Francesco Spera addresses how the European Union’s use of soft-law instruments in responding externally to migration and asylum crises relates to the principles of the Treaties and the integration process.
Arian Henning’s Verfassungsblog post, “Computer Says No”, is dated 10 August 2026 and discusses the draft KI-Migrationsverwaltungsgesetz adopted by the German federal cabinet on 29 July 2026.
Tjaša Ivanc’s monograph chapter addresses the European Certificate of Succession (ECS) as a means by which heirs, legatees and/or an executor may prove their status in cross-border succession matters.
Lorenzo Bernardini’s article, published in the Journal of Perpetrator Research as “Mass Immigration Detention: Thorny Pathologies and Large-Scale Impact”, examines mass immigration detention in Europe through the EU migration-law framework and the ECHR.
Noa Campello Carballido’s article addresses the legal treatment of separated children arriving via the Atlantic route to the Canary Islands and how the right to respect for family life under Article 8 of the ECHR is calibrated in that setting.
Sören Segger-Piening’s article addresses the basic structures of conflict of laws in digitalisation through the GDPR, Data Act, DSA, DMA and AI Regulation. It focuses on the conflict-of-laws questions raised by these EU instruments in digital relationships.
Hacer Ülkü’s article, published on 2 October 2025, addresses how the applicable law is determined in personal-data protection disputes with a foreign element by comparing Turkish law with European Union law.
Víctor Herraiz Jagerovic’s article focuses on smartphone data extraction (SDE) by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) in asylum proceedings.
This article compares Turkish and European Union approaches to identifying the applicable law in private-law disputes with a foreign element concerning personal data protection.
Niamh Kinchin; Davoud Mougouei authored the academic publication “What Can Artificial Intelligence Do for Refugee Status Determination? A Proposal for Removing Subjective Fear” in International Journal of Refugee Law, published on 2022-10-01.
Lina Jasmontaite-Zaniewicz and Júlia Zomignani Barboza examine the use of technology-assisted and automated decisions in EU asylum applications against the backdrop of the growing overlap between migration policy, border control, security and counter-terrorism.
Arslan, Ilyas authored the academic publication “The Applicable Law to Disputes Arising From Processing or Non-Protection of Personal Data Due to The Violation of Contracts Having Foreign Elements” in Istanbul Hukuk Mecmuasi, Vol. 79 No.
In her article in the European Journal of Migration and Law, Niovi Vavoula assesses law-enforcement access to EU-wide information systems, including VIS, Eurodac, EES and ETIAS, which process the personal data of third-country nationals.
This article examines international data private law in the context of the cross-border application of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. It addresses applicable-law and jurisdictional issues arising in disputes concerning the protection of personal data.