State Liablity - Ten years after Francovich / Is German State Liability law compatible with EC law?

This paper focuses on a comparison of German law on state liability with European state liability rules, as they have been developed through case law since Francovich. The paper is divided into three main parts. A short overview of procedural aspect explaining when and how Member States can be held liable and which remedies are available for the individual, as well as a description of the case law

European Criminal Law

Towards a rights-based approach? - Third country nationals legally long-term resident within the European Union and the fundamental freedom of movement rights

Third Country Nationals in the European Union

Keck and Mithouard

Article 28 is one of the key Treaty Articles concerning the integration of national markets. But finding the right way to apply Article 28 is far from being easy, as history shows. The ECJ has not been consistent in its case law on Article 28 EC. The main problem in its approach in the application of Article 28 has been the wideness of the Dassonville-formula, which by its wording catches smallest

Harmful Taxation, from an Icelandic Perspective

Flexibility of the TRIPS Agreement with regard to Patent Protection

Pharmaceutical Patent in the PR China-Adjustment in Public Health Concern

Where are the women? A gender approch to refugee law

The Protection of Minorities: Problems of Application of Article 27 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Identification of Minorities

PROMOTING POLICE OBSERVANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

In breach of the 'overarching principle'. Judicial oversight of administrative decisions as a prerequisite for effective implementation of non-refoulement: Australia in focus.

BREAKING THE WALL OF IMMUNITY - QUESTIONS RAISED BY EICHMANN, FILARTIGA, PINOCHET AND MILOSEVIC TRIALS

As the wars on the Balkans emerged in the early 1990's and continued to colour the European reality over almost a decade, a fierce debate regarding questions of guilt, necessary actions, and roads to peace was initiated. In Sweden it was not as broad and competent as in other European countries, but it did allow certain odd features in the everyday life, such as a party, 'the Sarajevo-list

Remedies and Enforcement Procedures of Patent Rights

TRIPs and Agricultural Biotechnology: Implications on the Right to Food in Africa

The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.

It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. For example, the value of the

THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHTS AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTION IN KENYA

International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms and their Effectiveness-Emphasis on The Human Rights Committee ,The African Commission and The ILO

The Effect of HIV/AIDS on the Right to Education: South Africa In Focus

Human rights education initiatives in ethiopia: challenges and opportunities

Almost all states around the world have ratified the ICCPR and ICESCR in which the main human rights standards are stipulated. Many have accepted the other relevant international human rights instruments including CRC, CERD, CEDAW and CAT. Many have also incorporated human rights provisions in their Constitutions. Ethiopia is one of the countries that have ratified all the major human rights instr