Since the Snowden revelations, the adoption in May 2016 of the General Data Protection Regulation and several ground-breaking judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union, data protection and privacy are high on the agenda of policymakers, industries and the legal research community.Against this backdrop, Data Protection and Privacy under Pressure sheds light on key developments where individuals' rights to data protection and privacy are at stake. The book discusses the persistent...

This book offers insight into the development of the EU in the areas of justice, home affairs and security, embedded in a broader international context. In addition to the main part, dedicated to the EU, the book features chapters on cooperation in the areas concerned at Benelux, Schengen, Council of Europe, NATO, OSCE, G7/G20, OECD and UN levels.The chapter structure is identical for all cooperation levels addressed, discussing their actual policies after sketching their historical developme...

Deze 45ste uitgave van de pocket Strafrecht bundelt naast het Strafwetboek en het Wetboek van Strafvordering, ook een aantal uittreksels uit de Grondwet, het Gerechtelijk Wetboek en het Europees Verdrag tot bescherming van de rechten van de mens en de fundamentele vrijheden. Bovendien bevat dit zakwetboekje tevens, chronologisch geordend, de bijzondere wetten die een algemeen belang hebben voor het strafrecht of voor de strafvordering. Zowel studenten als rechtspractici (politieambtenaren, ma...

Until the end of the 1990s, EU integration in the area of criminal law centred primarily around the regional deepening of traditional judicial cooperation in criminal matters and the development of law enforcement cooperation (including the setting up of Europol as a support agency). By the end of the 1990s respectively 2000s, the EU also gained (limited) supranational competence in the areas of substantive respectively procedural criminal law. Both judicial and law enforcement cooperation we...

This special issue brings together nineteen topical and innovative papers, researching the boundaries of sexual integrity and affirmative sexual consent, gender violence, and image-based or online sexual abuse, including child sexual abuse material and non-consensual sexual deepfakes. It offers an original and nuanced approach to understanding the important legal elements, various agents and harms of topic-related deviant conduct as well as legislative processes aimed at tackling it. In light...

The activities and tasks of the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN), established in 2001, have significantly expanded over the past two decades. In view of the further implementation of its multiannual strategy, the EUCPN has commissioned a study into its current and future strategic market position, conducted with the financial support of the EU’s Internal Security Fund – Police. This book reflects the results. Whilst the EUCPN proves a well-equipped, versatile and multipurpose net...

Een groot aantal problemen dat de politie aanpakt, speelt tegelijkertijd op lokaal, nationaal en internationaal niveau. Dat geldt bijvoorbeeld voor georganiseerde criminele groepen, die het bestaan van verschillende grenzen en jurisdicties handig gebruiken. Maar ook voor openbare ordehandhaving, waar crises op het wereldtoneel tot spanningen in wijken leiden.

Omdat problemen gemakkelijk over grenzen heen stromen, bestaat er in de Europese ruimte inmiddels een groot aantal maatregelen ter vers...