DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

FECL 47 (October 1996)

Er Schengen noe for Norge? - Et bidrag til europeisk politiforskning, by Professor Thomas Mathiesen, publications of the Institute of Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo, No. 54, Oslo 1996, 68 p., in Norwegian, ISBN 82-90783-07-8.

A brilliant analysis of Schengen cooperation and its implications for policing in Europe. The brochure also addresses the political and constitutional consequences of Schengen membership for the non-EU state Norway.

Available from: Institutet for Rettssosiologi, Universitetet i Oslo, St Olavsplass 5, N-0165 Oslo; Fax: +47/22 850202.

The foreigner, his family and European Law, Report by Mylène Nys, jurist at the Institute of Sociology of the Free University of Brussels, published by European Coordination for the Right of Foreigners to Live with their Families, Paris 1996, brochure 24 p, in English.

Available from Coordination Européenne, 25 Bd. de Bonne Nouvelle, F-75002 Paris; Fax: +33/1 40410359.

Activities of the Council of Europe in the migration field, Council of Europe, Strasbourg 1996, CDMG(96) 15 E, infodoc\emig15.96, 68 p.

The documentation gives a brief survey of Council of Europe activities relevant to migration, the situation of migrants and community relations. In addition to the intergovernmental activities carried out under the auspices of the European Committee on Migration (CDMG), details are given of activities carried out by many other Council of Europe bodies during the last five years, which have a bearing on the situation of migrants.

La collaboration policière internationale en Europe (International police cooperation in Europe), by G. Renault, J. Vanderborght, L. van Outrive, article published in Déviance et Société, 1996, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 173-192. The first part of the paper provides a systematic overview of relatively classical research on international police cooperation in Europe. The second part is about more recent research, using a social-political approach.

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights: Annual report 1996, IHF, Vienna 1996, 240 p.

The report examines developments in the field of human rights in the majority of the participating States of the OSCE in the course of 1995.

Children of Bulgaria - Police Violence and Arbitrary Confinement, Human Rights Watch Children’s Rights Project - Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, New York, September 1996, 145 p.

The report concludes that street children in Bulgaria are often subjected to physical abuse and other mistreatment by police, the very people who are supposed to protect them. Once detained, children fall victim to gross procedural inadequacies in the juvenile justice system in Bulgaria. In particular, the practice of confining children to penal institutions, without due process, violates international law.

EU JHA-Council:

  • Mise en oeuvre des conclusions du Conseil européen de Madrid de décembre 1995 en matière de drogue , EU Council, Brussels, 13.6.96, 7745/2/96, REV 2, LIMITE, CORDROGUE 32, 13 p., in French. Report on the implementation of the Conclusions of the European Council in Madrid in December 1995 regarding drugs.
  • Rapport sur la lutte contre la drogue en Amérique Latine et dans les Caraïbes, EU Council, Brussels, 13.6.96, 6879/3/96, REV 3, LIMITE, CORDROGUE 25, 79 p, in French. Annex: The Caribbean and the Drugs Problem, Report, EU Experts Group, April 1996, 60 p., in English.