The key objective of this multi-method, exploratory study was to investigate advertising and marketing practices in online social media (OSM) from the perspective of consumer behaviour and consumer protection. It aimed to identify and assess commercial practices in the context of OSM that could...

The EU Action Plan on Drugs 2013-2016 requires EU member states to ‘provide, where appropriate and in accordance with their legal frameworks, alternatives to coercive sanctions (such as education, treatment, rehabilitation, aftercare and social integration) for drug using offenders’. The EU...

Justice, fundamental rights and citizenship policies are based on Europeans’ core values and principles – freedom, democracy, the rule of law, equality, tolerance, and respect of human rights. The Directorate-General for Justice’s overriding mission is to build a European Area of Justice...