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Eunseo Hong
Eunseo Hong is Courthouse News’ Europe courts correspondent, based in the Netherlands. Originally from South Korea, she covers international courts and legal issues, with a focus on EU legal affairs and the International Court of Justice.
Latest Articles by Eunseo Hong
EU court clears path for man seeking DNA test on buried father
Judges said courts asked to collect evidence across borders cannot refuse requests based on their own national law, even in sensitive disputes involving the dead.
EU court clears path for Spain’s Catalan amnesty
Europe’s highest court found the controversial measure about the region's independence movement does not violate EU law, allowing stalled terrorism and public funds cases to move forward in Spanish courts.
ICC advances first Libya trial over Mitiga prison abuses
Judges found sufficient evidence to send Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri to trial on 17 charges linked to abuses at Tripoli’s Mitiga Prison.
YouTube may lose EU liability shield for videos on partnered channels
The EU’s top court said Google's legal protections could disappear when YouTube gains detailed knowledge of illegal content through its own commercial partnerships, potentially raising the bar for online platforms across Europe.
EU court keeps Czech lawmakers’ travel and daily allowance figures under wraps
Europe’s second-highest court ruled that public interest alone is not enough to access politicians' personal expense records, rejecting a watchdog’s bid for detailed payment data.
EU court backs naming doped athletes, rejects automatic online shaming
Violators of anti-doping rules can be listed online to ensure fair play, Europe’s top court ruled, but privacy law requires authorities to justify publication instead of treating it as reflexive part of every ban.
Anne Frank diary ruling says VPN loopholes don’t sink geoblocking
Europe’s top court ruled that publishers are judged by the safeguards they put in place, not by whether determined readers can bypass geoblocking with a VPN.
EU court draws line between journalism and paid criminal record databases
Europe’s highest court ruled that companies cannot escape privacy rules simply by claiming journalistic status, setting new limits on when publishers qualify for the law’s press exemption.