A network of more than 90 human rights groups convened in Vienna to discuss the best ways to strengthen the voice of civil society within the world's largest security-focused intergovernmental organisation. Here is what they come up with.

We celebrated International Human Rights Day on December 10, during which we recall the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We should protect them - they are our human rights. To celebrate this...

A sharp drop in successful asylum applications in Denmark means the country now has one of the lowest approval rates in the European Union. Only 26% of the submitted applications were successful in the second quarter...

Poland's National Broadcasting Council has fined the private television channel TVN for its coverage of opposition demonstrations in Warsaw last year. The council said the station's coverage had 'promoted illegal...

Oxfam, a non-governmental charity organisation, said last week that Greece intends to move about 5,000 migrants from the Greek islands to the mainland. Nicola Bay, the head of Oxfam's mission in Greece, called the...

Sweden, the country that first criminalised paying for sex work, now plans to make paying for sex abroad illegal as well, according to a law put forward last week. The legislation would see Swedish residents punished...

You are in a bar and you get involved in a fight with off-duty police officers. One month after you are arrested and charged with terrorism-related offences. What? Is this possible?

As the European Parliament debated the deterioration of rights, democratic standards and the rule of law in Hungary, the Commission announced it was stepping up action on three court cases, including the case on Fidesz's anti-NGO law.

Privacy frees us from the constraints of social control. Because of this, it gives us the freedom to think critically, question social rules and debate ideas that might be considered controversial.

Sebastian Kurz, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) chairperson-in-office, has received civil society’s recommendations to the OSCE executive structures and participating states, on the eve...