Fernando Mario Milano (Professor of Integration Law at the National University of Rosario and University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) With both blocs concluding negotiations on the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement, it is pertinent to conduct a cursory study on the potential implications of some of the issues linked to the entry into force of its trade … Read more
Editor’s note: This post is part of the EJIL:Talk! Symposium on ‘Expanding Human Rights Protection to Non-Human Subjects? African, Inter-American and European Perspectives.’ As is well known, unlike most other international human rights instruments, the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, to give it its full title, and the Protocols thereto (hereafter, also … Read more
There has been a veritable “turn to rights” in environmental and climate litigation, especially in the last five years. The EU has in the same period taken an “increasingly prominent role” in relation to climate change and adopted “a considerable amount of new climate legislation” (as observed by The Hague Court of Appeal in Shell/Milieudefensie). … Read more
Eve Hill was quoted as a legal authority in The New York Times about possible discrimination against people with disabilities in scientific research grants as a result of President Trump’s executive order. The New York Times reported that a postdoctoral researcher learned that his application for a National Institute of Health (NIH) grant, studying 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