The protection of fundamental rights and freedoms within the special relationship between the EU and the EEA EFTA States. Launch of special issue

The editors and three of the contributors will present the Special Issue: Fundamental Rights protection in Europe: Shedding light on a system of interrelated regimes, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, June 2025.  

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For full table of contents see below. The presentations will focus on fundamental rights protection within the special relationship between the EU and the EEA EFTA States. Each presentation will be approximately 20-25 minutes with time for discussion.

The relevant papers will be distributed before the seminar.

Chairs: Christophe Hillion & Alessandro Petti, Centre for European Law

1300-1315: Christophe Hillion & Alessandro Petti, Introduction

1315-1400: Niamh NicShuibhne, The shareability of EU law on the free movement of                       persons with the EEA

1405-1445: Hilde Ellingsen, State liability for judicial breaches under the EEA                                   Agreement

1450-1530: Tarjei Bekkedal, Why not the Charter? – with references to
                   Joined Cases 1/24 and 7/24

 

Full table of contents:

  1. Introduction by the editors; Alessandro Petti, Christophe Hillion & Tarjei Bekkedal, Centre for European Law / LEVEL
  2. The role of the ECHR in the evolution of EU law, Bruno de Witte, Maastricht University
  3. The EFTA Court and Fundamental Rights Protection, Ólafur Jóhannes Einarsson, EFTA Court
  4. Triangulating the composite system for the protection of European fundamental rights: in the shadow of Article 6 TEU, Elise Muir, KU Leuven
  5. Why and to what extent is EU law on the free movement of persons ‘shareable’ with the EEA? Niamh Nic Shuibhne, University of Edinburgh
  6. Systemic v administrative mutual trust: recomposing the disconnection between mutual trust and fundamental rights protection, Eleanore Spaventa, Universita’ Bocconi
  7. State liability for judicial breaches under the EEA Agreement, Hilde Ellingsen, Lund & Co
  8. Why not the Charter? Tarjei Bekkedal, Centre for European Law

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