In many European countries, the number of asylum applications continues to rise, as does the appeal of right-wing populist parties. In response, initiatives such as the Brit­ish government's Rwanda Plan and the Italian government's agreement with Albania aim to significantly reduce the number...

This article unveils Italy’s exceptionalism in recognising and protecting same-sex couples by adopting a three-dimension analysis: constitutional, comparative and supranational. It maintains that, compared to other countries whose courts were sympathetic with the legal claims raised by lesbian...

States pursue various juridical strategies to prevent ‘marriages of convenience’ seen as undermining tightening migration regimes. This article examines how Austrian Alien Law constitutes entering into such a marriage as a criminal offense and looks at the legal proceedings in district...

This paper analyses the development and the current application of the principle of subsidiarity and the margin of appreciation doctrine in the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) case law. The ECtHR is currently undergoing a reform process to ensure its long-term effectiveness and...

The European Union, like its Member States, has to comply with the principle of the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights when fulfilling the tasks set out in the Treaties. These legal obligations have been framed progressively by the case law of the European Court of Justice. The Court...

Fundamental human right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment as a relatively new law, contained in the third generation, the "rights of solidarity" is not expressly established major international treaties, such as "Universal Declaration of Rights human "(adopted by the UN in...

Ethics, respect for others and integrity (embracing respect for the law), should definitely be pre requisites for leadership. Unfortunately many so called leaders do not understand or practise these values. Some leaders who are held with high regard and esteem at the workplace are prepared to...

: Both at global and European level the necessity to recognize a new fundamental human right, that is the right to a healthy and balanced environment, has only gradually developed. The main concern consists of the question: to what extend can individuals invoke this new subjective rights to a...