October 2021
CRPD: Final Findings on FranceBy Priscille KulczykOn September 14, 2021, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) published its concluding observations as part of the periodic review of France. Composed of 18...
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UN Disability Committee ConcernedBy Grégor PuppinckOn September 14, 2021, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) published its concluding observations on France's compliance with the 2006 Convention on the...
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A Ban on Eugenic Abortion in Hungary?By Nicolas BauerThe Constitutional Court of Hungary has authorized the ECLJ to intervene as amicus curiae in a pending case concerning eugenic abortion, which we already mentioned in an article . In this case (No.
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CC Ruling: Radical Left DemonstrationsBy ECLJSince the Polish Constitutional Court decision banning eugenic abortion ( see our article here ), demonstrations have been taking place all over Poland to protest the ruling with the slogan "It's...
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CSA's Eugenicist Censorship: New StepBy ECLJOn the occasion of the World Day for Down Syndrome in 2014, the video "Dear Future Mom" was broadcast on major television channels in several countries: Croatia, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New...
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Excerpts of the Polish CC JudgmentBy ECLJOn 22 October 2020, the Polish Constitutional Court considered the appeal of 119 deputies against the provisions of the Act of 7 January 1993 on family planning, protection of the human foetus and...
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Poland: the End of Eugenic AbortionBy Grégor PuppinckOn October 22, 2020, the Polish Constitutional Court, meeting in plenary session, rendered a historic decision declaring that eugenic abortion is contrary to the dignity and life of the human being,
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Eugenic Abortion Before the Polish CCBy ECLJOn October 22, 2020, the Polish Constitutional Court will address the issue of eugenic abortion , i.e. abortions permitted under Polish law when " prenatal examinations or other medical data indicate...
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UN-SR against "liberal eugenics"By Christophe FoltzenlogelThe Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities presented her annual report during the last session of the Human Rights Council, which was interrupted prematurely on 13 March due to...
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From Eugenics to BioethicsBy Grégor PuppinckBeyond its core measure -"la PMA pour toutes" (ART for all women)-, the draft law on bioethics brings an even more fundamental series of ruptures : it completely separates procreation from sexuality...
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One of Us: Advocate General's OpinionBy ECLJOn 29 July 2019, the Advocate General of the CJEU, Michal Bobek, issued his conclusions in case in Case C-418/18 P, now re-named Puppinck and Others v Commission . In these conclusions, the Advocate...
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Future gamete donations: End anonymityBy Christophe FoltzenlogelOn Friday 12 April 2019, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a recommendation calling for the waiving of anonymity for all future human gamete donations in order to allow all...
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One of us Symbol of a Dying Democracy?By Christophe FoltzenlogelOn 25 March 2019, the hearing of the case One of Us v. Commission (Case-418/18) will be held before the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (Luxembourg). Last legal step of a...
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To an individual right to a child?By Claire de La HougueThis article was published in French on Génèthique on 15 November 2018 What will change in French law if “ART for all” were adopted? This is the question that Claire de La Hougue, PhD in law,
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Disabled persons: the right to exist!By ECLJWhile an important pressure is going on within the United Nations to impose the legalisation of eugenic abortion ( see here ) and hence “ do everything to avoid handicaps ” ( see here ), the ECLJ...
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CRPD: Don't Kill Disabled PeopleBy Grégor PuppinckThe Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the United Nations officially stated that abortion of children because of a disability violates the Convention on the Rights of Persons...
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Hearing of One of Us vs. EU CommissionBy ECLJThe hearing of the case One of us versus the European Commission was held on Tuesday, May 16 th 2017 in front of a chamber composed of five judges of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in...
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Genetic Technologies in Human BeingsBy Christophe FoltzenlogelOn Friday, the 24th of March, 2017, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Council of Europe is working once more on a report by Belgian Senator Petra de Sutter,
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Resolution on the ECI MechanismBy ECLJOn 28 October 2015, the European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the European Citizens’ Initiative. In this long text, Parliament expresses its strong support of the European Citizens’
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