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• COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online

  • Published: 2018-09-12
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: access to information, cross-border cooperation, digital single market, dissemination of information, fight against crime, freedom of expression, information, Internet, provision of services, terrorism
• COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online

  • Published: 2018-09-12
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: access to information, cross-border cooperation, digital single market, dissemination of information, fight against crime, freedom of expression, information, Internet, provision of services, terrorism
• Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018

  • Published: 2018-09-12
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: access to information, cross-border cooperation, digital single market, dissemination of information, fight against crime, freedom of expression, information, Internet, provision of services, terrorism
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  EASO country of origin information report
  Bangladesh : country overview

  The first chapter of this report provides general country information about the geography, demography and economy in Bangladesh. The second chapter presents the state structures and political system, followed by political parties in the third chapter. The fourth chapter covers the judiciary and ...

  The first chapter of this report provides general country information about the geography, demography and economy in Bangladesh. The second chapter presents the state structures and political system, followed by political parties in the third chapter. The fourth chapter covers the judiciary and informal justice systems, while chapter five provides references to criminal law. Chapters six to nine focuses on the police and security forces, arrest and detention, prison conditions, and the death penalty, respectively. In chapter 10, a number of non-state armed groups are described as well as recent terrorist attacks. Chapter 11 examines freedom of expression and the media, and chapter 12 covers freedom of religion. Chapter 13 is devoted to the main minority ethnic groups, and chapter 14 and 15 to the situation of women and LGBT persons. Chapter 16 gives information on freedom of movement and chapter 17 is on human trafficking. The last three chapters focus on land disputes, personal loans and debts, and the Rohingya refugee population in Bangladesh.

  • Published: 2018-08-23
  • Corporate Author(s): European Asylum Support Office (EU body or agency)
  • Subject: Bangladesh, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, economic conditions, ethnic group, freedom of expression, freedom of religious beliefs, legal system, political refugee, political system, political unrest, political violence, prison system, report, rights of minorities, rights of the individual, socioeconomic conditions
• Corrigendum to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/673 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 May 2018 amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (OJ L 114 I, 4.5.2018)

  • Published: 2018-05-23
  • Corporate Author(s): Council of the European Union ; European Parliament
  • Subject: EU financing, European party, foundation, freedom of association, freedom of expression, party financing
• Case C-517/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 6 August 2018 — Fédération des fabricants de cigares v Premier ministre, Ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé

  • Published: 2018-08-06
  • Corporate Author(s): Court of Justice (Court of Justice of the European Union)
  • Subject: freedom of expression, ownership, packaging product, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, product quality, tobacco industry, trademark
• Case T-352/17: Judgment of the General Court of 31 May 2018 — Korwin-Mikke v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — European Parliament — Rules of Procedure of the Parliament — Statement adversely affecting the dignity of the Parliament and the smooth conduct of parliamentary business — Disciplinary sanctions of forfeiture of entitlement to the subsistence allowance and temporary suspension from participation in all activities of the Parliament — Freedom of expression — Obligation to state reasons — Error of law)

  • Published: 2018-05-31
  • Corporate Author(s): General Court (Court of Justice of the European Union)
  • Subject: abuse of power, damages, freedom of expression, indemnification, Member of the European Parliament, principle of proportionality, rights of the defence, sanction (EU)
• Case T-770/16: Judgment of the General Court of 31 May 2018 — Korwin-Mikke v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — European Parliament — Rules of Procedure of the Parliament — Conduct adversely affecting the dignity of the Parliament and the smooth running of parliamentary business — Disciplinary sanctions of forfeiture of entitlement to the subsistence allowance and temporary suspension from participation in all activities of the Parliament — Freedom of expression — Obligation to state reasons — Error of law)

  • Published: 2018-05-31
  • Corporate Author(s): General Court (Court of Justice of the European Union)
  • Subject: damages, freedom of expression, indemnification, Member of the European Parliament, principle of proportionality, rights of the defence, sanction (EU)
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  Human rights in Belarus
  The EU’s role since 2016

  This study provides an overview of the European Union’s contribution to promoting and protecting human rights in Belarus since 2016. This analysis presents the main human rights trends in Belarus, examining legislation, policy commitments and violations of human rights. While the Belarusian gove...

  This study provides an overview of the European Union’s contribution to promoting and protecting human rights in Belarus since 2016. This analysis presents the main human rights trends in Belarus, examining legislation, policy commitments and violations of human rights. While the Belarusian government has made nominal concessions towards the EU, no systemic progress in terms of human rights has been made in the post-2016 period. The study also describes and assesses the EU’s human rights promotion activities in bilateral EU-Belarus relations, within the context of the Eastern Partnership multilateral dimension and in regard to financial assistance. Although the EU has expanded the range of its political dialogue with Belarus since 2016, it has had very little influence over the human rights situation in the country. The EU’s impact has been limited not just because of the very nature of the Belarusian regime. EU institutions and member states have increasingly prioritised geopolitical interests as well as the stability and resilience of Belarus over human rights concerns. The EU should increase efforts to mainstream human rights in all aspects of its relations with Belarus and find a better balance between ‘normalisation’ and ‘conditionality’ based policy approaches vis-à-vis the country.

  • Published: 2018-06-06
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union (European Parliament)
  • Subject: Belarus, bilateral relations, civil society, common foreign and security policy, financial aid, freedom of association, freedom of expression, human rights, political prisoner, technical cooperation, the EU's international role
• Case T-230/18: Action brought on 6 April 2018 — Czarnecki v Parliament

  • Published: 2018-04-06
  • Corporate Author(s): General Court (Court of Justice of the European Union)
  • Subject: elective office, equal treatment, freedom of expression, Member of the European Parliament, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, right to justice, rights of the defence, Vice-President of the EP