fundamental rights

Private Law

Child protection is no excuse in visibility of LGBTQI+ people

Acceptance of LGBTQI+ people has dropped among Dutch pupils. The CJEU recently ruled that ‘child protection’ cannot justify making LGBTQI people invisible. Can the law help schools become more accepting?

Elias Tissandier-Nasom • 08-10-2026

Public Law

The DMA may lead to breaches of a fundamental right

Overlapping National and EU-wide antitrust frameworks could lead to a violation of the right against double jeopardy for companies, like Apple, targeted by the Digital Markets Act.

Rhys Surtees • 21-07-2022

Public Law

AI in the EU and Access to Justice – A Panel Discussion

Automation may endanger fundamental values in the EU. In a panel discussion on 28 January 2022, experts discussed how the use of AI by the EU administration affects individuals’ access to justice.

Sophie van der Kroon + 1 other • 03-03-2022

Criminal Law and Criminology

Are Symbolic Laws Good Laws?

Earlier this year, the Austrian government announced a proposed law which entails a ban on wearing the hijab for kindergarten-age girls. Is this a response to an acute problem which necessitates action — or a symbolic law with a more nefarious mission?

Edith Riegler • 19-09-2018

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

Public Law

Data sharing is caring? The PNR agreement: an old Big Brother story told anew

Public records, banking information, correspondence…the list of data accessed by police would be incomplete without Passenger Name Records. The new EU-US PNR agreement will enter into force soon – will it also bring a higher data protection standard?

Iryna Ievdokymova • 15-05-2012

Blogs

Child protection is no excuse in visibility of LGBTQI+ people

The DMA may lead to breaches of a fundamental right

AI in the EU and Access to Justice – A Panel Discussion

Are Symbolic Laws Good Laws?

Divorce of convenience?

Data sharing is caring? The PNR agreement: an old Big Brother story told anew