Two Danish mayors in municipalities that are home to "expulsion centers" for rejected asylum seekers have said they want the facilities closed down. Ib Lauritsen, the mayor of Ikast-Brande, and Morten Slotved of...

Judges must speak out if judicial independence and the Rule of Law are threatened.

How does a vacation to Hawaii sound, paid for by someone else? Most politicians respect the rules, but some are living it up at our expense.

After parents were initially denied access to their dead daughter’s Facebook account, the highest court of Germany has now ruled that, under inheritance law, they have the rights to her Facebook account. Judges...

Iceland was elected at the UN headquarters in New York to replace the United States of America on the United Nations Human Rights Council. In June, the US announced its withdrawal from the council. Iceland will hold...

All over Italy, people are marching to improve visibility, acceptance, legal protections and rights for LGBTI people.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the practice of Jehovah’s Witnesses collecting personal information as it’s converters go door-to-door to preach is illegal. According to the court ruling, they are...

A narrow majority in the Dutch Senate voted in favor of abolishing the advisory referendum, meaning the referendum is officially scrapped. So far, the Netherlands has held two advisory referendums, one on a...

Who has been sending weapons to Saudi Arabia? And which country just sacked its top corruption investigator? How well did you keep up with European human rights news this week?

The Italian government has blocked a commercial ship flying the Italian flag from docking in the country's ports because it was carrying dozens of rescued migrants. The Vos Thalassa, a supply ship for oil rigs,...