Building the Fourth Pillar: Towards a Socially Secure Europe
The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights twenty years after the last Social Summit and the inclusion of social rights in the Treaty of Amsterdam. Ten years of financial turmoil have cut the implementation of social policies in the Member States. Taking into account the European Institutions’...
Exploring State transformation to guarantee citizens fundamental rights and security
In this work we will analyze two new scenarios that are forcing the State transformation to guarantee citizens fundamental rights and security: cases where the State needs ITC private operators to fulfill its national security duties and cases where ITC private operators decisions impact State traditional roles. For instance, courts from different States have decided...
German refugee accommodation between social welfare and privatization: The role of security companies is German emergency shelters.
The German accommodation system for asylum seekers is based on a fundamental ambivalence: it is torn between the idea of social welfare for those in need and the aim of deterring those about to come. In the aftermath of the so called European “refugee crises“, numerous laws were passed that strengthened the idea of deterrence....
Non Conviction Based Confiscation Against Corruption and Human Rights: the European Public Law Perspective
According to the Italian Law 161/2017 (amending Legislative Decree 159/2011, s.c. Anti-Mafia Code), non-conviction based confiscation measures, i.e., measures that allow for confiscation in the absence of a prior criminal conviction of an individual, can now be applied also to recover assets of people charged with conspiracy to commit various crimes against the public administration...
Right to Education of Person with Disabilities at crossroads : Inclusive versus Special education
Despite the clarion call of UNCRPD 2006 for embracing the Human rights model of disability, and to recognize right to education as one of the enablers for evolving the dignified social identity of PWD, in India we are engaged in needless debate whether Special education is a norm and inclusive education is an Exception. In...