nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/2e7642b95cd01819 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240417s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/2e7642b95cd01819 doi eng 342 23 Moreno-Lax, Violeta Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-0042-7907 Solidarity Crimes, Legitimacy Limits - Punishing Civil Obedience as an Abuse of Power Moreno-Lax, Violeta Verfassungsblog 2024-04-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The criminalisation of humanitarianism has become pervasive in the EU over the last two decades. Overbroad definitions of the crimes of facilitation of irregular entry, transit and stay produce well known noxious effects on the human rights of migrants and civil society organisations. Nevertheless, the tendency has been to tighten the rules rather than contesting the EU’s failure to pursue a migration control system that is ‘fair towards third-country nationals’ and constructed ‘with respect for fundamental rights.’ In this blogpost, I argue that the EU legislator’s disregard for the human rights impacts of the facilitation regime constitutes an abuse of power. Legislative measures that have the effect of subverting legally enshrined principles (Arts 2, 6 & 21 TEU) and suppress the rights of civil society and the migrants with whom they engage are incompatible with core democratic premises. CC BY-SA 4.0 Criminalization of Humanitarian Work Facilitation Directive Search and Rescue solidarity Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/solidarity-crimes-legitimacy-limits/ raw object