João Pedro Sousa (master’s student in European Union Law at the School of Law of the University of Minho) 1. Preliminary considerations Judicial independence is a fundamental pillar of the rule of law enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). It guarantees that judges are free from external pressures – whether … Read more
Juan Gálvez Galisteo (PhD student at the University of Seville, undertaking a research stay at the University of Minho) I. 27 February 2018. This is the date on which the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its landmark judgment in the “Portuguese Judges” case [Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses v. Tribunal … Read more
In July 2024, I wrote, together with Chhaya Bharwaj, that the execution of the first climate mitigation judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, Verein KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland, was a space to watch. This was because the Court found, for the first time, that the lack of an adequate legislative framework to mitigate the … Read more
João Pedro Sousa (master’s student in European Union Law at the School of Law of the University of Minho) 1. Introduction Protecting personal data is a cornerstone of the European Union (EU) legal framework, safeguarded by Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFREU) and Article 16 of the Treaty … Read more
On 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Case C-134/23 Elliniko Symvoulio, concerning the Greek designation of Turkey as a ‘safe third country’ for the purposes of international protection. The case shows that the EU’s inadequate response to the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ continues to echo in legal challenges across its courts. … Read more