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Launch of CEU Democracy Institute Rule of Law Clinic report, ‘Rule of Law beyond the EU Member States: Assessing the Union’s Performance 2025’

In 2024, the Rule of Law Clinic at the CEU Democracy Institute (Budapest) published the first edition of the missing rule of law chapter: an independently produced report assessing the...

The Rule of Law beyond the EU Member States: Assessing the Union’s Performance 2025

The European Policy Centre, its Connecting Europe project, and the CEU Democracy Institute are pleased to invite you to the upcoming event “The Rule of Law beyond the EU Member...

‘Present and Futureof the Rule of Law in the EU’ – Workshop at UCD, Dublin

CEU Democracy Institute Rule of Law Clinic and UCD Sutherland School of Law and joinly organised a workshop ‘Present and Futureof the Rule of Law in the EU’ (4 April...

Hearings before the European Court of Human Rights

On 12 February 2025 the European Court of Human Rights held hearings in cases concerning EU-Belarusian border crisis. The Rule of Law Clinic submitted third party interventions in two cases:...

Rule of Law at a Crossroads: The Walesa Case as a Catalyst for Rebuilding Judicial Independence?

The CEU Democracy Institute Rule of Law Clinic, the Review of Democracy (RevDem), and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law (BIICL) held a webinar on November 27, 2024,...

Rule of Law Clinic submitted an amicus curiae brief in an EU-Belarusian border crisis case

Rule of Law Clinic submitted an amicus curiae brief to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of H.M.M. and Others v. Latvia (application no. 42165/21)....

Launch of the report “Rule of Law beyond the EU Member States”

On 28 October 2024 a new report of the Rule of Law Clinic was launched at the European Policy Center in Brussels....

Rule of Law beyond the EU Member States: Assessing the Union’s Performance

A new independent report led by the Rule of Law Clinic at the CEU Democracy Institute (Budapest), seeks to examine the EU's own adherence to rule of law requirements....

A Guide to Protecting the Rule of Law in the European Courts Amid Democratic Backsliding

CEELI Institute in Prague published a study "A Guide to Protecting the Rule of Law in the European Courts Amid Democratic Backsliding" co-authored by Laurent Pech....

Omer Shatz Testifies Before Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe

Omer Shatz, Senior Research Fellow at the CEU DI Rule of Law Clinic and the legal director of front-LEX, an NGO challenging EU migration policies via strategic litigation, has testified...

The Rule of Law beyond the EU Member States: Assessing the Union’s Performance

Policy Dialogue, co-organised with the Rule of Law Clinic at the CEU Democracy Institute, will present the main findings of the 'Shadow Rule of Law Report' and discuss the major...

Third-party intervention in Danileţ v Romania

On 16 October 2024, the CEU DI Rule of Law Clinic submitted the third-party intervention in Danileţ v Romania case. The case concerned a disciplinary sanction imposed on a judge...

Rule of Law Clinic submitted amicus curiae briefs in EU-Belarusian border crisis case

Rule of Law Clinic submitted an amicus curiae brief to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of C.O.C.G. and Others v. Lithuania (application no. 17764/22)....

Amicus curiae briefs in so-called Stop Soros cases

Rule of Law Clinic submitted third-party intervention in cases pending before the European Court of Human Rights and dealing with the consequences of the so-called Stop Soros legislation adopted in...

Review of Democracy: Incremental Rule of Law Restoration? Polish Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar in Budapest

On May 27 the CEU Democracy Institute Rule of Law clinic was launched with an inaugural lecture from the Minister for Justice of Poland Adam Bodnar. The event provided a...

Interview with Aleksandra Ancite-Jepifánova at RevDem

In latest RevDem Rule of Law podcast Oliver Garner discusses securitization’ of EU refugee law with Aleksandra Ancite-Jepifánova. She is a Research Affiliate with the Refugee Law Initiative at the...

Omer Shatz’s lecture at Columbia University

Omer Shatz (Research Affiliate at CEU Rule of Law Clinic) delivered a lecture ‘EU Crimes against Humanity and Failed Success for Human Rights’ at the seminar organized by the European...

‘A Playbook for Reinstating the Rule of Law’ Conference in Freiburg (20–21 June 2024)

Barbara Grabowska-Moroz and Dimitry Kochenov participated in a conference 'A Playbook for Reinstating the Rule of Law' organized by University of Freiburg....

“Rule of Law and the People of Europe” conference at King’s College London

On 10 May 2024 Dimitry Kochenov participated in a conference “Rule of Law and the People of Europe” at King’s College London. The European Union’s Rule of Law actions to...

Rule of Law Clinic submitted amicus curiae briefs in EU-Belarusian border crisis cases

Rule of Law Clinic submitted amicus curiae briefs to the European Court of Human Rights in two cases: S.S. v Latvia (application no. 15408/23) and M.A. and Others v Latvia...

Columbia University a double public lecture series ‘EU Crimes against Humanity and the Breakdown of the Rule of Law’ (with Omer Shatz and Sarah Ganty), New York, USA.

EU Crimes against Humanity and the Breakdown of the Rule of Law

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Launch of the book Law, Populism, and the Political in Central and Eastern Europe

The CEU Democracy Institute Rule of Law Clinic cordially invites you to the launch of the book Law, Populism, and the Political in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Rafał Mańko, Adam Sulikowski, Przemysław...

Fundamental Rights Agency, ‘Enhancing the Implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights’ conference talk, EFTA House, Brussels, Belgium.

Fundamental Rigths Agency

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