SELECTION OF BRIEFING PAPERS PREPARED FOR THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

For the DG for Internal Policies - Policy Department C. Citizen's Rights and Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament

 

Towards a New EU Legal Framework for Data Protection and Privacy: Challenges, Principles and the Role of the European ParliamentDidier Bigo, Sergio Carrera, Gloria Gonzalez Fuster, Elspeth Guild, Paul de Hert, Julien Jeandesboz, Vagelis Papakonstantinou, in coordination with the  the Centre d'Etudes sur les Conflits (C&C), September 2011. Free download

 

The Council Framework Decision on the Fight against Organised Crime: what can be done to Strenghten EU Legislation in the Field?, Valsamis Mitsilegas, in coordination with the Centre d'Etudes sur les Conflits (C&C), September 2011. Free download  

 

Implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and its Impact on EU Home Affairs Agencies (Frontex, Europol and the European Asylum Support Office), Elspeth Guild, Sergio Carrera, Joanna Parkin and Leonhard den Hertog, September 2011. Free download

 

Customs cooperation in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice - The Role of Customs in the Management of the External Border of the EU, Peter Hobbing, May 2011. Free download

 

Readmission Policy in the European Union, Jean-Pierre Cassarino, April 2011. Free download

 

Developing Biometrics in the EU, Juliet Lodge and Max Snijder, March 2010. Free download

 

The response of the EU and its Member States to child trafficking and abduction, Syd Bolton, January 2010. Free download

  

For the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament

 

Data protection in an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: a system still to be fully developed? Paul de Hert and Rocco Bellanova, March 2009. Free download

 

The Tools Called to Support the 'Delivery' of Freedom, Security and Justice: a Comparison of Border Security Systems in the EU and in the US, Peter Hobbing and Rey Koslowski, February 2009. Free download

 

Circular Migration and Mobility Partnerships, Anja Wiesbrock and Hildegard Schneider, February 2009. Free download

 

Dilemmas in the Implementation of Directive 2004/38 on the Right of Citizens and their Family Members to Move and Reside Freely in the EU, Sergio Carrera and Anaïs Faure Atger, February 2009. Free download

 

Proposal for a Council Directive on Implementing the Principle of Equal treatment Between Persons Irrespective of Religion or Belief, Disability, Age or Sexual Orientation, Gay Moon, January 2009. Free download

 

Towards a European PNR system? Questions on the Added Value and the Protection of Fundamental Rights, Evelien Brouwer, January 2009. Free download

 

Strengthening Security and Fundamental Freedoms on the Internet - an EU Policy on the Fight Against Cyber Crime, Steve Peers, January 2009. Free download

 

Problems and Perspectives of the European Citizenship: the Fifth Report on Citizenship of the Union, Dora Kostakopoulou, January 2009. Free download

 

Ethnicity and Race-based Profiling in Counter-terrorism, Law enforcement and Border Control, Andras Pap, November 2008. Free download

 

Data Protection from a Transatlantic Perspective: the EU and US move towards an International Data Protection Agreement?, Paul de Hert and Rocco Bellanova, October 2008. Free download

 

An Analysis of the Commission Communication on Future Development of Frontex and the Creation of a European Border Surveillance System (Eurosur), Julien Jeandesboz, June 2008. Free download

 

The Implications of European Neighbourhood Policy in the Context of Border Controls (Readmission Agreements, Visa Policy, Human Rights), Thierry Balzacq, March 2008. Free download

 

Human Rights Concerns relevant to legislating on provocation or incitement to terrorism and related offences, Susie Alegre, March 2008. Free download

 

A comparison of the recently agreed VIS package and the US-VISIT system, Peter Hobbing, July 2007. Free download

 

Trends in the EU-27 regarding participation of third-country nationals in the host country's political life, Florian Geyer, June 2007. Free download

 

 

For the Committee of the Regions

 

Protecting and Delivering Fundamental Rights of Irregular Migrants at Local and Regional Levels in the European Union, Sergio Carrera and Joanna Parkin, November 2011. Free download.

 

Impact of the seasonal employment of third-country nationals on local and regional authorities, Sergio Carrera and Anaïs Faure Atger, April 2010. Free download.

 

Local and regional cooperation to protect the rights of the child in the European Union, James Michael and Geraldine Van Bueren, March 2010. Free download.

 

Local and Regional Authorities in the Future Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Towards a multilevel governance strategy for the Stockholm Programmes?, Sergio Carrera and Gemma Pinyol, September 2009. Free download

 

The role and potential of local and regional authorities in the EU framework for the integration of immigrants, Sergio Carrera, September 2009. Free download

 

 

 

ELISE 

Elise Declaration - The Aftermath of 11 March in Madrid, Sergio Carrera, Joanna Apap, Didier Bigo, Emmanuel Guittet, Rob Walker.Free download