Prosecutors in the EU are increasingly cumulating charges against returning foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), members of ISIS and its affiliates, with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, so-called core international crimes. In over 20 cases in five Member States, judgments have been delivered or investigations and trials are ongoing where FTFs are charged not […]
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Intensified judicial response to serious cross-border crimes
Judicial authorities across the EU increasingly turn to Eurojust, the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, to work together to tackle serious cross-border crime. Eurojust’s 2019 Annual Report, shows that prosecutors from across the European Union and beyond turned to Eurojust for tailor-made support in nearly 8 000 cases, an increase of 17% compared with 2018. […]
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Rapid action via Eurojust leads to arrest of 10 human traffickers
With a rapid intervention via Eurojust, 10 suspects of human trafficking have been arrested and five others placed under judicial control by the Romanian authorities. Two female victims were brought to safety, one of whom was under immediate threat from the criminal network, requiring swift coordination and action within four working days. Three places were […]
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Judgment of the CJEU on homophobic discrimination in the workplace
Homophobic statements constitute discrimination in employment and occupation when they are made by a person who has or may be perceived as having a decisive influence on an employer’s recruitment policy. In the judgment in Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI (C-507/18), delivered on 23 April 2020, the Court held that statements made by a […]
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Medidas contra la violencia doméstica durante el confinamiento
Tanto a nivel global como en algunos países de la UE se ha detectado un incremento de los casos de violencia doméstica tras imponer medidas de confinamiento. Las mujeres en relaciones de violencia están obligadas a permanecer en casa, más expuestas por tanto al riesgo de abuso. También es más difícil contactar con los servicios de […]
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Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have failed to fulfil their obligations under European Union law
Those Member States can rely neither on their responsibilities concerning the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of internal security, nor on the alleged malfunctioning of the relocation mechanism to avoid implementing that mechanism. In the judgment in Commission v Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic (C-715/17, C-718/17 and C-719/17), delivered on 2 […]
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Judgment of the ECJ on the imposition of compensation claims for flight delays
A passenger who reserved his or her flight through a travel agency may bring an action for compensation for a long flight delay against the air carrier before the courts of the place of departure of the flight By it judgment, the Court notes, first of all, that the concept of an operating air carrier […]
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New practice directions for parties in cases before the Court
Following the recent amendments made to the Rules of Procedure of the Court, this new version seeks in particular to bring to the attention of agents and lawyers some recent developments connected with, inter alia, the protection of personal data or the handling of appeals. The written stage of the procedure Provided a measure rendering data anonymous […]
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Spanish courts must ensure that clauses in mortgage loan contracts providing for the application of a variable interest rate are clear and understandable
If the court concludes that such terms are unfair, it may replace it with a statutory rate applicable on a supplementary basis in order to protect the consumers concerned from the particularly harmful consequences which could result from the cancellation of the loan contract. In its judgment in Case C-125/18 Gómez del Moral Guasch, delivered […]
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