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On the 6th of December, Carri Ginter visited Tallinn Downtown Elementary school’s 9th-grade pupils to share his knowledge of European Law. The topic of the Social Studies lesson, which Dr Ginter gave, was “Estonia – a member of the European …

On the 25th of November, Carri Ginter appeared on the podcast Uudis+, where he commented on the possible consequences of a recent CJEU judgement. In the judgement mentioned above, the CJEU stated that the provision of the anti-money-laundering directive provision whereby …

On 15th November, Carri Ginter presented and discussed at Future Forum Estonia regarding litigation and media with a focus on national and EU law and practice. When the media referred to the German Constitutional Court “dropping a bomb” with the European …

The 37th Estonian Lawyers’ Days recording is now available on UTTV. You can listen to what we thought of the EU law and the Constitution here from 1:53:00. Our conclusion with panellists was essentially unanimous and the Constitution is alive, valuable …

We took some time and focused on the Framework Decision (FD) on Combating Racism and Xenophobia (2008/913/JHA) together with associate professor Anneli Soo. How do you understand the “public order” exception in the framework decision? To us, it seems to …

On 6-7 October 2022, more than 700 Estonian lawyers and scholars gathered in Tartu for “Estonian Lawyers’ Days”. This is the 37th such event in Estonia, happening every second year. Dr Carri Ginter participated in a “National Law versus EU …

In the latest issue of the Estonian law journal Juridica, Dr Carri Ginter and associate professor Anneli Soo analyse the possibility for a Member State to criminalise racism and xenophobia as hate speech, which poses a threat to public order. …

Today, the European Commission published the pool of almost 400 individuals eligible for appointment as arbitrators for trade and sustainable development (TSD) experts in bilateral disputes under trade agreements with third countries.   The pool is the result of a …

On Thursday the Estonian Parliament passed legislation to ban the use of symbols of aggression. The law will introduce amendments to the Penal Code that have been prompted by Russia’s attack against Ukraine and will ensure an appropriate punishment if …

Our team members Carri Ginter and Piret Schasmin visited upper Secondary School of Rapla and gave a lecture for students.