Frederik Naert

• Juris Doctor
• Director of Directorate 1 (competitiveness, environment, transport, telecom & energy) at Council of the EU

This contribution addresses some particular aspects of fisheries and some specificities of the European Union (EU) in this field. The first section explains how institutional settings in the framework of which all states concerned can discuss mutual rights and obligations, including the ‘due regard’ obligation in the exclusive economic zone ( EEZ )...

In this contribution, I will identify the main issues relevant for the applicability and application of international humanitarian law (IHL) in military operations under the command of the European Union (EU) and I will briefly describe the EU's practice and policy in this respect.1Dr Frederik Naert is a member of the Legal Service of the Council o...

This article provides a brief overview of the legal aspects of EU military crisis management operations, which, together with the EU's civilian missions, are the main manifestation of the EU's Security and Defence Policy. After the introduction (I), section II addresses the EU law aspects, section III covers the main international law aspects and s...

De Europese Unie (EU) heeft sinds haar oprichting door het EU-Verdrag, geleidelijk aan een Gemeenschappelijk Buitenlands en Veiligheidsbeleid ontwikkeld. Het Verdrag van Amsterdam voerde de mogelijkheid in voor de EU om de veiligheids- en defensieaspecten hiervan binnen de EU zelf uit te voeren in plaats van via de West-Europese Unie. Op de Europes...

Abstract and Keywords This chapter analyses the main legal aspects of European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) operations launched since 2003. These operations are addressed in chronological order, starting with a general overview and followed by an analysis of their international mandate, the legal status of the force/mission, and the applicabl...

This contribution analyses the provisions on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (EU Constitution), focusing on elements that constitute a further development of the present acquis in this field. It successively addresses the adoption and status of the EU Constitution and the place of t...

As the title suggests, in this contribution we will devote some reflections to a number of challenges we see for the law of international organizations, and more specifically for the teaching of this discipline. This exercise is part of the introduction of a masters' course on the law of international organizations in the framework of the Bachelor-...

Security (in a broad sense, see infra, II.B) in Europe is the realm of several regional international organisations, mainly the European Union (“EU”), Western European Union (“WEU”), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (“OSCE”) and, to a lesser extent, the Council of Europe, creating...

In 2003 zetten Britse soldaten in Irak een man gevangen, die later zou omkomen als gevolg van mishandeling tijdens zijn detentie. Vijf andere Irakezen kwamen om bij schietincidenten. Hun nabe-staanden trokken naar de rechter in Groot-Brittannië om klacht neer te leggen wegens schendingen van de mensenrechten. 2 Maar waren die wel van toepassing? En...