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,...

Criminal proceedings against Sea Watch began in April 2018, after a ship of the NGO was accused of bringing migrants to Italy. Criminal proceedings against Proactiva Open Arms’s ship, Golfo Azzurro, began in May 2017,...

Luxembourg lawmakers in June unanimously supported a law legalizing medical cannabis. Patients suffering from chronic pain, nausea related to chemotherapy, or muscle spasms resulting from multiple sclerosis will be...

The Higher Regional Court in Munich ruled on Wednesday to sentence to life in prison a German neo-Nazi. Beate Zschaepe was a member of the National Socialist Underground, whose members killed eight Turks, a Greek and...