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CoE Anti-Torture Committee Urges Italian Prison Reform
September 19, 2017
The Council of Europe's (CoE) Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has released a report critiquing elements of the Italian penitentiary system it believes violate previous CoE recommendations, European Court of Human Rights case law, and the 1984 UN Convention on Torture.
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ECJ Limits National Options in GMO Debate
September 19, 2017
The Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has ruled that EU member states may not take emergency measures to prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified food that has been approved by the European Commission without evidence of “serious” health or environmental risk.
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NGOs: EU Energy Plan Should Consider Social Costs
September 19, 2017
Nongovernmental organization participants on the European Economic and Social Committee have expressed concern over the European Commission's proposed Clean Energy for All Europeans package, which they predict may put 50 million Europeans at risk of “energy poverty.”
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UK Paper Proposes Post-Brexit EU Migration Restrictions
September 18, 2017
The Guardian reports that a document leaked from the UK Home Office proposes new restrictions on migrants from EU countries following Brexit, including a prioritization of highly skilled labor in migration policy and limits on the rights of EU migrants to settle and bring family members to Britain.
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Polish President Criticizes Multi-speed EU Proposal
September 18, 2017
Bloomberg reports that, at a recent economic forum, Polish President Andrzej Duda warned that Western European countries pushing for a multi-speed EU, in which some countries could transfer their sovereign powers to the supranational organization at a faster pace than others, threaten to a create a "B-Class" of EU members and risk the dissolution of the bloc.
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