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Enseñanzas extraídas de la COVID-19 y recomendaciones para el futuro
Durante el Pleno de julio, está previsto que el Parlamento Europeo debata el informe final de su Comisión Especial sobre la Pandemia de COVID-19 y vote una serie de recomendaciones para mejorar la preparación de la Unión frente a futuras emergencias sanitarias.
Artificial intelligence [What Think Tanks are thinking]
On 14 June 2023, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the draft Artificial Intelligence Act, strengthening some provisions to protect people better from potential violations of their fundamental rights. Following this vote, Parliament will start negotiations with the national governments and the European Commission on the final shape of the legislation, which will be a decisive step in the European Union becoming the world’s first region to regulate artificial intelligence ...
Advance Passenger Information (API) - An analysis of the European Commission’s proposals to reform the API legal framework
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, aims to analyse the European Commission’s proposals to reform the legal framework on the processing of Advance Passenger Information (API) data. The analysis takes stock of the current legal framework regarding the processing of travellers’ data. Then, it provides an outline of the Commission’s proposals, followed by an assessment of the fundamental ...
Plenary round-up – May II 2023
Among the key moments of the May II plenary session were debates on breaches of the rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary and frozen EU funds, and on the threat to democracy and the rule of law in Poland, in particular through the creation of an investigative committee. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, made a statement on the 10-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh. Another debate addressed the social and economic costs of climate change in light ...
Disappearance of migrant children in the EU
Between 2018 and 2020, over 18 000 migrant and refugee children were reported as missing in Europe. It is feared that many may have been exploited and abused for sexual or labour purposes. The European Parliament has repeatedly stressed the need to address the disappearance of migrant children in the EU. The conflict in Ukraine and the subsequent mass displacement of people have only made the situation worse, creating fertile ground for criminal networks to take advantage of vulnerable people, especially ...
Plataformas de redes sociales y retos para la democracia, el Estado de Derecho y los derechos fundamentales
El presente estudio, encargado por el Departamento Temático de Derechos de los Ciudadanos y Asuntos Constitucionales del Parlamento Europeo a petición de la Comisión LIBE, examina los riesgos que las redes sociales contemporáneas - haciendo especial hincapié en las plataformas más utilizadas - plantean para la democracia, el Estado de Derecho y los derechos fundamentales. El estudio se centra en la gobernanza de los contenidos en línea, ofrece una evaluación de la legislación vigente de la UE y de ...
The European Court of Justice’s jurisdiction over national judiciary-related measures.
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the AFCO Committee, focuses on the scope of the CJEU’s jurisdiction over national measures relating to the organisation of national judiciaries. After providing an overview of the legal framework post Lisbon Treaty, the study offers a chronological outline and a transversal assessment of the CJEU’s case law relating to the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU ...
Directrices de la UE sobre los defensores de los derechos humanos
Las Directrices de la Unión Europea sobre los defensores de los derechos humanos, adoptadas en 2004 y revisadas en 2008, establecen un marco y unos instrumentos para la protección de los defensores de los derechos humanos en terceros países. Durante el período parcial de sesiones de marzo I, los diputados debatirán su aplicación, sobre la base de un informe de evaluación de propia iniciativa de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores del Parlamento. Posteriormente, dentro del período de sesiones, el Consejo ...
Cárceles y condiciones de reclusión en la Unión
Este estudio, encargado por el Departamento Temático de Derechos de los Ciudadanos y Asuntos Constitucionales del Parlamento Europeo a petición de la Comisión LIBE, tiene por objeto facilitar información de referencia y recomendaciones políticas relativas a las cárceles y condiciones de reclusión en la Unión sobre la base de reglamentos, legislación, políticas y prácticas nacionales y europeas.
The situation of Article 2 TEU values in Greece - LIBE mission to Greece 6-8 March 2023
This study, written by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group, examines the situation of Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in Greece and how Article 2 TEU values are respected and implemented in the country.