The Strengthening Access to Justice for Improved Human Rights Protection project has as its objective the improving of access to justice for individuals wishing to strengthen their human rights protection in those instances when they feel that they have been violated. Whilst Malta has a relatively strong human rights regime that seeks to protect a long list of fundamental human rights, the practical protection offered to persons whose rights have been violated or might be violated is rather weak.
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Event: Law Student Seminar SLAPPs – The Chilling Effects of Abusive Lawsuits on Journalists & Activists
Attention all Law & Media Students: Do you want to know what a SLAPP is? What is the draft Directive everyone is talking about? How will it effect Maltese law and lawyers? Join us on the 17th November 2023 at the University of Malta.
An indictment of Malta’s defective asylum system that hinders human-rights protection: Case of A.D. v. Malta [App no. 12427/22]
Border Criminologies, managed by the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford, published a guest post by Carla Camilleri, lawyer and the Assistant Director of aditus foundation.
Continue ReadingHybrid – Judicial Independence Workshop – Malta
It is with great pleasure that we are launching to the second Judicial Independence Workshop which will be held in Malta, on the 23rd and 24th November 2023, at the Corinithia Marina Resort in St. Julians. Particpants from Malta have the unique opportunity to attend either in-person or online, whilst participants from overseas can attend online. Anyone interested in particpating, please send Carla an email.
Continue ReadingThe Anti-SLAPP Directive: A Good fit for Maltese Law?
Earlier in 2023, the Chamber of Advocates and aditus Foundation delivered an information session on the growing phenomenon of litigation aimed at stifling public participation, more commonly called SLAPPs.
Since that date, the European Parliament has approved a first draft of the Anti-SLAPP Directive (Directive 2022/0117), which was subsequently referred to the European Council – which in turn appears to favour a watered-down version of the proposed directive. The final text of the Directive is not yet approved, and will depend on the feedback received from the various member states if it is to be amended.
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