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ECHR Text Forms Basis for Major UK Privacy Ruling
May 20, 2016
The Telegraph explains how the UK Human Rights Act, which implemented the European Convention on Human Rights in British law, has become the first "privacy law" used to suppress news stories on public figures in the country.
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EU Commission Threatens Poland with "Rule of Law Opinion"
May 19, 2016
Politico reports that, in its review of the Polish Government's dispute with the country's Constitutional Tribunal, the European Commission has authorized the communication of a confidential "Rule of Law Opinion" to Poland next week unless government authorities make "significant progress" in resolving the situation before that time.
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MP Criticizes Omission of "Sovereignty Bill" from UK Agenda
May 19, 2016
UK Member of Parliament Iain Duncan Smith has criticized the British Government for omitting a so-called "Sovereignty Bill," which would assert parliamentary supremacy against certain opinions of the Court of Justice of the EU, from its announced agenda for the current parliamentary term.
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EU Seeks European Content Quota for Streaming Services
May 19, 2016
EurActiv reports that the European Commission plans to revise the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive to require streaming services such as Netflix to offer at least 20 percent European content and to permit EU member states to require such streaming services to contribute to the funding of the production of European television shows and films.
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ECtHR Penalizes UK for Long Detention of Iranian National
May 19, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the UK to pay damages and costs to a convicted Iranian sex offender for leaving the man in detention for 55 months while the government attempted to convince him to return to Iran.
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