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EC Takes Finland to Court over Bird Hunting
April 20, 2018
Highlighting the extent to which EU policy influences a range of local environmental decisions throughout the bloc, the European Commission (EC) recently referred the Government of Finland to the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) for illegal hunting of male wild birds called eiders in a province of the country.
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CoE Issues Guidelines on Media "Pluralism"
April 20, 2018
The Council of Europe's (CoE) Committee of Ministers has launched new, "comprehensive" guidelines on how CoE member states should promote media "pluralism" and how they should develop regulations that require transparency in the ownership of media platforms.
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Poland Argues Judicial Reforms Align with EU Practices
April 20, 2018
Politico reports that the Polish Government has sent the European Commission and European capitals a "white book" seeking to explain how its recent judicial reforms bring the country in line with the practice of other EU member states and asserting that the changes even strengthen the independence of the country's judiciary.
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EU Council Seeks "Level Playing Field" with UK
April 19, 2018
Hugh Bennett of BrexitCentral examines a recent negotiating document released by the European Council that includes a call for "robust guarantees which ensure a level playing field" between the UK and EU after Brexit, a provision that would lock Britain into adopting standards dictated by the EU and potentially into EU court jurisdiction after it departs the bloc.
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ECtHR Rules Against "Formalistic" Russian Judgment
April 19, 2018
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recently held that a Russian court had violated an appellant's right of access to a tribunal by engaging in a review of his request to reopen a time-barred appeal that the ECtHR considered to be "excessively formalistic" and a "rigid interpretation of domestic law."
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