An amendment to the Mental Health Protection Act entered into force on 1 January 2018, introducing several positive changes to Polish regulations.

The EU presidency under Bulgaria will likely wait until the last stages of negotiations on an EU asylum reform bell before broaching the controversial refugee quota issue. Bulgaria's six-month presidency has a mandate...

Members of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) declared Poland is at risk of breaching EU values and called on member states for swift action regarding the rule of law situation. MEPs are...

Appellate court judges in the UK have ruled the government’s mass digital surveillance regime unlawful in a case brought by the Labour deputy leader, Tom Watson. The ruling on Tuesday held that the powers in the Data...

The Italian penitentiary code dates back to 1975, and thus reflects outdated procedures and understandings of what is acceptable treatment in prisons. It's time for an update.

Lithuania's Ministry of Justice has drafted a law allowing life prisoners to appeal for parole. Prisoners would be eligible for conditional release after serving at least 25 years. The law was drafted in response to...

We are fooling ourselves if we think our rule of law is invulnerable. It's more important than ever before that the legislative, executive and judicial branches work together to protect the rule of law.

When it comes to providing inclusive education for LGBTQI youths, no Council of Europe (CoE) country does it better than Malta. The LGBTQI Inclusive Education Report, conducted by IGLYO, the International LGBTQI Youth...

The European Union's rules on asylum, which state that requests be handled by the country where asylum is first claimed, are splitting Europe, the prime minister of Bulgaria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency,...

A significant rise in the use detention has led to overcrowding in Italian prisons.