8 October 2012 —  Statewatch

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1.     EU: Western Balkan states held back by lawlessness
2.     EU: Council of the European Union: Common European Asylum System – State of play
3.     EU: EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT: FINLAND, DENMARK & SWEDEN
4.     EU: Council of the European Union: Military Command and Control, JCOs and Auditors letter on Home Affairs funding
5.     EU: Council of the European Union: Report of the Schengen Joint Supervisory Authority on the use of Article 99 alerts in the SIS
6.     European Parliament: Study: Reforming the Data Protection Package
7.    COUNCIL OF EUROPE: EU ACCESSION TO ECHR
8.    ITALY: Two bugs found at the anarchist space
9.    EU: A study coordinated by France terre d’asile: Right to asylum for unaccompanied minors in the EU
10.  EU: European Commission Report: Mid-term report on the implementation of the Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors
12.  Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly: The definition of political prisoner
13.  You look foreign: bring your passport, it’s what the UKBA would want (Times Higher Education)
14.  EU: War games: The EU tests its “crisis management” procedures
15.  EU: Over 29,000 subject to checks at Polish borders during Euro 2012
16.  EU: European Arrest Warrant statistics: Replies to questionnaire
17.  EU: FRONTEX Fundamental Rights: Statewatch and Migreurop’s joint submission to the Ombudsman of the EU
18.  European Court of Justice: The minimum conditions for the reception of asylum seekers must be granted by the Member State
19.  Common European Asylum System: LIBE Committee adopts Reception Directive and the Dublin III Regulation
20.  EU: Meijers Committee: Note on a Directive  entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment 
21.  EU: CIA: Press release from Sarah Ludford MEP: EU states complicit in CIA led rendition and torture must be held accountable
22.  EU: European Data Protection Supervisor: EURODAC: erosion of fundamental rights creeps along
23.  ECJ: Council Decision Schengen Borders Code on sea surveillance at the external borders during Frontex operations should be annulled
24.  Statewatch analysis: Securitising maritime transport: shipping merchandise and dealing with stowaways
25.  EU: Council of the European Union: Domestic Violence
26.  EU: Council of the European Union: Drugs Strategy, CT and Pakistan, Road traffic offences data exchanges
27.  Statewatch analysis: Complex, technologically fraught and expensive – the problematic implementation of the Prüm Decision
28.  Statewatch analysis: Growing racism in the EU not just a Member State issue
29.  Italy/Libya: Documents unveil post-Gaddafi cooperation agreement on immigration
30.  EU: Statewatch analysis: Was Hungary the first EU country of arrival? Legal responsibility before human rights: a short story on Dublin II
31.  EU: Another secretive European police working group revealed as governments remain tight-lipped on other police networks
32.  UK: Statewatch analysis: Nationwide vigils commemorate deaths in custody
33.  UK: Police use anti-terror powers to detain anarchists on return from conference in Switzerland
34. EU: Statewatch analysis: European governments step up repression of anti-austerity activists

1.  EU: Western Balkan states held back by lawlessness (euobserver, link):
http://euobserver.com/enlargement/117769

and see: European Commission: Enlargement Strategies and Main Challenges 2012-2013 (Commission Internal):
012/oct/eu-com-enlargement-strategy.pdf

2.  EU: Council of the European Union: Common European Asylum System – State of play:
012/oct/eu-council-asylum-sop-13340-12.pdf

3.  EU: EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT: FINLAND, DENMARK & SWEDEN: Council of the European Union: Notification by Finland according to Article 31.2 of the Council Framework decision of 13 June 2002 on the European Arrest Warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States:
012/oct/eu-council-nordic-arrest-14440-12.pdf

4.  EU: Council of the European Union: Military Command and Control, JCOs and Auditors letter on Home Affairs funding

– EU Concept for Military Command and Control (Declassified from Restricted, 10688-rev-5-12, pdf) “EU Concept for Military Command and Control, which was agreed by the EUMC on 12 June 2008.” (EUMC= EU Military Committee): 012/sep/eu-eeas-mil-com-cont-10688-rev5-08.pdf

– Guide for Joint Customs Operations (JCOs) (10837-rev-2-12): 012/sep/eu-council-customs-jco-guide-10837-rev2-12.pdf

– The Commission proposals in the field of Home Affairs (period 2014-2020) – Letter from the Court of Auditors (14100-12)
012/sep/eu-cvouncil-ct-auditors-funding-14100-12.pdf

5.  EU: Council of the European Union: Report of the Schengen Joint Supervisory Authority on the follow-up of the recommendations concerning the use of Article 99 alerts in the Schengen Information System: 012/oct/eu-council-sis-art-99-alerts-13851-12.pdf

“The overall conclusion is that most participating Schengen States must still invest in cooperation procedures in the area of law enforcement at national level to ensure that all conditions are in place allowing an Art. 99 alert to be made. While the procedures when reviewing these alerts – either after six months or close to the retention period – may be sufficient, this is not the situation preceding the alert.”

6.  European Parliament: Study: Reforming the Data Protection Package (92 pages):
012/oct/ep-study-dp.pdf

7. COUNCIL OF EUROPE: EU ACCESSION TO ECHR: Second Negotiation meeting between the CDDH AD HOC Negotiation Group and the European Commission on the accession of the EU to the European Convention on Human Rights: 012/oct/coe-eu-echr-negotiations.pdf
 
8. ITALY: Two bugs found at the anarchist space 76/A (Act For Freedom Now!)
http://actforfree.nostate.net/?p=11599

9.  EU: A study coordinated by France terre d’asile: Right to asylum for unaccompanied minors in the European Union (225 pages, 8MB, link), 
012.pdf

10. EU: European Commission Report: Mid-term report on the implementation of the Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors (COM 554-12):
012/oct/eu-com-unaccom-minors.pdf

Commission Staff Working Paper (SWD 281-12):  012/oct/eu-com-unaccom-minors-staff-wp.pdf
and Press release:  012/oct/eu-com-unaccom-minors-prel.pdf

12.  Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly: The definition of political prisoner: 
012/oct/coe-parl-assem-political-prisoners.pdf

and Debate:  012/oct/coe-parl-assem-political-prisoners-debate.pdf

13.  You look foreign: bring your passport, it’s what the UKBA would want (Times Higher Education, link) Overreaction to the London Met case has exacerbated institutional racial harassment, Scott Poynting and Ann Singleton argue: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421367&c=1

14.  EU: War games: The EU tests its “crisis management” procedures:
012/oct/02eu-war-games.htm

15.  EU: Over 29,000 subject to checks at Polish borders during Euro 2012
012/oct/01euro-2012-poland-checks.htm

16. EU: European Arrest Warrant statistics: Replies to questionnaire on quantitative information on the practical operation of the European arrest warrant – Year 2011 (9200/6/12, pdf)
012/sep/eu-com-eaw-stats-2011.pdf

17. EU: FRONTEX Fundamental Rights Strategy: Statewatch and Migreurop’s joint submission to the Ombudsman of the European Union:
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-193-eu-ombs-inquiry-frontex-evidence.pdf

and French: 012/sep/eu-ombs-frontex-inquiry-fr.pdf

18. European Court of Justice: The minimum conditions for the reception of asylum seekers must be granted by the Member State in receipt of an application for asylum even when it calls upon another Member State which it considers to be responsible for the examination of the application (Press release):
012/sep/ecj-min-cond-prel.pdf

Full-text of the judgment:  012/sep/ecj-min-cond-ag-judgment.pdf
 
19.  Common European Asylum System: LIBE Committee adopts Reception Directive and the Dublin III Regulation
012/sep/07reception-dublin-III.htm

20.  EU: Meijers Committee: Note on the latest Presidency text on the proposal for a Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment (COM(210)379) :
012/sep/eu-meijers-committee-seasonal-employ.pdf

21. EU: CIA: Press release from Sarah Ludford MEP: EU states complicit in CIA led rendition and torture must be held accountable: 
012/sep/ep-ludford-cia-prel.pdf

22. EU: European Data Protection Supervisor: EURODAC: erosion of fundamental rights creeps along (Press release)
012/sep/eu-edps-eurodac-prel.pdf

and Opinion:  012/sep/eu-edps-eurodac-opinion.pdf

Peter Hustinx, EDPS, says: Just because the data has already been collected, it should not be used for another purpose which may have a far-reaching negative impact on the lives of individuals. To intrude upon the privacy of individuals and risk stigmatising them requires strong justification and the Commission has simply not provided sufficient reason why asylum seekers should be singled out for such treatment.”

23. EU: Council Decision 2010/252 supplementing the Schengen Borders Code on sea surveillance at the external borders during Frontex operations should be annulled, as decided by the European Court of Justice on 5 September 2012 after examining the request for annulment lodged by the European Parliament in July 2010. The Court followed the opinion of the ECJs General Advocate Paulo Mengozzi from 17 April 2012:
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=126363&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=1280714

and see: Statewatch analysis: 012/may/ecj-schengen-borders.pdf

24. Statewatch analysis: Securitising maritime transport: shipping merchandise and dealing with stowaways:
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-198-maritime-transport.pdf

25. EU: Council of the European Union: Domestic Violence

– Police and domestic violence: Outcome of the CEPOL Presidency Conference on overcoming attrition in domestic violence through policing held on 10-12 July 2012 in Limassol (Cyprus):  012/sep/eu-council-cepol-conference-domestic-violence-12718-12.pdf

– Draft European Union handbook of best police practices on overcoming attrition in domestic violence cases:
012/sep/eu-council-handbook-domestic-violence-12719-12.pdf

26.  EU: Council of the European Union: Drugs Strategy, CT and Pakistan, Road traffic offences data exchanges

– Draft EU Drugs Strategy (2013-2020): 
012/sep/eu-council-eu-drugs-strategy-2013-2020-12036-12.pdf

– EU Counter-Terrorism/Security Strategy on Pakistan: 
012/sep/eu-council-psc-pakistan-counter-terrorism-plan-11045-rev1-12.pdf

– Proposal for the implementation of Directive 2011/82/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 facilitating the cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences: 
012/sep/eu-council-road-traffic-offences-implement-6467-rev2-12.pdf

27. Statewatch analysis: Complex, technologically fraught and expensive – the problematic implementation of the Prüm Decision: 
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-197-prum-implementation.pdf

28. Statewatch analysis: Growing racism in the EU not just a Member State issue
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-196-eu-racism.pdf

29. taly/Libya: Documents unveil post-Gaddafi cooperation agreement on immigration:
012/sep/01italy-libya-immigration-cooperation.html

30. EU: Statewatch analysis: Was Hungary the first EU country of arrival? Legal responsibility before human rights: a short story on Dublin II: 
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-195-dublinii-austria-hungary.pdf

31. EU: Another secretive European police working group revealed as governments remain tight-lipped on other police networks and the activities of Mark Kennedy:
012/aug/09eu-secret-police-networks.html

32. UK: Statewatch analysis: Nationwide vigils commemorate deaths in custody:
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-194-deaths-custody-vigils.pdf 

33. UK: Police use anti-terror powers to detain anarchists on return from conference in Switzerland
012/aug/08uk-arrest-of-anarchists.html

34. EU: Statewatch analysis: European governments step up repression of anti-austerity activists: 
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-193-anti-austerity-activists.pdf

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