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(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2020 5(2), 1045-1059 | European Forum Insight of 15 October 2020 | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. Schrems I and the background to Schrems II. - III. The judgment of the Court of Justice in Schrems II. - IV. Clarity, compromise and coming challenges. - V. Conclusion. | (Abstract) The decision in Schrems II delivered by the Court of Justice in July 2020 (judgment of 16 July 2020, case C-311/18, Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Ltd and Maximillian Schrems) was, in many ways, foreseeable given the scheme and recent history of the Union's privacy and data protection jurisprudence. Despite this, the decision has significant and far-reaching implications both for the protective standards afforded to personal data which are the subject of international data transfers and the role and responsibilities of data controllers where such transfers take place. More fundamentally, the decision also raises a series of further questions about the scope and reach of European data protection standards, the interpretation of the general Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the prospects of the United Kingdom in seeking an adequacy decision as a third country following Brexit.

This article traces the nimble reorganization efforts, from restorative justice to transitional justice, employed by a single victim’s advocacy group, the Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) campaign, as they participated in a coalition of like-minded organizations to bring about an official apology and enduring justice for the women of the Magdalen Laundries. Offered as an obstacle that was pivotal in spurring transition, Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s apology is analyzed as an example of contemporary apologia. This article will argue Kenny’s remarks satisfy the goals of restorative justice, but impede transitional justice as the language of his remarks undermine non-recurrence. Thus, the women of the Magdalen Laundries, in collaboration with advocacy groups such as JFM, employ rhetorical silence and extend rhetorical listening as tactics of change.

Dominic McIver Lopes’ Four Arts of Photography and Diarmuid Costello’s On Photography: A Philosophical Inquiry examine the state of the art in analytic philosophy of photography and present a new approach to the study of the medium. As opposed to the orthodox and prevalent view, which emphasizes its epistemic capacities, the new theory reconsiders the nature of photography, and redirects focus towards the aesthetic potential of the medium. This symposium comprises two papers that critically examine central questions addressed in the two books, with responses by the two authors in defence of their respective positions.