A bill decriminalising the use and possession of small amounts of drugs has been withdrawn from the Slovakian Parliament, mainly because of opposition from government coalition partner the Slovak National Party. After...

Will Britons get to keep their EU citizenship after Brexit? This is the question now before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

The case of a Tajik family's extended placement in a detention centre, which caused the mother to attempt suicide, will be considered by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Croatia is under pressure to extradite a refugee to Turkey, where he is almost certain to face abuse and torture. Now the minister of justice must decide whether to protect the man's human rights and deny the request, or please the Erdogan regime.

The French government on Wednesday, 21 February, proposed a new immigration bill that tightens migration controls, speeds up deportations and narrows the qualifications for asylum. Among other things, the bill doubles...

The Hungarian Parliament on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on the government to support Poland and make sure it avoids being stripped of the rights guaranteed by the EU treaty, Zsolt Németh, an member of...

After her parents were arrested in 2002, a 14-year-old girl was left unattended for days because Bulgarian authorities ignored her.

In recent months, we've published news about the conviction of Twitter users for the crime of glorifying terrorism. Two new court decisions bring hope for a more rational application of the law.

CIVICUS Monitor update on Poland - February 2018

Nils Muiznieks, the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner, is concerned about the anti-civil society legislative package recently proposed by the Hungarian government. He said it could "aggravate the...