🎙️ In our new podcast, @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social explains why Frontex has so far evaded accountability for severe human rights violations and discusses legal pathways for change. 🇪🇺🇪🇺 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/7zrbnam7
Joyce De Coninck
@deconinckjoyce.bsky.social
Max Weber Fellow EUI - FWO post-doctoral researcher PIL/European law/IHRL @ GELI/GRILI/HRC Ghent Uni| Adjunct Professor EU Law NYU Law School 🐶🏃🏼♀️
Many thanks to the teams at @elpais.com @lemonde.fr @wearesolomon.bsky.social & @netzpolitik.org for making this story happen. @lydiaemman.bsky.social @malichudis.bsky.social @supergalactica.bsky.social Iliana Papangeli & Maxime Vaudano. netzpolitik.org/2025/gefluec...
Geflüchtete und Aktivist:innen: Frontex schickte jahrelang unrechtmäßig Daten an Europol
Frontex hat jahrelang personenbezogene Daten gesammelt und unrechtmäßig an Europol weitergeleitet. Tausende Personen, darunter EU-Bürger:innen, die Geflüchtete unterstützen, gerieten durch groß angele...
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Serious questions about evasion of accountability arise, too. FOI documents reveal that senior EU officials had coordinated to misled MEPs about the scale of unlawful Frontex-Europol data transfers during a hearing that followed our earlier investigation: balkaninsight.com/2022/07/07/e...
EU’s Frontex Tripped in Its Plan for ‘Intrusive’ Surveillance of Migrants
Frontex and the European Commission sidelined their own data protection watchdogs in pursuing a much-criticised expansion of “intrusive” data collection from migrants and refugees to feed into Europol...
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Frontex revised its protocols after a probe by the EU data protection watchdog in May 2023. To Europol's chagrin, it is no longer passing data 'automatically'. But, crucially, Europol is refusing to confirm it will 'restrict' or 'delete' data - unlawfully shared by Frontex - as required by law.
Our investigation reveals that prominent human rights defenders, who have faced lengthy criminal investigations in Spain and Greece - including @helenamaleno.bsky.social and @aegeanboatreport.bsky.social - have also landed in Frontex & Europol databases. www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with European police
In the name of combating migrant smugglers, the European Union's border surveillance agency spent years collecting information on migrants and civil society activists deemed 'suspect,' before passing ...
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🎥 Check out our latest STALS video! We discussed @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social’s (@eui-eu.bsky.social) book and shared some thoughts on its key themes. @lorgas.bsky.social @hartpublishing.bsky.social Don’t forget to subscribe to the channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfMQ...
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨'𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗽
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Please check it out in case you have ⏱️. Some friends already did & I can't say how grateful I am for your feedback. Academia is a communal project! @alonso-gd.bsky.social @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social @julianascrv.bsky.social @sjorspolm.bsky.social @timozandstra.bsky.social @judithbauder.bsky.social
The article, written with @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social, on Human Rights Respectful Trade, is available in the Berkeley Journal of International Law - a contribution to the debate about the role of human rights clauses in EU trade agreements #EU #humanrights #trade lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/13134...
Human Rights Respectful Trade
De Coninck, Joyce; Elsuwege, Peter Van
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We woke up to the horrific news of the heaviest attacks in Palestine since the ceasefire. The devastation and human suffering are unimaginable—and only getting worse. Alongside 138 well-known Belgians, we speak up for Palestine. #SpeakUpForPalestine
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Condemns Ecuador for Violating Rights of Tagaeri-Taromenane People Living in Voluntary Isolation amazonwatch.org/news/2025/03...
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Condemns Ecuador for Violating Rights of Tagaeri-Taromenane People Living in Voluntary Isolation in Yasuní National Park | Amazon Watch
“This judgment of the Inter-American Court is the result of many years of struggle and is a guarantee of the rights to territory for peoples in isolation, so that they can live without the threat of o...
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What – if any – are the consequences of the ‘instrumentalization of migration’ for human rights protection under the ECHR? Strasbourg Observers published my thoughts on the arguments raised at Grand Chamber hearing on pushbacks to Belarus. strasbourgobservers.com/2025/03/04/w...
What – if any – are the consequences of the ‘instrumentalization of migration’ for human rights protection under the ECHR? A look at the arguments raised at the ECtHR Grand Chamber hearing on pushback...
By Grazyna Baranowska On 12 February 2025, the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR held three hearings relating to pushback cases conducted by Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. The cases were relinquished to the G...
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The CJEU will hold its first hearing on the Italy/Albania asylum treaty on Tuesday. My analysis of the legal issues: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
The Italy/Albania asylum treaty reaches the CJEU: what are the issues?
Professor Steve Peers , Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit : Pudelek, via Wikimedia Commons Is the Italy/Albania dea...
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Thank you sincerely @Globalisation and Law Network for the invitation and exciting conversation! What an engaging and sharp community @maastrichtu.bsky.social !
Globalisation and Law Network (Maastricht)@glnmaastricht.bsky.social · 2y ago🤩 Here's a quick throwback to our seminar with Joyce De Coninck held on 6 February! Check out our new blog for insights from the engaging exchange between Joyce and our members: lnkd.in/eG28EdCn 🇪🇺 🌐
With many thanks to @verfassungsblog.de @Giulia Raimondo @Martin Lemberg-Pedersen @Jan-Hendrik Seelow and @Amanda Musco Eklund 🙏 My thoughts on the burden, standard and method of proof in #ARE, #GRJ; #WS; #Hamoudi; #RA; #HMM and #COCG before the Strasbourg and Luxembourg courts 🙏
Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de · 2y agoTwo months into 2025, Europe's courts have already dealt with 7 cases concerning pushbacks, with each case raising crucial questions of proof. JOYCE DE CONINCK on the need for tailored rules of evidence in situations of procedural inequality. verfassungsblog.de/binoculars-a...
Max Weber Fellow @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social, alumni @leticiadiezsanchez.bsky.social, Sarah Tas, Theodosia Stavroulaki, and @marcoalmada.com, as well as Prof. @competitionprof.bsky.social 🎓👏 📖 Read the full edition here: ➡ loom.ly/eEdfP8Q
Check out the recording of our webinar on ”The absolute prohibition of refoulement and exceptional circumstances“ with Başak Çalı, @jameshathaway.bsky.social @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social and @mstille.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eMg...
Bonavero Report Launch: The Absolute Prohibition of Refoulement and Exceptional Circumstances
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We had Dr. Joyce De Coninck over this week at Utrecht University to talk to us about her book "The EU's Human Rights Responsibility Gap." She lays out how difficult it is for (often vulnerable) people to get relief for violations of their fundamental rights caused by the EU & its agencies & bodies.
👩⚖️What.an.experience: blessed to have sat alongside the brilliant @Amanda Musco Eklund in representing Mr. Hamoudi in front of the CJEU’s Grand Chamber today. Watch the hearing here: lnkd.in/ec2UM9C7
front-LEX@front-lex.bsky.social · 2y agoAlaa’s team is ready for the historic Hamoudi v Frontex hearing: Front-LEX litigation manager @iftachco.bsky.social, Amanda Musco-Eklund, Francesco Gatta, @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social, and of course Alaa. Let’s win this case!
Alaa’s team is ready for the historic Hamoudi v Frontex hearing: Front-LEX litigation manager @iftachco.bsky.social, Amanda Musco-Eklund, Francesco Gatta, @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social, and of course Alaa. Let’s win this case!
🚀Globalisation & Law Network Seminar Series🚀 We’re excited to welcome @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social to discuss: 📝 The EU’s Human Rights Responsibility Gap: Deconstructing Human Rights Impunity of International Organisations 📅 6 Feb 2025 | 11:00 - 12:30 CET More info 👉 lnkd.in/euUzzaTy
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🚨In 2021 I started the book proposal for the "EU's Human Rights Responsibility Gap" (@hartpublishing.bsky.social ) @NYU as an Emile Noël Fellow with the wonderful @polatoja.bsky.social...now Thrilled to now discuss the book within the context of Pola's Jean Monnet Series! 📆 10/02 🌍 Amsterdam
Pola Cebulak@polatoja.bsky.social · 2y agoJoin the @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social book tour at her stop in Amsterdam at the @vuamsterdam.bsky.social on 10 February 2025.
@eui-eu.bsky.social is here!
European University Institute@eui-eu.bsky.social · 2y agoHi there 👋, this is the blue sky over Florence, seen from the European University Institute! We’ve just landed here 🚀 and can’t wait to connect with all of you. Follow us to get the latest on research, events, and EUI campus life! 📲 @eui-eu.bsky.social
In these days many of us are pondering over the meaning of life. Here's my take so far: 1/I have lived all my adult life as an eternal optimist and with the intention to do my share in making the world into a better place. To be a human rights law academic seemed a good choice of profession for that
✊🔉Today feels like the right day to join Bluesky and leave another platform behind! 🙋♀️🇪🇺Eager to connect with those who value democracy, human rights, and the rule of law ; and who have an interest in EU law/politics! Let’s build connections that matter! 💙 #EUlaw #HumanRights #Democracy #Ruleoflaw
EU law and human rights law Prof Cecilia Rizcallah is here 👋 @ceciliarizcallah.bsky.social
🚨🚨 This revised directive on criminalisation of the facilitation of irregular migration has proved to be a controversial point of negotiations and also a test for human rights at the EU level. The major contention point concerns the "humanitarian clause" which is the idea that certain assistance to
Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 2y ago1/ Three agreed EU Member States' positions on proposed EU laws - ready for justice/home affairs ministers to sign off this week First - proposed law on smuggling of migrants - any interest in a blog post on this one? data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
Thank you @stevepeers.bsky.social for the extremely helpful legal insights, as always! 📖📚
Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 2y ago1/ Some general points about how asylum and immigration law applies when an appalling dictatorship is ousted in another country. #Syria 🇸🇾
Something positive in a sea of bad news: the KlimaSeniorinnen are on the list of nominees for @prospectmagazine.co.uk's "World’s Top Thinker 2025" -- voting is ongoing over at www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/worlds...
