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Court of Justice of the European Union

Highest judicial authority in the European Union, consisting of the Court of Justice and the General Court

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Dec 17, 2025
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When will the EU chat control rules start applying to member states and ISPs?

EU governments reached a political compromise on the so-called “Chat Control” (Child Sexual Abuse — CSA — regulation) on 26 November 2025, replacing a mandatory scanning requirement with language that...

Oct 6, 2025
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Which countries have the highest and lowest rankings for trans rights and safety?

Countries with the for transgender rights in recent coverage are primarily in the European Union, where a September 2025 Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) opinion pushed member states towa...

Dec 16, 2025
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Does EU law generally permit retroactive application of criminal or civil obligations to communications?

EU law does not categorically allow blanket retroactive criminalisation, and the Court of Justice has long recognised limits on retroactivity—especially for penal rules—while permitting retrospective ...

Nov 22, 2025

What recent EU Court of Justice rulings have addressed biometric data retention for travel documents?

Two recent rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) have become central in debates over biometric retention tied to travel and policing: the CJEU confirmed the Entry/Exit System (E...

Jan 6, 2026

What recent EU Court of Justice rulings have addressed biometric data explicit consent?

The Court of Justice of the European Union has in recent years issued a string of rulings tightening the conditions under which biometric and other special-category personal data may be lawfully proce...

Jan 2, 2026

“Citizenship is an unrestricted, unrevokable, irreversible right and status, or it is nothing“ so what about brexit

The statement that “citizenship is an unrestricted, unrevokable, irreversible right” collides with practical law: domestic states can and do revoke or restrict national passports and citizenship in sp...

Jan 1, 2026

What guidance have EU institutions issued to implement CJEU rulings on biometric retention without breaching fundamental rights?

EU institutions have responded to a string of CJEU decisions by insisting that biometric retention be narrowly tailored, subject to a strict “necessity” test, periodic review, and effective erasure ri...

Jan 1, 2026

How do recent CJEU rulings affect Schengen entry/exit systems and passenger name record (PNR) data sharing?

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld the validity of the EU PNR Directive but substantially narrowed how member states may process Passenger Name Record (PNR) data: broad, undiffer...

Dec 7, 2025

How have recent landmark cases (post-2020) ruled on using search data to convict for CSAM offenses?

Since 2020 courts and prosecutors have repeatedly relied on search- and provider-generated data to open investigations and obtain warrants in CSAM cases, producing numerous convictions where device se...

Nov 21, 2025

Recent EU court cases on biometric data retention in travel?

The recent wave of EU and related court rulings has limited blanket biometric data retention by police and clarified strict conditions for law enforcement collection, storage and erasure — most notabl...

Nov 10, 2025

European Union

The original statement correctly identifies the with shared political, economic, and legal frameworks and an institutional architecture that includes the Commission, Council, Parliament, Court of Just...

Oct 8, 2025

How do European countries compare to the rest of the world in terms of trans safety and rights?

European countries present a picture on trans safety and rights: a landmark Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) opinion pushes the EU toward comprehensive legal gender recognition, while nat...