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first February event

The Fundamental Rights in Europe Working Group will be holding their first February event: Gilles Trudeau ‘When Fundamental Human Rights Meet Labour Law: The Nexus between Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in Canada’ On Monday 24th February 2014, at 5 p.m. Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia Guest Speaker: Professor Gilles Trudeau, Faculty of Law, Université […]

Nada V. Switzerland (ECtHR)

Joint event with the RELEX WG: Joris Larik and Heko Scheltema on Case Nada v Switzerland – ECtHR Judgment of 12 September 2012 (http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-113118) The UN Security Council Resolutions and EU Law in the Light of the Accession of the EU to the ECHR

Springtime for Fundamental Rights!

Cases C-399/11 Melloni and C-917/10 Åkerberg Fransson The scope of the Charter and its relationship with the ECHR – by Dominique Ritleng, on March 20th The horizontal provisions of the Charter in the context of constitutional pluralism – by Daniel Sarmiento, on April 8th

Kadzoev, El Dridi and Achughbabian

Philippe De Bruycker on Cases C-357/09 PPU Kadzoev (http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=C-357/09), C-61/11 PPU El Dridi (http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-61/11) and C-329/11 Achughbabian (http://curia.europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?num=C-329/11) Detention and removal of illegally staying third-country nationals