The CJEU ruling on the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Opening a door for progressive social experimentation? (Part II)
On 11 November 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU/Court) delivered the anxiously awaited judgment in Denmark v Parliament and Council (C-19/23). Save for a small part...
The CJEU ruling on the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: opening a door for progressive social experimentation? (Part I)
On 11 November 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU/Court) delivered the anxiously awaited judgment in Denmark v Parliament and Council (C-19/23). Save for a small part...
Playing with the Brain: The AI Act in the Age of Neurotechnology
Article 5 of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act in the European Union (EU) came into force on 2 February 2025. A provision that is of considerable interest is Article 5(1)(a)...
From Magna Carta to Machine Learning: AI Without Borders, Laws Within
With the rapidly increasing era of new technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), a deep paradox exists due to complexity, insufficient precedent, and loopholes in laws that ideally should preserve the...
AI Regulation, Migration and the New International World Order
In a world where one’s digital blueprint has already become a determining factor for the achievement of various socio-economic rights such as employment, education, and other personal milestones, the prospect...
Tartu Vangla – A Step Closer to Full Alignment of EU law with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (3/8)
In Tartu Vangla the Court of Justice of the EU (”the Court”) reiterated that employers must conduct an individualised assessment to determine if an employee with a disability can perform...
Disability discrimination in the EU: The Scope of Comparison (2/8)
Can disabled workers compare themselves to other disabled workers for the purposes of a discrimination claim under the Employment Equality Directive? And if an apparently neutral rule disadvantages some disabled...
Twenty-five Years of Protection Against Disability-based Discrimination in the EU: An Evolving Understanding of Disability (1/8)
Twenty-five years ago, the EU legally enshrined the prohibition of discrimination based on disability in the Employment Equality Directive. A series of posts coordinated by the Berkeley Center on Comparative...
Should Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Be Based on Social Expectations?
A key tenet of business and human rights has become the introduction of mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD), a process that attempts to introduce the essentials of due diligence...
Is the EU’s Digital Services Act Compliant with The Right to Freedom of Expression?
The Digital Services Act (DSA) is an EU Regulation that became legally binding, at large, on 17 February 2024. The DSA applies to entities based both within and outside the...
Navigating Informality: The Rule of Law in EU Migration Governance
The European Union (EU) often prides itself on being a beacon of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Yet, in recent years, the EU has increasingly turned to...
Over Four Decades of Data Protection: Unexplored History with Valuable Insights for the Future – Part 3
See Parts 1 and 2 of this blog here: Over Four Decades of Data Protection: Unexplored History with Valuable Insights for the Future – Part 1 | OHRH Over Four...
