Factual Silence as Rule of Law Evasion: Adverse Inference and the Evidentiary Collapse of EU Accountability

This Saar Brief by Moon Hwan Lee is part of the joint Online Symposium by Jean Monnet Saar and JuWissBlog on “Protecting the Rule of Law in the European Union”. It explores how some EU Member States use factual silence to evade legal accountability while maintaining an appearance of compliance. The author proposes the use of adverse inference – treating unjustified silence as evidence of a breach – as a doctrinal tool to strengthen the EU’s rule of law enforcement.

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*** We warmly invite submissions for our joint online symposium with the JuWissBlog „Protecting the Rule of Law in the European Union – Mechanisms and National Responsibility.“

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