Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Council of Europe

  • Corona and the situation of refugees in Germany

    Corona and the situation of refugees in Germany

    Restrictions on movement and contact, border closures, travel bans – the Covid 19 pandemic also means considerable limitations on civil liberties and fundamental rights in Germany. Many measures, however, particularly affect refugees. On 16 March the European Union closed its…

  • Interpol requests from Turkey: Sloppiness of German police puts own citizens into prison

    Interpol requests from Turkey: Sloppiness of German police puts own citizens into prison

    Two Germans are in extradition custody in Slovenia and Italy at the request of Turkish authorities. Both come from Turkey and were granted asylum in Germany for political persecution and later citizenship. Interpol should have withdrawn the request. The BKA,…

  • US authorities want to legally intercept telecommunications in Europe

    US authorities want to legally intercept telecommunications in Europe

    The FBI could soon demand sensitive communication data from European Internet service providers. It would also be possible to have the data retrieved in real time. With this, the European Union wants to make the Trump administration weigh the possibility…

  • European Commission wants to facilitate access to servers in third states

    European Commission wants to facilitate access to servers in third states

    Police and judicial authorities are to have easier access to cloud data in the USA. To this end, a decree of the US government will also apply in the EU member states. As part of the “Budapest Convention”, US authorities…

  • Project SMILE: Interface for European telecommunications interception

    Project SMILE: Interface for European telecommunications interception

    The European Investigation Order in criminal matters allows judicial authorities in all EU Member States to instruct each other to collect evidence. It also sets forth provisions for cross-border telecommunications surveillance. The European standardisation institute ETSI is consequently working on…