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[News] A New Step Towards a European Code of Administrative Procedure (By guest blogger Thomas Perroud)

The European Ombudsman and the European Parliament have been pushing for some time now for the drafting of a European code of administrative procedure. The project is under way and the European Parliament has adopted a Resolution with recommendations to the Commission on a Law of Administrative Procedure...

Posted to Comparative Administrative Law Blog (Weblog) by akis.psygkas on 02-07-2013
[News] The European Ombudsman's Annual Report 2010

In a press conference in Brussels today the European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, presented his Annual Report 2010. The full Report (79 pages) and an 8-page Overview are available here . The European Ombudsman explained that the key points of his new strategy include: (a) strengthening the ongoing...

Posted to Comparative Administrative Law Blog (Weblog) by akis.psygkas on 05-16-2011
[News] Statistics concerning judicial activity in the EU in 2010

The Court of Justice of the European Union issued today a press release (available here ) with statistics regarding judicial activity in 2010. According to this press release, in the entire history of the institution, there have never been so many cases brought before the three courts comprising the...

Posted to Comparative Administrative Law Blog (Weblog) by akis.psygkas on 03-02-2011
The European Ombudsman launches public consultation on ethical principles for EU officials

According to a press release that came out today, the European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has invited citizens, interest groups, and other organizations to submit comments on a draft statement of principles that should guide the conduct of EU civil servants. The draft "public service...

Posted to Comparative Administrative Law Blog (Weblog) by akis.psygkas on 02-24-2011
The European Convention on Human Rights turns 60

The European Convention on Human rights turned 60 this month. In celebration of this event, the European Court of Human Rights has devoted a page to demonstrating the Convention in video and pictures. The page even has illustrations of the specific articles of the convention, such as the right to a fair...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Teresa Miguel on 11-18-2010
[News] The Ombudsmen as human rights protection mechanisms

The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, gave a talk on the role of Ombudsmen in promoting and protecting human rights. This was part of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Symposium on "Strengthening the fundamental rights architecture in the EU" that took place on May...

Posted to Comparative Administrative Law Blog (Weblog) by akis.psygkas on 05-31-2010
New Foreign Law E-Resources

The Law Library has subscriptions to four new e-resources from LexisNexis: EU Tracker EU Tracker tracks the implementation of key EU Directives across 20 Member States in 10 practice areas. There are links to consultation papers, draft legislation and the eventual national implementing legislation of...

Posted to Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog (Weblog) by Evelyn Ma on 05-24-2010
[News] Does comitology still have a role under the Lisbon Treaty?

There is an article on the European Parliament (EP) website today (available here ) examining the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on comitology. Until now the European Commission's implementation of much EU legislation was overseen by committees of Member State experts, through the so-called "comitology"...

Posted to Comparative Administrative Law Blog (Weblog) by akis.psygkas on 04-06-2010
[Cases] ECJ C-518/07 - Commission v. Germany: How “independent” should independent agencies be?

On March 9, 2010, the European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) handed down a very interesting judgment regarding the required degree of independence of the authorities responsible for monitoring compliance with Directive 95/46/EC "on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of...

Posted to Comparative Administrative Law Blog (Weblog) by akis.psygkas on 03-29-2010
[News] Statistics regarding judicial activity in the EU in 2009

The Court of Justice of the European Union issued today a press release with statistics concerning judicial activity in 2009. The press release is available here . The ECJ completed 543 cases in 2009, one of the highest numbers in the Court's history. With respect to the duration of proceedings,...

Posted to Comparative Administrative Law Blog (Weblog) by akis.psygkas on 03-15-2010

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