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Using fraternity and human dignity to counter the criminalization of solidarity in the European Union (2024)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N., Dadomo, C., & Tava, F. (in press). Using fraternity and human dignity to counter the criminalization of solidarity in the European Union. Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 56,

Over the past decades, a logic of border control and securitization, a combination of legal, political and social elements and factors, has developed in European States. The 2015 migration crisis has only exacerbated this negative approach towards mi... Read More about Using fraternity and human dignity to counter the criminalization of solidarity in the European Union.

Criminalisation of solidarity towards migrants in the European Union - Issues, challenges and solutions (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2024, February). Criminalisation of solidarity towards migrants in the European Union - Issues, challenges and solutions. Presented at Dharmashastra National Law University Talk 2024 (India), Online

The talk has two objectives. It first explains the process of criminalization of solidarity in the European Union and especially how the law is used as an instrument of securitization and sanction against solidaristic acts. It also provides examples... Read More about Criminalisation of solidarity towards migrants in the European Union - Issues, challenges and solutions.

The criminalization of solidarity in today’s European Union - Reflections and solutions (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N., Dadomo, C., & Tava, F. (2023, September). The criminalization of solidarity in today’s European Union - Reflections and solutions. Paper presented at ECPR Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic

Of all the concepts that are often evoked to tackle issues of political inclusion and exclusion, solidarity is perhaps the most frequently discussed. Although there is no unanimous agreement on a definition of this concept, which is variously referre... Read More about The criminalization of solidarity in today’s European Union - Reflections and solutions.

The criminalization of solidarity in today's European Union (2023)
Book Chapter
Quenivet, N., Dadomo, C., & Tava, F. (2023). The criminalization of solidarity in today's European Union. In European Solidarity - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (313-345). Colchester: ECPR Press

European solidarity is a contested concept. Social groups and political parties with different ideological orientations across the European Union often try to impose their own conception of solidarity to the detriment of alternative interpretations.... Read More about The criminalization of solidarity in today's European Union.

La gestion de la pandémie de Covid-19 par le Royaume-Uni: Confinement et déconfinement d’un territoire morcelé (2023)
Book Chapter
Dadomo, C. (2023). La gestion de la pandémie de Covid-19 par le Royaume-Uni: Confinement et déconfinement d’un territoire morcelé. In J. Fougerouse (Ed.), La gestion de la pandémie de Covid par les États: Les institutions publiques à l'épreuve (267-278). Brussels: Bruyland/Larcier

Au sortir de trois longues années de dures et astreignantes négociations sur le Brexit, le gouvernement « au service de Sa Majesté » pour qui « le monde n’est pas suffisant » (« Global Britain »), n’a pas su en effet, dans les premiers mois de 2020,... Read More about La gestion de la pandémie de Covid-19 par le Royaume-Uni: Confinement et déconfinement d’un territoire morcelé.

The French 2021 Bill on the fight against climate change and on resilience strengthening in the face of its effects – first overall impressions (2021)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. (2021). The French 2021 Bill on the fight against climate change and on resilience strengthening in the face of its effects – first overall impressions. Environmental Liability, 26(4),

The 2021 Climate and Resilience Bill: 12 key measures to give a new impetus in the fight against global warming and a double objective to meet France's international commitments and make the planet more habitable for present and future generations.

La Gestion de La Pandémie de Covid-19 par le Royaume-Uni (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2021, September). La Gestion de La Pandémie de Covid-19 par le Royaume-Uni. Paper presented at La gestion de la pandemie Covid-19 par les Etats, Angers University

This paper examines how the Covid-19 pandemic was dealt with by the UK central government and devolved authorities

The French 2021 Act on the fight against climate change and on resilience strengthening in the face of its effects (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2021, September). The French 2021 Act on the fight against climate change and on resilience strengthening in the face of its effects. Paper presented at 8th EELF Annual (online) Conference 2021 - Social and Scientific Uncertainties in Environmental Law, Bournemouth University

As the Special Committee of the French National Assembly in charge of examining the Bill on the fight against climate change and on resilience strengthening in the face of its effects (Projet de loi portant lutte contre le dérèglement climatique et r... Read More about The French 2021 Act on the fight against climate change and on resilience strengthening in the face of its effects.

The first successful claim against the French State for failure to honour its obligation to combat global warming – Paris administrative court’s judgment of 3 February 2021 on climate change: The case of the century, or is it? (2021)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. (2021). The first successful claim against the French State for failure to honour its obligation to combat global warming – Paris administrative court’s judgment of 3 February 2021 on climate change: The case of the century, or is it?. Environmental Liability, 26(3), 106-111

On 3 February 2021, the administrative court of Paris delivered its first judgment in a very publicised climate litigation case nicknamed the case of the century by the applicant associations. While this judgment is novel in so far as the court recog... Read More about The first successful claim against the French State for failure to honour its obligation to combat global warming – Paris administrative court’s judgment of 3 February 2021 on climate change: The case of the century, or is it?.

The French citizens’ convention on climate change: The right response to climate change? (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2021, April). The French citizens’ convention on climate change: The right response to climate change?. Paper presented at Thirteenth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses (online),, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada)

Following the French President’s speech of 25 April 2019 in which Emmanuel Macron announced a change in the decision-making process regarding the ecological transition agenda, a Citizens’ Convention for climate change was set up in October 2019. Un... Read More about The French citizens’ convention on climate change: The right response to climate change?.

Protecting unaccompanied children in the UK (2021)
Book Chapter
Dadomo, C., Quénivet, N., & Querton, C. (2021). Protecting unaccompanied children in the UK. In M. D. Panforti, & C. Valente (Eds.), Protecting Unaccompanied Children: Towards European Convergence (303-325). Mucchi Editore

The French citizens’ convention on climate change (2021)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. (2021). The French citizens’ convention on climate change. IUCN AEL Journal of Environmental Law, 76-84

Following the French President’s speech of 25 April 2019 in which Emmanuel Macron announced a change in the decision-making process regarding the ecological transition agenda, a Citizens’ Convention for climate change was set up in October 2019. Un... Read More about The French citizens’ convention on climate change.

Covid-19: “Honey, we forgot the kids”; Why many children in England have lost out in the current crisis and how educational provision needs to change (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C., & Whewell, E. (2020, August). Covid-19: “Honey, we forgot the kids”; Why many children in England have lost out in the current crisis and how educational provision needs to change. Paper presented at International Society of Family Law (ISFL) 17th World Conference (‘Family and Crisis: Going through the Pandemics’), Universidad de Buenos Aires and Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

In 1918, influenza swept across the world and is estimated to have killed between 50-100 million people in one year. Prior to the outbreak of Covid-19, historians and public health specialists alike warned of our vulnerability to a new and devastati... Read More about Covid-19: “Honey, we forgot the kids”; Why many children in England have lost out in the current crisis and how educational provision needs to change.

Brexit: Chronicles of a crisis foretold (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2019, February). Brexit: Chronicles of a crisis foretold. Presented at The European Union – Change, Transformation and Challenges, Larnaca, Cyprus

The European integration process is certainly the most advanced and remarkable example of regional integration unequalled so far in any other parts of the world even though some lighter forms of regional integration have been more or less modelled on... Read More about Brexit: Chronicles of a crisis foretold.

Brexit: Chronicle of a crisis foretold (2019)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. (2019). Brexit: Chronicle of a crisis foretold. International Comparative Jurisprudence, 5(2), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.13165/j.icj.2019.12.001

European regional integration seemed to be unstoppable and unbreakable despite the many political and economic crises it navigated since the 70s, and more recently in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Yet, for the first time in its history,... Read More about Brexit: Chronicle of a crisis foretold.

London and Paris, a tale of two cities: The story of decentralisation in France and the UK (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2018, December). London and Paris, a tale of two cities: The story of decentralisation in France and the UK. Paper presented at Special Mechanism and Policy for the Development of Ho Chi Minh City from the Legal Perspective, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

In unitary States like France and the United Kingdom, which have historically been characterised by centralisation, devolved authorities and notably local/territorial authorities cannot enjoy absolute autonomy. Those authorities certainly have self-o... Read More about London and Paris, a tale of two cities: The story of decentralisation in France and the UK.

Assessing EU citizenship under the myopic lens of Brexit (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C., & Quenivet, N. (2018, November). Assessing EU citizenship under the myopic lens of Brexit. Paper presented at Transformation of Citizenship, Graz, Austria

In Grzelczyk the CJEU defined EU citizenship as a fundamental status that enables nationals of Member States to enjoy the same treatment in law. In Zambrano the close correlation between this fundamental status and the enjoyment of substantive rights... Read More about Assessing EU citizenship under the myopic lens of Brexit.

“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The French Constitutional Court confirms the constitutional status and force of the principle of fraternity (2018)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The French Constitutional Court confirms the constitutional status and force of the principle of fraternity

In its Decision n° 2018-717/718 QPC of 06 juillet 2018 - M. Cédric H. et autre [Délit d'aide à l'entrée, à la circulation ou au séjour irréguliers d'un étranger (Criminal offence of providing assistance to a foreigner entering, moving and residing il... Read More about “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The French Constitutional Court confirms the constitutional status and force of the principle of fraternity.

European Union Law (2017)
Book
Dadomo, C., & Quenivet, N. (2017). European Union Law. Saltford: Hall & Stott Publishing

European Union Law is written for students on LLB and GDL courses and aims to reflect developments in legal education. The book fully explores the core areas of European Union law whilst setting them in a contextual and practical framework too. I... Read More about European Union Law.

Polyamour or multiple relationships: Towards another new form of family? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2017, July). Polyamour or multiple relationships: Towards another new form of family?. Paper presented at 26th International Society of Family Law (ISFL) World Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Neither swingers nor libertines, “polyamoureux” or people sharing more than one partner, claim the right to be in love with more than one person, openly and honestly. How do they love each other? Is multi-loving the future of relationships? In his b... Read More about Polyamour or multiple relationships: Towards another new form of family?.

Brexit and EU citizenship (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C., & Quenivet, N. (2017, July). Brexit and EU citizenship. Paper presented at Citizenship and Law, Bristol, England

In the past few years the concept of citizenship has been a growing subject of studies in law and politics. The distinction between nationality and citizenship, the rights and duties of nationals and citizens, EU citizenship, etc have attracted consi... Read More about Brexit and EU citizenship.

The "constitutionalisation" of French environmental law under the 2004 Environmental Charter (2017)
Book Chapter
Dadomo, C. (2017). The "constitutionalisation" of French environmental law under the 2004 Environmental Charter. In E. Daly, L. Kotze, J. May, & C. Soyapi (Eds.), New Frontiers in Environmental Constitutionalism (146-159). UNEP

Promised by President Chirac during the 2002 campaign for the Presidential elections, the Environmental Charter has become the third branch of the French 1958 Constitution. It has been incorporated alongside the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man... Read More about The "constitutionalisation" of French environmental law under the 2004 Environmental Charter.

Commentary on the European Council’s Draft Guidelines Following the UK’s Notification under Article 50 TEU (2017)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C., & Quenivet, N. (2017). Commentary on the European Council’s Draft Guidelines Following the UK’s Notification under Article 50 TEU

Under Article 50(2) TEU ‘A Member State which decides to withdraw [from the EU] shall notify the European Council of its intention.’ As the Heads of States or Government of the 27 Member States and the Presidents of the European Council and the Europ... Read More about Commentary on the European Council’s Draft Guidelines Following the UK’s Notification under Article 50 TEU.

Enforcement of EU law post-Brexit: What are the possible scenarios? (2017)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. (2017). Enforcement of EU law post-Brexit: What are the possible scenarios?

On 27 January 2017 Philip Hammond admitted that the UK was not allowed to negotiate trade agreements with the US until it had formally left the European Union (this is different from the situation of the UK having declared that it hoped to be able to... Read More about Enforcement of EU law post-Brexit: What are the possible scenarios?.

Hard, soft and now smart Brexit? Leaving the EU but not the EEA, is it that simple? (2016)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. (2016). Hard, soft and now smart Brexit? Leaving the EU but not the EEA, is it that simple?

On 28 November 2016 the think tank British Influence announced that it will write to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Rt Hon David Davis MP, to find out what is the position of the UK government regarding its membership to the A... Read More about Hard, soft and now smart Brexit? Leaving the EU but not the EEA, is it that simple?.

French family law and the European convention on human rights (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2016, June). French family law and the European convention on human rights. Paper presented at International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family - Symposium on the Jurisprudence of Family Relations, Universidad Católica San Pablo, Arequipa, Peru

The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) relating to family law issues is abundant and is a testimony of its interpretative dynamism. The family benefit from the Court’s vigilant but qualified protection. Combined with the juri... Read More about French family law and the European convention on human rights.

The greening of the French Constitution – The Constitutional Act of 1 March 2005 on the 2004 Environmental Charter – Assessment after 10 years of application (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2016, April). The greening of the French Constitution – The Constitutional Act of 1 March 2005 on the 2004 Environmental Charter – Assessment after 10 years of application. Paper presented at New Frontiers in Global Environmental Constitutionalism: Implementing Human and Environmental Rights in Global Contexts, North-West University (SA), Potchefstroom, South Africa

Promised by President Chirac during the 2002 campaign for the Presidential elections, the Environmental Charter has become the third pillar of the French 1958 Constitution, alongside the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen and the D... Read More about The greening of the French Constitution – The Constitutional Act of 1 March 2005 on the 2004 Environmental Charter – Assessment after 10 years of application.

Developments and implications of future FTAs for the competition law in Vietnam (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C., & Nguyen, T. H. (2016, January). Developments and implications of future FTAs for the competition law in Vietnam. Paper presented at Vietnam Commercial Law in Global Integration Context, Ho Chi Minh City Law University, Vietnam

The paper analyses the effect of free trade agreements on Vietnamese competition law

The Scots have rejected independence and the union is preserved. Or is it? The consequences of the Scottish referendum for the UK and beyond (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2014, October). The Scots have rejected independence and the union is preserved. Or is it? The consequences of the Scottish referendum for the UK and beyond. Paper presented at SOCIN – ‘Social Innovations: Theoretical and Practical Insights’, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania

This article analyses the constitutional consequences of the Scottish independence referendum of September 2014 not only on Scottish devolution but also on the UK constitution

Remembering who we really are: A Buddhist-based approach to human beings in the nexus between human rights and the environment (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2014, June). Remembering who we really are: A Buddhist-based approach to human beings in the nexus between human rights and the environment. Paper presented at GNHRE SYMPOSIUM 2014, ‘Reimagining ‘humanity’ in the nexus between human rights and the environment’ at the IUCN Academy Colloquium, Tarragona, Spain

As C. G. Weeramantry, a former judge at the International Court of justice put it, “Buddhism is replete with perspectives on long-term future. It stresses at every stage the fleeting nature of the present and the transitory nature of present acquisi... Read More about Remembering who we really are: A Buddhist-based approach to human beings in the nexus between human rights and the environment.

Child support reform in the UK: 3 years on (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2011, July). Child support reform in the UK: 3 years on. Paper presented at International Society of Family Law (ISFL), 14th World Conference - Intergenerational obligations, Jean-Moulin University, Lyon, France

The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 which received Royal Assent on 5 June 2008 aims to re-design the child support system as established in 1993 by the conservative government and amended under the Blair government. Both the original an... Read More about Child support reform in the UK: 3 years on.

The implementation of the 'Grenelle de l’environnement' in French law (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2010, September). The implementation of the 'Grenelle de l’environnement' in French law. Paper presented at Society of Legal Scholars (SLS), Annual Conference, Southampton University, UK

In the history of the development of French environmental law, the so-called « Grenelle de l’environnement » will probably be remembered as a formidable and the most daring public consultation process ever organised by the French authorities. For man... Read More about The implementation of the 'Grenelle de l’environnement' in French law.

Case C-133/06 European Parliament v Council [2008] ECR I-3189 (2009)
Journal Article
Ball, R., & Dadomo, C. (2009). Case C-133/06 European Parliament v Council [2008] ECR I-3189. European Public Law, 15(3), 335-347

Case comment on an important ruling providing valuable confirmation of the significance of institutional balance in the decision-making process and the delegation of powers, including the established position of comitology. It identifies the real sig... Read More about Case C-133/06 European Parliament v Council [2008] ECR I-3189.

The 2008 child support reform in the UK (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2009, September). The 2008 child support reform in the UK. Paper presented at International Society of Family Law (ISFL) European Regional conference, Porto, Portugal

The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 which received Royal Assent on 5 June 2008 aims to re-design the child support system as established in 1993 by the conservative government and amended under the Blair government. Both the original an... Read More about The 2008 child support reform in the UK.

Royaume-Uni: Une Dévolution Régionale Essentiellement Limitée à l’Ecosse? (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2007, May). Royaume-Uni: Une Dévolution Régionale Essentiellement Limitée à l’Ecosse?. Paper presented at L’Etat Régional, Une Nouvelle Forme D’Etat?, University of Angers, France

Dix ans apres l’adoption des trois lois de 1998 etablissant de maniere quasi-irreversible le principe de devolution au Royaume-Uni, il ne ferait aucun doute dans l’esprit d’un observateur peu averti que ce processus s’est developpe plus profondement... Read More about Royaume-Uni: Une Dévolution Régionale Essentiellement Limitée à l’Ecosse?.

The evolution of the status of the child in French law (2007)
Book Chapter
Dadomo, C. (2007). The evolution of the status of the child in French law. In L. Wardle, & C. Williams (Eds.), Family Law – Balancing Interests, Pursuing Priorities (400-407). New York: William S. Hein & Co

The purpose of this article is to examine the evolution of the status of the child in French family law, focusing in particular on the issue of filiation where there was a need for establishing a new balance and that of parental authority, where chil... Read More about The evolution of the status of the child in French law.

The greening of the French Constitution – The constitutional act of 1 March 2005 on the 2004 Environmental Charter (2005)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. (2005). The greening of the French Constitution – The constitutional act of 1 March 2005 on the 2004 Environmental Charter. Environmental Liability, 13(6), 175-186

Analysis of the reasons underlying the adoption of the French Environmental Charter, its content, its significance and effectiveness, and the constitutionalisation of French environmental law

European competition and environmental laws at a crossroad: An environmentally friendly meeting? (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2004, September). European competition and environmental laws at a crossroad: An environmentally friendly meeting?. Paper presented at Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference 2004, Sheffield, England

Since the adoption and implementation of the EC Treaty, competition law has been one of the cornerstones of the European construction and of the open single market. Derogations to its rules are limited and applied restrictively. Equally, though at a... Read More about European competition and environmental laws at a crossroad: An environmentally friendly meeting?.

‘Les Magistrates’ courts: Un Modèle de Justice de Proximité? (1996)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C., & Bell, B. (1996). ‘Les Magistrates’ courts: Un Modèle de Justice de Proximité?. Revue de Science Criminelle et de Droit Penal Compare, 3, 607-618

This article analyses whether English Magistrates' courts could serve as a model for French lower criminal courts. The article concludes that, if it is not possible to simply transfer this model of criminal courts into the French judiciary, many of t... Read More about ‘Les Magistrates’ courts: Un Modèle de Justice de Proximité?.

Reconciliation and Peace Economics in Cyprus. Summary of Findings (February 2012). Report to the European Commission (EuropeAid Cypriot Civil Society in Action II Programme)
Report
Flynn, M. K., King, T., Braddon, D., & Dadomo, C. Reconciliation and Peace Economics in Cyprus. Summary of Findings (February 2012). Report to the European Commission (EuropeAid Cypriot Civil Society in Action II Programme)

II. Executive Summary Funding and Aims of Project This report presents summary findings from the project ‘Reconciliation andPeace Economics in Cyrus’ (April 2010 – February 2012). The project was funded by the EuropeAid Cypriot Civil Soci... Read More about Reconciliation and Peace Economics in Cyprus. Summary of Findings (February 2012). Report to the European Commission (EuropeAid Cypriot Civil Society in Action II Programme).

Scottish Parliament - European and External Relations Committee The EU referendum and its implications for Scotland Written submission from Christian Dadomo and Dr Noëlle Quénivet
Journal Article
Written submission from Christian Dadomo and Dr Noëlle Quénivet

We welcome the opportunity to comment on the implications for Scotland of the UK leaving the European Union (EU). In our submission detailed below we focus on the legal aspects and challenges of what we consider to be the best suited alternatives to... Read More about Scottish Parliament - European and External Relations Committee The EU referendum and its implications for Scotland Written submission from Christian Dadomo and Dr Noëlle Quénivet.