On 30 October 2025, Russia officially informed the Council of Europe that the country was denouncing the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (ECPT). The denunciation will become effective on 1 November 2026 as under Art. [...]
At the Council meeting on 8 December 2025, the Home Affairs Ministers of EU Member States discussed common law enforcement measures to address the malicious use of drones.
Possible EU actions could include better coordination of anti-drone activities, harmonisation of anti-drone systems standards, and increased funding in research and [...]
On 27 November 2025, Europol provided an overview of the results of the operation codenamed LUDUS. LUDUS is an annual operation that focuses on preventing the distribution
of fake and unsafe toys in the EU market. Between 2024 and 2025, more than 7.8 million counterfeit and dangerous toys have been seized by customs authorities. [...]
This news item highlights key cases that demonstrate OLAF's operational work between September and December 2025. It follows reports on operations supported by OLAF in the
first seven months of 2025 (→eucrim 2/2025, 125-126), including the Office's cooperation with the EPPO. [...]
In its judgment of 18 December 2025 in infringement proceedings C-448/23 brought by the European Commission against Poland, the ECJ's Grand Chamber postulate that national
constitutional courts cannot override the primacy of EU law either by invoking their respective constitutional identity or by means of ultra vires review. [...]
On 18 December 2025, the plenary session of the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime. After the Conditionality
Regulation came into force five years ago, the EP takes stock and draws attention to deficiencies in its implementation. [...]
[EN] Focus: Current Challenges for Judicial Cooperation; [FR] Dossier particulier: Défis actuels pour la coopération judiciaire; [DE] Schwerpunktthema: Aktuelle Herausforderungen
für die justizielle Zusammenarbeit [...]
In a special report released on 15 December 2025, the ECA concluded that cooperation between the EPPO and OLAF is affected by inefficient information exchange and the European
Commission's oversight of repayments to the EU budget is insufficient. [...]
This news item summarises the report of the High-Level Forum on the Future of EU Criminal Justice. The forum, which brought together officials from the EU Member States, the
EU institutions and JHA bodies as well as respresenatives from academia, legal practice and civil society, discussed how a vision of European criminal law can be [...]
On 10 December 2025, delegations from EU Member States and partner countries, as well as international organisations approved a Joint Declaration reaffirming their commitment
to strengthen international cooperation against migrant smuggling. The Declaration sets out joint ways to tackle illegal migration and THB alongside three main pillars. [...]
