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EU: Council of the European Union: Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR)
The latest four-column table with Presidency drafting suggestions and comments on the different issues discussed so far with the European Parliament. The final trilogue with the EP is scheduled to take place on 29 May Read More
EU: Council of the European Union: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer
Four column table ahead of the meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Counsellors on 7 May 2013. See: 8973/13 (pdf) Read More
EU: Aerial surveillance at the Greece-Turkey border: Frontex wants to buy a plane
30.04.2013 - The EU border agency, Frontex, is looking to buy a plane that will allow it to undertake night-time surveillance of the land border between Greece and Turkey as part of a pilot project Read More
State of Civil Society report 2013: How international rules on countering the financing of terrorism impact civil society by Ben Hayes
"This chapter describes some of the ways in which the work of civil society organisations continues to be constrained by the global CFT [countering the financing of terrorism] framework. Although many of these effects may Read More
SPAIN: Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes two reports on Spain
The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has today published the report on its sixth periodic visit to Spain, which took place in May-June Read More
EU: Council of the European Union: Fifth Activity Report of the Joint Supervisory Body of Europol, October 2008 – October 2012
The Joint Supervisory Body is an independent body established to ensure the protection of citizens' data protection rights in relation to Europol's storage, processing and use of personal data. See: 8659/13 (pdf) Read More
EU: Joint Supervisory Body of Europol: Implementation of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) Agreement: assessment of the follow-up of the JSB recommendations
“There is a clear tension between the idea of limiting the amount of data to be transmitted by tailoring and narrowing the requests and the nature of the TFTP...These are political issues and it is Read More
EU: EURODAC: Asylum seeker database plan shows EU’s hypocrisy on human rights
Plans to routinely share asylum seeker data - including finger prints - with police is a 'breach of EU law' but the proposal is a fait accompli - says MEP. See: Full article (Public Service Read More
EU: EU needs to stop multinationals ‘blacklisting’ workers
Corporations operating in the UK, France, Ireland and Sweden have been accused of 'blacklisting' so it is time for the EU to legislate to outlaw the practice - says MEP See: Full article (Public Service Read More
UK: Armed drones operated from RAF base in UK, says MoD
"Armed drone aircraft have been operated remotely from Britain for the first time, the Ministry of Defence has said... The drones are mainly used for surveillance, but could use weapons if commanded to by their Read More