During a wave of scandals that has dogged An Garda Síochána (the Irish Police Service) since February 2014, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has been a prominent voice in highlighting the gaps in Ireland’s police accountability structures.
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The European Court of Human Rights, while acknowledging that protecting candidates for public office from libel and slander is a justifiable aim, rules that such people are allowed to face greater scrutiny, and opinions about them are free speech.
Do you remember the film "The Terminal," where Tom Hanks plays a citizen of a country that ceased to exist during his flight, causing him to be held in an airport? Such a story happened in Slovenia, and the ECtHR has issued a ruling on the matter.
"Chiamiamola tortura" (Let's call it torture) is a campaign launched first by Antigone two years ago and relaunched on the 28th of March 2014. The campaign aims to introduce the crime of torture in Italy's penal code.
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As a watchdog organisation, Liberties reminds politicians that respect for human rights is non-negotiable. We're determined to keep championing your civil liberties, will you stand with us? Every donation, big or small, counts.
Help us to say "No!" to the Spanish government's attempts to restrict freedoms and rights instead of responding to people’s needs and demands. Send your copy of our open letter to Mr. Rajoy and Ms. Reding.
In its judgment, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has stated that the Hungarian Church Act violates the right to freedom of religion and the right to assembly of the complainant churches represented by HCLU.
The Constitutional Court has canceled Law 40, passed in 2004 by the government of Silvio Berlusconi, which banned heterologous artificial insemination.
Support the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Europe by signing the concerning initiative and urge EU governments to move on from their repressive and unjust policies on marijuana.
For the first time, the broad spectrum of human rights in the Netherlands was the topic of debate in the Dutch House of Representatives.
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