In mid-October 2025, Frontex released a comprehensive blueprint report designed to improve the connectivity, interoperability, and future readiness of Europe’s border security
systems. The new European Border Surveillance Reference Architecture (EBS-RA) aims to help EU Member States share information more effectively, modernise outdated [...]
On 25 September 2025, the Danish Council Presidency and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on legislation to strengthen Europol’s mandate with regard
to preventing, detecting, and investigating migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings (THB). [...]
On 17 September 2025, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a new report examining the discrimination, harassment, violence, and non-consensual medical interventions
experienced by intersex persons in 30 European countries. The report found distinct results and trends compared with the previous survey conducted in 2019. [...]
The editors of ICONnect are very pleased to announce our new slate of columnists for 2026: Adam Bodnar, Ming-Sung Kuo, Victoria Miyandazi, and Verónica Undurraga. We are certain
that they will provide a diverse and fascinating set of voices for our readers, representing a range of regional and substantive areas of focus. [...]
The ESIL Interest Group on Migration and Refugee Law is hosting Online Webinar “Challenging Frontex’s De Facto Immunity: The Importance of the CJEU’s Judgement in
Hamoudi v. Frontex“ 27 January 2026, 13:00-14:30 (CET), online ABOUT THE EVENT On 27 January 2026, the ESIL Interest Group on Migration and Refugee Law will host [...]
Presenters: Pat Wilburn (CEO) and Dave Contreras (CTO) Predict.Law addresses a $61 billion market inefficiency in personal injury cases. Attorneys currently rely on outdated
methods to value cases: informal hallway discussions, personal memory, and legacy search tools that feel like “web search circa 1998.” [...]
Once again, the United States is considering a military attack on Iran, this time in response to the government’s violent crackdown on popular protests that swept across
the country over the last several weeks. For the time being, regional allies may have convinced the Trump administration to hold back. [...]
By Luisa Cassar Pullicino and Krista Refalo, Ganado Advocates In the preliminary reference Case C-77/24 Wunner (the Titanium Brace case), the CJEU was asked to determine whether
a damages claim brought by a consumer directly against company directors for losses suffered from unlicensed online gambling fell within the scope of the Rome II [...]
