


Future Of Europe
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The EU Victims Rights Directive: A Milestone or Stepping Stone?
The EU Victims’ Rights Directive has been lauded as a landmark achievement in the protection of victim’s rights, setting minimum standards to harmonize victim support across the member states. But its implementation raises questions about whether it represents a milestone
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A Fundamentally Unsound Approach to Fundamental Rights Protection? Where Directive 2019/1 Went Wrong in Empowering National Competition Authorities
There are a number of anticompetitive practices in the European Union (EU), both agreements (Article 101 TFEU) and abuses of dominant positions (Article 102 TFEU). The EU competition law infringements are tackled either by the EU Commission or national competition
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Opportunities and Potential Challenges for Developing Countries Under EU Due Diligence Standards
Introduction When it comes into force, the CSDDD may have a massive impact on products exported to the EU. In other words, the measure may impact all the EU imports from least developed countries, estimated to be US$ 76 billion as
European Values
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Defining the “constitutional self” in Montenegro
It seems that in no country does the reveal of the population census results attract as much public attention as in Montenegro. On the 15th of October 2024, top TV stations in Montenegro streamed the long-awaited release of the results
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The Changing Climate of EU Accession to the ECHR – Consequences and Challenges for Climate Change Litigation?
The year 2024 marks a significant milestone in climate change litigation, with ECtHR delivering its first judgment recognizing a violation of a State’s positive obligations to ensure adequate protection against the harmful effects of climate change. While the judgment in
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Human Nature, Hate, Speech Platforms, and the DSA. A “How To” Guide to Limit Harmful Content on VLOPs
As Bertrand Russell—way before the digital media’s age—observed, “few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.” This implicated the essential need for human beings to hate others to achieve their own happiness, thus having
Tech & AI
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Linguistics and Law in the Courtroom the Challenges of a Textualist Approach
Textualism, i.e. the search for an interpretation of texts faithful to their original age, is a new emerging trend in legal interpretation, but its practical implementation is often incomplete. What are the opportunities and risks involved in the spread of
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Surveillance Capitalism—What Do We Really Use Artificial Intelligence For?
As the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data-based technologies continues, their impact on our everyday lives will become more and more visible. At the same time, AI-based developments are not only affecting our lives in terms of convenience
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Small Language Models, Big Impact: The New Way of AI
The development of artificial intelligence has brought significant advances in the field of language models in recent years. These models can generate texts that are deceptively like human language usage. They can also analyze texts efficiently and translate between languages
Free Speech & Privacy
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Personal Data for Lunch?Food for Thought on Processing Children’s Biometric Data in Schools in Light of the GDPR
How can fingerprint-based entry to a school cafeteria lead to discrimination? The Polish Data Protection Authority (DPA) shed light on the legal limits of processing biometric data by imposing a fine of PLN 20,000 (~EUR 4,700) (~HUF 2,000,000) on a
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Freedom or security – The US Supreme Court to uphold the TikTok ban but what happens after the Inauguration?
In the United States, more than 170 million people use the globally spread platform, TikTok. This represents about half of the US population. Despite its popularity, the United States is about to ban the platform from the country as of
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Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law: The Latest Battle in a Longstanding Debate
A Federal Judge in Louisiana recently blocked the enforcement of a state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. This ruling emphasizes the enduring legal and cultural debates surrounding religious symbols in public spaces in the