'The International Criminal Court deserves the Sakharov Prize': CJEU President Koen Lenaerts

CJEU President Koen Lenaerts applauded the European Parliament's decision to award the International Criminal Court the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, arguing that its work matters in a world increasingly governed by autocratic leaders. He also addressed rule-of-law issues within the EU and the legal implications of the apparent hardening of migration policy across the bloc.

Lenaerts applauds the European Parliament's decision to award its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the International Criminal Court (ICC), because its work "is indeed important in the context where the world is more and more governed by autocratic leaders."

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We also touch on rule-of-law issues inside the EU, and on the legal aspects of the apparent hardening of migration policy across the bloc.

Programme prepared by Oihana Almandoz, Isabelle Romero, Perrine Desplats and Florine Hausfater

'The International Criminal Court deserves the Sakharov Prize': CJEU President Koen Lenaerts

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