Dutch parliamentarians passed a motion on Tuesday demanding EU- and national-level 'Magnitsky Acts' against Russia and other human rights abusers. They gave a five-month deadline for the Council of Ministers and hope...

The organizations have appealed to the Constitutional Court against the government's new legislation on fraudulent acknowledgement of paternity, which contravenes national and international law.

The government has used its latest hate-filled campaign against refugees and human rights defenders to stir voters ahead of this weekend's election.

The Dutch Intelligence and Security Act enables the use of DNA research and the creation of a DNA database by the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD). This DNA test is intended for identifying and...

Twitter has been acussed by Amnesty International of creating an unsafe environment for women online and violating their human rights.

The number of identified victims of labor trafficking has increased in every European country monitored twice by the Council of Europe, according to a new report. The human rights body says that men working in...

In 2017, police officers in the Netherlands faced 9,101 incidents of verbal or physical violence directed at them. Every day last year, an average of 25 officers were insulted, threatened or physically abused while...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Hungary - April 2018

Lithuanian organizations working in the field of mental health have publicly criticized a member of parliament's proposal to completely ban gender reassignment procedures, thus restricting transgender rights even...

Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen, a Belgian organisation that defends the interests of refugees, has questioned the asylum and migration secretary's decision to continue to reduce the number of reception places for...