comment on the Advocate General’s opinion in joined cases C‑758/24 [Alace] and C‑759/24 [Canpelli] – Go Health Pro

comment on the Advocate General’s opinion in joined cases C‑758/24 [Alace] and C‑759/24 [Canpelli] – Go Health Pro

        Matteo Zamboni (human rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a partner to the Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of London)   Photo credit: Matteo Zamboni – The Grand Chamber of the CJEU in Luxembourg before the hearing of 25 February 2025     Introduction   … Read more

The First General Comment of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The First General Comment of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The Optional Protocol to the UN Torture Convention (OPCAT) is unique amongst the UN human rights treaties and their Optional Protocols. Unique as it is not normative because it does not set out a new right which would be additional to those elaborated in the Torture Convention itself. Nor is it purely procedural as it … Read more

A Comment on Alex Wentker’s Book – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The First General Comment of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

I doubt that a doctoral thesis – and then a book – on international law could be more timely than Alexander Wentker’s Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law. The ongoing wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East, among others, raise difficult questions of conflict classification and party status as a matter of … Read more

A comment on the AG’s Opinion in C 19/23 Denmark v Parliament and Council · European Law Blog – Go Health Pro

A comment on the AG’s Opinion in C 19/23 Denmark v Parliament and Council · European Law Blog – Go Health Pro

Rekindling the ultra-vires debate? Most lawyers in the field of European Union law seem to have reached an (unspoken) consensus that breaches of the principle of conferral of powers (Art. 5(2) TEU) either do not occur or can not be successfully challenged before the ECJ anyway. Contrary to this, Advocate General (AG) Emiliou’s Opinion from … Read more

DCNR Invites Public Comment to Shape a Bold Vision for Outdoor Recreation in Pennsylvania – Go Health Pro

DCNR Invites Public Comment to Shape a Bold Vision for Outdoor Recreation in Pennsylvania – Go Health Pro

Press Release posted 31 January 2025 A draft of the 2025-2029 SCORP will be open for public comment from February 3 to March 3, 2025. Feedback will help to shape the Commonwealth’s upcoming 2025-2029 Pennsylvania Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP). Surveys found public support for accessible, equitable, and modernized recreation opportunities.   The Department … Read more