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Responsibility for search and rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean
Governments and ship's masters are obliged, under international law, to assist people and vessels in distress at sea. They must provide this assistance regardless of the nationality, status, or the circumstances in which those in distress are found. They must apply these rules without prejudice to their obligations deriving from international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly the ban on refoulement. European Union (EU) Member States' search and rescue (SAR) and disembarkation ...
Recherche pour la commission PECH La politique de l’Union en matière d’océans et de pêche − Dernières évolutions et défis à venir
Ce document est une synthèse de l’étude intitulée «La politique de l’Union en matière d’océans et de pêche − Dernières évolutions et défis à venir». L’intégralité de l’étude, disponible en anglais, peut être téléchargée à l’adresse suivante: https://bit.ly/3TrT54k.
Enlèvements parentaux vers des pays tiers
Les enlèvements parentaux transfrontières d’enfants commis dans l’Union européenne sont régis par la convention de La Haye de 1980 sur les aspects civils de l’enlèvement international d’enfants et, à l’exception du Danemark, par le règlement Bruxelles II ter. Les pays qui ne sont pas des États membres de l’Union peuvent être contractants ou non à la Convention, mais ils ne sont pas liés par le règlement Bruxelles II ter. Des travaux de recherche ont montré que les conséquences souvent négatives et ...
Demandes transfrontières de restitution d’oeuvres d’art pillées
Cette étude traite des demandes transfrontières de restitution d’oeuvres d’art pillées au regard des pillages coloniaux et des oeuvres d’art spoliées par les nazis, mais aussi des pertes culturelles plus récentes causées par le commerce illicite. Malgré les différences notables qui distinguent les cas de figure envisagés, ceux-ci présentent des similarités. L’étude met en évidence les angles morts des cadres juridique et politique et propose des recommandations pour y remédier. La présente étude ...
Policy departments Monthly Highlights - July 2023
The opposition of models and narratives in the field of human rights.
This In-depth analysis focuses on competing human rights narratives, particularly those that challenge or undermine the priorities set out in the European Union (EU) Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. It identifies the strategies deployed to advance those narratives internationally, some of the main proponents of those narratives and key motivations for those agendas. The paper provides evidence-based recommendations for ways in which the EU may counter those narratives. In particular ...
Commission Proposal for a Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market: The issue of remedies.
The European Union (EU) is committed to the elimination of forced labour, a denial of rights of which there are 28 million victims globally. In September 2022, the European Commission proposed a Regulation to ban all products made by forced labour from the EU market (COM (2022) 453). This proposal has been criticised for failing to facilitate remedies for forced labour victims, in line with EU and global standards such as the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This Briefing ...
Monthly highlights April 2023
Strengthening the right to participate: legitimacy and resilience of electoral processes in illiberal political systems and authoritarian regimes
In 2022, the Human Rights Subcommittee decided to prepare a Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on how to respond to undemocratic elections by strengthening the human right to participate in public affairs. On 25 January 2023, a Workshop was organised on behalf of the Human Rights Subcommittee to discuss the challenge of elections in authoritarian countries from a human rights perspective. It focused on authoritarian ...
Policy Departments’ Monthly Highlights - January 2023
The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.