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| TAIWAN URGES CHINA TO REVOKE ANTI-SECESSION LAW | The government urged China Saturday to
drop its aggressive approach to dealing with Taiwan by annulling its
anti-secession law and removing its missiles targeting Taiwan, on
the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the law by Beijing. The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said in a statement that
revoking such "outmoded" legislation is essential to restoring peace
and stability in the Taiwan Strait and creating a mutually beneficial
situation. | | Published in 16-03-2009 by Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium |
| NEW REPORTING OBLIGATIONS FOR LUXEMBOURG SECURITISATION VEHICLES | Recognising the close links between the securitisation activities of financial vehicles corporations engaged in securitisation transactions (FVCs) and monetary financial institutions, the European Central Bank (ECB) has adopted on December 19, 2008 Regulation (EC) No 24/2009 concerning statistics on the assets and liabilities of FVCs (the ECB Regulation). The ECB Regulation is directly applicable and applies to Luxembourg FVCs, notably (i) securitisation vehicles, subject to the Luxembourg law o March 22, 2004 on securitisation (the 2004 Law) and (ii) securitisation vehicles established as o | | Published in 09-03-2009 by Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg |
| THE DATA RETENTION DIRECTIVE IS FOUNDED ON AN APPROPRIATE LEGAL BASIS | Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks. Accordingly, it was necessary to adopt the directive on the basis of Article 95 EC. The Court finds that the provisions of the directive are essentially limited to the activities of service providers and do not govern access to data or the use thereof by the police o judicial authorities of the Member Statesand thedirective was correctly adopted on the basis of t | | Published in 10-02-2009 by http://curia.europa.eu |
| ADVOCATE GENERAL’S OPINION IN CASE C-369/07 | Advocate General Mengozzi suggests that the Court reduce the financial penalties proposed by the commission for the non-recovery by Greece of the state aid granted to Olympic airways and declared unlawful by the Court of Justice | | Published in 05-02-2009 by http://curia.europa.eu |
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| CHAMBER JUDGMENT KARA V. TURKEY | The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing its Chamber judgment in the case of Kara v. Turkey
The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 10[(freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights on account of the applicant’s criminal conviction for deciding to go on hunger strike and distributing leaflets in protest against F-type prisons. [
| | Published in 30-06-2009 by cmiskp.echr.coe |
| CHAMBER JUDGMENT HERRI BATASUNA AND BATASUNA V. SPAIN, ETXEBERRIA AND OTHERS V. SPAIN, HERRITARREN ZERRENDA V. SPAIN | The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing three Chamber judgments1 in the cases of Herri Batasuna and Batasuna v. Spain, Etxeberría and Others v. Spainand Herritarren Zerrenda v. Spain. The first cases concern the dissolution of the political parties Herri Batasuna and Batasuna. The second and third cases concern the disqualification from standing for election imposed on the applicants on account of their activitiesithin the political parties that had been declared illegal and dissolved | | Published in 30-06-2009 by cmiskp.echr.coe |
| CHAMBER JUDGMENT VIOREL BURZO V. ROMANIA | The European Court of Human Rights has notified in writing its Chamber judgment in the case of [Viorel Burzo v. Romania .
The Court held unanimously that there had been
· a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights on account of the conditions of the applicant’s detention;
[· a violation of Article 5 § 3 (right to liberty and security) of the Convention in that theapplicant had not been brought promptly before a judicial authority on being taken into detention | | Published in 30-06-2009 by cmiskp.echr.coe |
| CHAMBER JUDGMENT BEGANOVIĆ V. CROATIA | The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing its Chamber judgment in the case of [Beganović v. Croatia . The case concerned Mr Beganović’s complaint that, following a violent attack against him, the domestic authorities failed to carry out an effective investigation and prosecution. The Court held unanimously that: · there had been a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights,on account of deficient criminal-law procedures followed by the national authorities in respect | | Published in 25-06-2009 by cmiskp.echr.coe |
| CHAMBER JUDGMENT LIIVIK V. ESTONIA | The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing its Chamber judgment in the case of [Liivik v. Estonia
The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 7 (no punishment without law) ”nulla poena sine lege” of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the fact that the applicant, convicted of abuse of office in a privatisation agreement concerning Estonian Railways (“ER”), could not have foreseen under the criminallaw applicable at the relevant time that his acts had constituted a criminal offence | | Published in 25-06-2009 by cmiskp.echr.coe |
| CHAMBER JUDGMENT ZOUBOULIDIS V. GREECE (NO. 2 | The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing its Chamber judgment1 in the case of Zouboulidis v. Greece (No. 2) .
The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the European Convention on Human Rights on account of the limitation periods applied for payment of debts owed by the State to one of its contractual employees.
Complaint
Relying on Article 1 of Protoco No | | Published in 25-06-2009 by cmiskp.echr.coe |
| CHAMBER JUDGMENT MINASYAN AND SEMERJYAN V. ARMENIA | The European Court of Human Rights has notified in writing its Chamber judgment1 in the case of Minasyan and Semerjyan v. Armenia . The case concerned the demolition of the applicants’ flat for State construction projects. The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the European Convention on Human Rights, on account of the fact that the applicants had been deprived of their flat without a lawfulbasis | | Published in 23-06-2009 by cmiskp.echr.coe |
| TWO CHAMBER JUDGMENTS V. SERBIA | The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing its two Chamber judgments in the cases of Bodrožić and Vujin v. Serbia and Bodrožić v. Serbia .The cases concerned the criminal sentencing of the applicants for having written two articles perceived as offensive. The Court held unanimously that, in both cases, there had been a violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights, on account of the criminalsanctions imposed on the applicants for exercising their journalistic freedom having been exce | | Published in 23-06-2009 by cmiskp.echr.coe |
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