Dit preadvies behandelt recente rechtspraak van het Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens en de Hoge Raad over mensenrechtenbescherming bij uitlevering binnen en buiten Europa. Het gaat tevens in op recente ontwikkelingen binnen de Europese Unie op het gebied van overlevering van verdachten en veroordeelden op basis van Europese aanhoudingsbevelen. Het preadvies is kritisch over de tendens in de rechtspraak van het Hof om de mensenrechtenbescherming bij uitlevering en overlevering binnen E...

Trafficking in human beings has become one of the most serious problems of the international community nowadays. Combating this phenomenon in an effective manner requires a comprehensive international approach of all countries.

Being aware of this, several international organisations

have launched a number of documents to fight against this phenomenon. The most representatives ones are the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, suppleme...

Het mededingingsrecht behoort tot de kern van het beleid van de Europese Unie. Europese integratie is voor een groot gedeelte marktintegratie. Rivaliteit tussen onderneming in de Europese arena moet leiden tot meer consumentenwelvaart op de interne markt van de EU. De toepassing en handhaving van het EU-mededingingsrecht zijn krachtig ter hand genomen door de Europese Commissie in de loop van de jaren. Toch staan de Europese regels voor de concurrentie niet op zichzelf. Ook de lidstaten hebbe...

In the European Union, a debate is on-going about the Europeanization of contract law. However, its impact on the different welfare states’ types, as they are developed in political science, has not been discussed elaborately.

Nearly all Member States of the European Union can be characterized as a welfare state or may be post-welfare state. There are many definitions and descriptions of the welfare state. It is generally accepted that social citizenship is a common characteristic of the w...

Geen enkele jurist kan nog om de Europese Unie (EU) en het Europese recht heen. Voor de één is het een vast onderdeel van de dagelijkse juridische routine. Voor de ander is het een vaak onverwachte, maar steeds terugkerende confrontatie. Eén ding is zeker: degelijke kennis van het Europese recht behoort tot de basisuitrusting van de hedendaagse jurist.

Dit boek biedt die basis

Het eerste algemene deel neemt je mee van de geschiedenis van de samenwerking in Europa, langs de organisatie, bev...

Sustainable development has become a central objective in national and international policy of development and the environment. Increasingly it also marks international and national law. In this book scholars in environmental law treat legal theories on sustainable development and how it may be operationalized, and topics related to its development in international law, European law, international trade and investment law, and within the climate regime.

The book marks the 20th anniversary of ...

Direct effect, consistent interpretation and state liability are instruments developed by the CJEU for national courts to remedy conflicts between national and EU law (and may also be used in some jurisdictions to resolve national law and international law). This book will look at the `remedial capacity of these doctrines/tools from the perspective of the national court applying them. In short: what are their strengths, weaknesses, unexplored opportunities at grassroot level, and what can we ...

This book addresses the conflict between climate change, other environmental concerns such as biodiversity, and international trade, focussing on the relationship between climate change mitigation and biodiversity protection in the bioenergy sector, taking into account the specific situation for imports from developing countries. The focal point is the sustainability criteria enacted by Directive 2009/28/EC (the so-called Renewable Energy Directive - RED). The document is divided into 6 parts...