The EU’s Steel and Metals Action Plan (SMAP) has placed renewed emphasis on safeguarding the Union’s steel sector against the effects of global overcapacity and circumvention

of existing trade policy measures. Central to this effort is the proposal of a ‘melted and poured rule’. [...]

Steel and base metals stand at the core of the European Union’s trade defence practice. Numerous anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and anticircumvention measures are applied to

imports of steel and other metal products, supplemented by the steel safeguard measure. [...]

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an ambitious climate change mitigation instrument of the European Union that will substantially affect trade in emissions-intensive

goods. It holds major economic and legal significance for the steel and metals sector. [...]

Written by Naja Bentzen. On 12 November 2025, the Commission and the High Representative published a joint communication on the ‘European Democratic Shield: Empowering Strong

and Resilient Democracies’ (EDS), in line with the July 2024 political guidelines. [...]

Written by Clare Ferguson with Sara Raja. The 28th regime is a proposed EU-level legal framework that would allow innovative companies to operate across the EU under a single

set of rules. Companies would not have to deal with differing regulations across Member States, which would help boost the single market. [...]

ABSTRACTThis contribution explores the European Union’s dual role as both a recipient and a shaper of international human rights norms, focusing on the potential human rights

erosive effects of European Union (EU) law-making—specifically the forthcoming Crisis and Force Majeure Regulation. [...]

ABSTRACTThe doctrine of détournement de pouvoir illustrates how legal transplants from domestic legal orders can shape the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) system.

Originating in French administrative law, its influence on Article 18 ECHR highlights both the promise and pitfalls of legal transplants. [...]

ABSTRACTThe protection of children’s rights is increasingly misappropriated by populist governments to justify restrictions on expressions related to sexual orientation and

gender identity. The presumed conflict between children’s rights and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trasgender, queer and other identities (LGBTQ+) rights not only diverts [...]