Doktor U? The CJEU reconciles the right to a name with passport security

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"While the Court was right to say that the EU legislation requires the application of ICAO soft law, it did not acknowledge the great ambiguity in those rules. Indeed, it is striking that the Advocate-General’s opinion arrives at precisely the opposite interpretation of them. The objective of ensuring passport security could still have been achieved by providing a precise record of Doktor U’s current identity. And the Court would have surely reached this conclusion if it had performed in this case – as it always ought to do – an assessment of whether the interference in Doktor U’s right to his private life was proportionate and necessary."

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