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JURIST
APRIL 9, 2024
Since 1949, NATO’s membership has grown to include Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, the UK and the US.
JURIST
MARCH 17, 2021
Portugal’s Constitutional Court ruled Monday that legislation that would permit physician assisted death is unconstitutional. The court focused on Articles 2 and 24 of the Portuguese Constitution. Article 2 guarantees respect for “fundamental rights and freedoms.”
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
APRIL 9, 2024
The implications are far-reaching – not only in terms of the positive obligations of the Council of Europe member states regarding climate protection but also for the judicial enforcement of human rights related to the climate crisis by NGOs. Moreover, the Court found a violation of the right of access to court (Article 6 of the ECHR).
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
APRIL 4, 2024
The European Court of Human Rights has been asked to adjudicate in two significant ‘ambition’ cases – one against Switzerland , and another against 33 Member States of the Council of Europe (among others). Communities in Europe and beyond eagerly await the Court’s judgments, which will be announced on 9 April 2024.
Conflict of Laws
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
With some exceptions, this minimal use of the ESCP fits the general trend across Europe ( Deloitte Report ). Available public statistics in Portugal, Lithuania, and Luxembourg do not reveal any significant change in the use of the ESCP after 2017, the year the amendment entered into force.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Countries that signed the Paris Agreement have a duty to mitigate their emissions in order to keep global warming below 2°C, but that duty is not identical for each country. The plaintiffs calculated how much global emissions targets must decrease, in aggregate, to keep warming below 2°C. The plaintiffs in A Sud et al.
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 5, 2023
the right to a compulsory portion), others may simply wish to spend the remaining parts of their lives in milder climates, e.g. the Mediterranean, or look for a place to stay where the cost of living is lower, e.g. in some parts of Eastern Europe. 49(2) and (3) HAPC. 81(2) TFEU instead. 59(1)(b) and (2) EUAPR).
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