The European Union directive 2011/95 deals with a very thorny question: the relationship between terrorism and the denial of refugee status. In fact, Article 12 of the directive provides that a person is not recognized ...

Undeniably, Public and Private international law have common roots, and courts have dwelled on a number of occasions whether or not they can apply the law of a State that is not recognised, or with whom the State of the ...

The article addresses the impact of the concept of social integration on the European Union citizenship regime. Despite the lack of a clear legal definition, integration is gradually becoming a key cross-cutting category ...

The European Institutions are currently examining a new reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). The reform at stake casts many doubts both with reference to the effectiveness of the measures provided in ...

From the outset, Community law had an absolute authority on national law. The primacy of the EU law has always been one of its fundamental characteristics which ensures its uniform application on the territory of the ...

The present paper investigates some recent developments related to the topic of the external dimension of the Area of Freedom Security and Justice (AFSJ). The proper qualification of the competence of the European Union ...

The Union has set the objective of developing an area of freedom, security and justice in which the access to justice for citizens and companies in cross border civil matters is ensured. In order to achieve an European ...

At the European Union level, the management of forced migration combines elements of the policy on external-border control and instruments of the Common European Asylum System. This article aims to examine how some of the ...

Children’s rights are addressed in various international instruments and in Brussels IIa Regulation (No 2201/2003). Having regard to EU competence in private international law issues related to family matters, Member ...