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People With Disabilities Win Major Voters' Rights Case

June 25, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

In a landmark judgement, a Polish court rules that a partially incapacitated man must be added to the voters' register for the 2019 European parliamentary elections.

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Lithuanians Lack Understanding About Transgender People, Study Finds

June 24, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The latest study on attitudes towards transgender individuals in Lithuania revealed that while they were viewed in a somewhat positive light, the Lithuanian public generally lack knowledge about this social group.

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(Your Data Is) Sold! Get a CLUE. Have a Laugh.

June 21, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Every time you go online, your personal information — health history, sexual orientation, browsing history and more — can be shared with thousands of companies in less time than it takes you to blink your eyes.

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Handcuffing Defendants in Spanish Courtrooms May Skew the Judicial Process

June 20, 2019 • by Rights International Spain

"Suspects in restraints” is a European project focused on how suspects are presented in a courtroom, before the jury, the public and the media and how restraining them affects the impartiality of the judicial process.

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Hungarian Court Decision Strips Homeless People of their Humanity

June 19, 2019 • by Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

The Hungarian Constitutional Court has ruled that homelessness “is not part of the right to human dignity” which means the criminalisation and imprisonment of homeless people is constitutional.

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Strasbourg: Lithuania "Justified" in Not Letting Medics Deliver Babies at Home

June 18, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The European Court of Human Rights has made a judgement in the case of Kosaitė-Čypienė and others v. Lithuania, which concerned the right of women to give birth in their homes with the help of medical professionals.

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Top Polish Court: Registry Must Accept Birth Certificate of Child with Same Sex Parents

June 17, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

The Supreme Administrative Court has decided on the case involving the transcription of a foreign birth certificate in which two women are listed as parents. Registration was necessary to protect the rights of the child, the court has said.

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Belgian Arms Export Licenses To Saudi Arabia Cancelled

June 17, 2019 • by Camille Van Durme, Belgian League of Human Rights

The Belgium Council of State has decided to cancel arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia. This move comes as a result of appeals lodged by the National Coordination for Peace and Democracy and the League of Human Rights (LDH), and also partly because no...

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Estonian Centre-Right Coalition Sparks Protests and Outrage

June 14, 2019 • by Estonian Human Rights Centre

Estonia has been in political turmoil for the past few months as the Estonian Centre Party made the shock decision to invite the right-wing conservative EKRE into new coalition after the liberal Reform Party won the parliamentary elections.

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Top Polish Court Ignores European Case Law and Calls Foreigners “Security Risk”

June 13, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

The Supreme Administrative Court rejected an HFHR complaint in the case of Iraqi citizen Ameer Alkhawlany, with HFHR claiming that Polish courts are ignoring European legal precidents.

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People With Disabilities Win Major Voters' Rights Case

Lithuanians Lack Understanding About Transgender People, Study Finds

(Your Data Is) Sold! Get a CLUE. Have a Laugh.

Handcuffing Defendants in Spanish Courtrooms May Skew the Judicial Process

Hungarian Court Decision Strips Homeless People of their Humanity

Strasbourg: Lithuania "Justified" in Not Letting Medics Deliver Babies at Home

Top Polish Court: Registry Must Accept Birth Certificate of Child with Same Sex Parents

Belgian Arms Export Licenses To Saudi Arabia Cancelled

Estonian Centre-Right Coalition Sparks Protests and Outrage

Top Polish Court Ignores European Case Law and Calls Foreigners “Security Risk”

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