Monitoring EU Justice & Home Affairs
policy
Statewatch is
the only non-governmental organisation that systematically monitors
the EU justice and home affairs policy field as a whole.
It produces two unique resources.
Statewatch
European Monitor
The Monitor is
a monthly, web-based publication covering all developments in
EU justice and home affairs policy. It contains links to adopted
measures, legislative developments and new proposals, as well
as background, analysis and critique from Statewatch and other
civil society groups.
Current issue of the Monitor
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The
SEMDOC website
SEMDOC,
the Statewatch European Monitoring and Documentation Centre,
produces a website and information services to encourage critical
research on EU Justice and Home Affairs policy.
SEMDOC legislative observatory
The SEMDOC legislative
observatory details the background and status of every measure
adopted, proposed or forthcoming under the justice and home affairs
(JHA) titles in the TEC and TEU since the entry into force of
the Amsterdam Treaty. There is also an archive containing the
text and status of all binding JHA measures adopted during the
Maastricht period (Nov 1993-April 1999). The observatory also
covers international JHA treaties, case law and other relevant
proposals from the 'mainstream' EC treaty. Each measure contains
links to full-text documents, details on the legal base, background,
flexibility ("opt-ins" by the UK, Ireland, Denmark,
Iceland or Norway), implementation procedures, the legislative
status within the Council, Commission and European Parliament
and links to civil society analyses. It is updated every month
an contains more than 300 measures.
News & Analyses
"What's new?"
lists the latest material on JHA issues from a range of sources.
Analysis of key developments, new proposals, background documents,
implementation matters, policy discussions, strategy papers and
progress reports.
JHA Council & "acquis", Key
Texts, Links
SEMDOC contains
the agendas, minutes and press-releases from JHA Councils and
complete the JHA "acquis", comprised of all the texts
adopted during the TREVI, Maastricht and current Amsterdam period
of policy making. SEMDOC maintains a complete list (including
the "confidential" TREVI acquis). Those documents not
available online can be ordered (online) from SEMDOC. The "key
texts" page contains the justice and home affairs provisions
in the TEU and TEC, as well as relevant provisions from the Treaty
of Nice. It also covers the Schengen agreement, implementing
convention and protocol, JHA conventions (Europol, Dublin, mutual
legal assistance etc.), action plans, strategy papers, work programmes
and other key texts. Links direct users to key pages in the Council,
Commission and Parliament sites. The Europol acquis of adopted
texts affecting the European Police Office is also detailed in
full. SEMDOC also carries all reports from the European Parliament's
"Citizens' Rights and Freedoms" Committee.
Databases
The SEMDOC website
contains two searchable databases. The "SEMDOC I" database
contains EU Conventions,
Joint Actions, Recommendations, Decisions, reports and press
releases from 1993 to the end of 2000 (it will be updated again
soon). Users can search for terms against the full text of these
documents. The "SEMDOC II" database contains bibliographic
records of 6,000 JHA documents held in the SEMDOC archives. It
covers TREVI, Schengen and Maastricht and includes documents
from the Council, Commission and Parliament. Copies of the documents
can be ordered from Statewatch (a charge may be made to cover
copying and postage). Users can search the bibliographic records
by document reference number or keyword(s). SEMDOC II has not
been updated since the end of 2000, following the creation of
the public register of EU documents (which only lists documents
from mid-1999 onwards). Links are provided to the searchable
databases of the institutions.
Updates by e-mail
Users of the website
can register their e-mail address to receive regular announcements
from SEMDOC about new material on the website and JHA issues.
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