As the US wades back into its destructive War on Drugs, the EU should take note of the extraordinary costs of this type of drug policy.

Spain's National Court has fined the person who promoted booing and whistling at the king and national anthem during the final of the 2015 Copa del Rey football tournament. The fine of 7,200 euros was handed down for...

Hungary's Constitutional Court will begin debating the controversial Civil Act, which triggered the infringement procedure launched by the European Commission against Hungary, on 16 January. Associations and...

Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, was granted Ecuadorian citizenship on 21 December 2017, the country's foreign minister, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, has confirmed. Assange, who began the application in...

Ratko Mladić, the former Commander of the Main Staff of the Bosnian Serb Army, was convicted in November 2017 of genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war.

The study finds that despite some action at European level, current legislation on the rights protection of criminal suspects fails to comply with international and EU standards.

Rights organisations in Poland, Hungary and Croatia are demanding an EU mechanism to support civil society groups that promote democracy, human rights and rule of law.

The new Polish prime minister says his government will continue discussions with the European Commission (EC) to solve ongoing rule of law issues. Mateusz Morawiecki said he hopes the two sides will be "making...

The Spanish Supreme Court has confirmed the one-year prison sentence against five young people who interrupted a church mass in February 2014 to protest against reforms to Spain's abortion law. They were found guilty...

Responding to suggestions that it ban accounts of world leaders such as Donald Trump, Twitter has issued a statement saying that it will not do so because "elected world leaders play an essential role in the public...