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Digitalising cross-border judicial cooperation
On 23 November 2023, the European Parliament approved the compromise reached with the Council in July 2023 on the European Commission proposal for a horizontal regulation on digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice, intended to apply to both civil and criminal cross-border proceedings within the EU. The regulation, proposed back in December 2021, will supplement horizontally, rather than replace, existing rules on the digital delivery of documents, digital hearings and other uses ...
Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Violence directed against a woman because she is a woman, or that affects women disproportionately ('gender-based violence against women') is a violation of fundamental rights, and a major obstacle to gender equality in all EU Member States. Despite increased attention, national legislation does not offer equal protection for women against all forms of gender-based violence across the EU, and there are significant gaps in the measures adopted at EU level. On 8 March 2022, the European Commission ...
European Day of Justice 2022
Every year since 2004, European Day of Justice has been marked on or around 25 October, offering an opportunity to reflect on the importance of justice and the rule of law. European Day of Justice was originally the idea of the Council of Europe.
Combating violence against women and domestic violence
This briefing provides an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) accompanying the above-mentioned proposal, submitted on 8 March 2022 and referred to the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in her political guidelines for the Commission's 2019-2024 term that the EU accession to the Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention on preventing ...
Access to justice in environmental matters: Amending the Aarhus Regulation
The European Union is party to the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. The Aarhus Regulation applies the Convention's provisions to EU institutions and bodies. In 2017, the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, reviewing implementation by the parties, found that the EU fails to comply with its obligations under Article 9, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the convention concerning access to justice by members of ...
Preventing, protecting, providing access to justice: How can states respond to femicide?
Growing awareness of femicide has not universally translated into effective policy and programming. Though legislation relating to gender-based violence and/or femicide exists in many countries, both persist. A combined social, cultural, political and economic approach situates femicide prevention and responses at various levels, including changes in individual behaviour. Using the term ‘femicide’ more frequently at international forums is crucial not only to focus attention on the gendered nature ...
Zugang zu Gerichten in Umweltangelegenheiten
Auf der Plenartagung im Mai soll das Parlament über den Bericht seines Umweltausschusses über einen Vorschlag abstimmen, mit dem sichergestellt werden soll, dass die EU ihren Verpflichtungen als Vertragspartei des Übereinkommens von Aarhus über den Zugang zu Informationen, die Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung an Entscheidungsverfahren und den Zugang zu Gerichten in Umweltangelegenheiten aus dem Jahr 1998 nachkommt.
Das Programm „Justiz“ 2021–2027
Im Mai 2018 nahm die Kommission einen Vorschlag für eine Verordnung zur Aufstellung eines neuen Programms „Justiz“ als Teil des neuen Mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens (MFR) 2021–2027 an. Im Rahmen der Trilogverhandlungen wurde mit dem Rat eine frühzeitige Einigung in zweiter Lesung erzielt, über die das Parlament auf der Tagung im April 2021 abstimmen soll.
Responsible private funding of litigation
A responsible TPLF regulatory framework should aim at lowering costs, simplifying unnecessary procedures, increasing the predictability of costs, and delivering efficient services at costs that are proportionate to the amounts in dispute. We explored additional effective safeguards and a number of policy options regarding the contractual, ethical and procedural aspects of TPLF. We then estimated the European added value (EAV) for two alternatives, namely a moderate and a strong regulatory approach ...
KANN DER NATUR RECHTSPERSÖNLICHKEIT ZUERKANNT WERDEN? Eine Studie zu den Rechten der Natur im Kontext der EU
In dieser Studie, die von der Fachabteilung Bürgerrechte und konstitutionelle Angelegenheiten des Europäischen Parlaments auf Antrag des Rechtsausschusses in Auftrag gegeben wurde, werden das Konzept der „Rechte der Natur“ und dessen verschiedene Aspekte in der Rechtsphilosophie und in internationalen Übereinkommen sowie in der Gesetzgebung und Rechtsprechung auf verschiedenen Ebenen betrachtet. In der Studie werden die Vorstellungen von den Rechten der Natur im Vergleich zu den Rechten an der Natur ...