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Study for the PEGA Committee Mission to Hungary
This study contains background materials for PEGA Committee mission to Hungary. The briefing has been prepared by the European Ϸվ’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PEGA Committee.
Study for the PEGA Committee Mission to Poland
This study contains background materials for PEGA Committee mission to Poland. Materials collected in the briefing indicate at a large scale legislative overhaul, deep politicisation of executive branch and undermining of judicial independence that led to a paralysis in resolving flagrant violations of law due to illegal acquisition and use of Pegasus spyware in Poland.The study has been prepared by the European Ϸվ’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the ...
The UK's Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
The government of the United Kingdom (UK) introduced the 'Northern Ireland Protocol bill' in the House of Commons on 13 June 2022. If enacted, the bill provides that certain provisions of the Northern Ireland Protocol would no longer 'have effect in the UK'. The main fields concerned are i) customs and movement of goods, ii) regulation of goods, iii) State aid, and iv) application of EU law. On 15 June, the EU relaunched the infringement procedure against the UK for failing to properly implement ...
PETI Fact-finding visit to Baleares, Spain - 11 - 13 April 2022
The PETI Committee decided to organise a fact-finding visit to Palma de Mallorca, Baleares (Spain) from 11 to 13 April 2022 concerning several petitions on alleged mistreatment of minors under foster care in Mallorca. This briefing describes the legislation in place, the system of guardianship of minors in Spain, the Majorcan Institute of Social affairs, the Natzaret Foundation, the timeline of events and the Report of the Commission of Experts on cases of sexual abuse and exploitation and Sexual ...
Mental health and well-being in the digital world of work post COVID - EMPL Workshop Proceedings
These proceedings summarise the presentations and discussions that took place during the EMPL workshop held on 2 December 2021 on Mental health and well-being in the digital world of work post COVID. The workshop had four presentations, each followed by a Q&A session. The presentations touched upon the cost of poor mental health and the cost of inaction, digitalisation in the world of work, innovative and practical ways to create a resilient workplace and the role of legislation at national and EU ...
Global human rights sanctions - Mapping Magnitsky laws: The US, Canadian, UK and EU approach
Human rights sanctions are nothing new, but the death in 2009 of Russian whistle-blower Sergei Magnitsky in detention resulted in calls for more vigorous action to counter continuing abuses in many countries. Adopted by the US in 2016, the Global Magnitsky Act was the first of a new generation of human rights sanctions programmes, which, in contrast to traditional sanctions targeted at individual countries, can be flexibly applied to perpetrators from all over the world, regardless of their geographical ...
The differing EU Member States’ regulations on prostitution and their cross-border implications on women’s rights
This Study, commissioned by the European Ϸվ’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee – after assessing the state-of-the-art of prostitution regulations in EU MSs and the current situation of sex trafficking and related data in the EU – identifies and evaluates cross-border problems/risks related to differing national EU MSs’ regulations and suggests future EU legislation to reduce them, thus preventing women from being trafficked ...
LGBTI rights in the EU, recent developments following the Hungarian law
On 15 June 2021, the Hungarian Ϸվ adopted a law originally intended to fight paedophilia, which, following amendments proposed by Members from the ruling Fidesz party, contains clauses prohibiting the portrayal of homosexuality and gender-reassignment to minors. Additionally, the law prohibits homosexuality and gender reassignment from being featured in sex education classes, and stipulates that such classes can now only be taught by registered organisations. Furthermore, changes to the Business ...
A statute for European cross-border associations and non-profit organizations Potential benefits in the current situation
After carrying out a comparative analysis of the main laws on non-profit organizations in force in some selected European countries, the Study discusses a potential legislative initiative of the European Union on the subject, presenting the different options available and concluding that the European Union should introduce a European status not limited to non-profit organizations but aimed, more generally, at including related organizations such as those of the third sector and the social economy ...
The principles of equality and non-discrimination, a comparative law perspective - Canada
This document is part of a series of studies, which, in a comparative law perspective, seek to present the principles of equality and non-discrimination in different States. This study examines sources of equality law and judicial interpretation of the principles of equality and non-discrimination in Canada. Contemporary equality law was a response to histories of both public and private discrimination in Canada. Statutory protections for equality and non-discrimination emerged in the post World ...