs” Roars the Court of Justice?

In its Junqueras judgment, the European Court of Justice resorted to the principle of representative democracy to protect European parliamentary rights from national law.

Nathan de Arriba-Sellier • 20-12-2019

Public Law

Facultative Mixity: Blessing Disguised?

Even when the EU could act alone on the international stage, Member States often insist on being involved alongside the EU institutions. The Court of Justice is reluctant to curtail this political choice.

Timothy Roes • 05-03-2019

Public Law

‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?’: fingerprinting migrant children under the Eurodac Regulation

Under the recast EURODAC Regulation it is proposed to lower the minimum age of data subjects from to 14 to 6 years of age. This raises issues of compatibility with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

Merve Kaya • 08-05-2018

Public Law

The right of residence for non-EU parents of EU citizen children: the Chavez-Vilchez case

The EU Court of Justice explains the Zambrano doctrine: what matters is not just whether an EU-citizen parent could take care of the child, but whether the child has a relationship of dependency with the non-EU parent.

Mark Klaassen • 12-05-2017

Public Law

Divorce of convenience?

According to an AG Opinion, a divorced third-country national parent of a minor EU citizen can get a derived right of residence, even if the other parent is still in the country. Do broken families enjoy more protection under EU law than intact ones?

Mark Klaassen • 13-10-2016

Blogs

Homophobic bias in conditions for donating blood

“Free the MEPs” Roars the Court of Justice?

Facultative Mixity: Blessing Disguised?

‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?’: fingerprinting migrant children under the Eurodac Regulation

The right of residence for non-EU parents of EU citizen children: the Chavez-Vilchez case

Divorce of convenience?