This document presents the sources used for the production of the Asylum Report 2022. Sources are grouped by type, for example material produced by European institutions and agencies, international organisations, national authorities, civil society organisations, think tanks and ...
This summary presents legislative, institutional and policy developments in asylum and reception in EU+ countries in 2021, as presented in the Asylum Report 2022. Details for each development and further analysis are provided in the report.
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Eurojust’s Casework on Corruption: 2016–2021 Insights presents key findings based on Eurojust’s casework in the area of corruption. Corruption is a broad notion which covers a range of (constituent) crimes, such as active and passive corruption. Offences linked with corruption in...
Since 2016, investigations and prosecutions of the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (known collectively as core international crimes), have steadily risen within the EU. The number of newly opened cases in Member States increased overall by 44% between 20...
Eurojust written requests (or recommendations) are issued by National Members to assist national authorities when jurisdictional issues arise between two or more Member States. They are based on Article 4(2)(b) of the Eurojust Regulation and fall within the autonomous initiative ...
On 1 July 2022, the International Criminal Court will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Twenty years ago, the Rome Statute reaffirmed that it is the duty of every state to exercise its criminal jurisdiction over those responsible for core international crimes – the crime of genocid...
The 2021 European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) Meeting on Counterterrorism focused on the new EU legal framework for addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online, recent terrorist trends and cases of left-wing and right-wing extremism and t...
These guidelines provide guidance on the composition, activities and cooperation with external partners and non-EU States of the Network of National Experts on Joint Investigation Teams (JITs Network) and further elaborate on the principles set out in Council document 11037/05, &...
An estimated 15 % of EU citizens (about 75 million people) fall victim to crime every year. In 2021, Eurojust supported more than 10 000 criminal investigations, helping to deliver justice to almost 100 000 victims of all forms of serious, cross-border crime. The complexity of cr...
Migrant smuggling crimes are committed by connected or transnational organised criminal groups working via trafficking routes, often ruthlessly endangering the lives of migrants throughout the journey by land, air or sea. Migrant smuggling criminal groups regularly also engage in...