A masterclass in pro bono legal activities will take place in Milan on November 15. It is being organised by The Good Lobby and promoted by Pro Bono Italia in order to train a new generation of lawyers interested in...

Counsellors in the Netherlands are overworked and underpaid, according to a new study of the legal aid system in the Netherlands.

Staff shortages in hospitals often lead to patients being tied down or given calming medication, and the country’s use of caged beds has been criticised internationally for 20 years. New guidelines from the Ministry still fail to meet EU standards.

The European Court of Human Rights has determined that the Hungarian authorities violated the fundamental human rights of a Roma man by covering up a coercive police interrogation.

Rabobank in the Netherlands discriminated against a blind customer by not providing equal accessibility to their mobile app for online banking.

The consultative referendum on the new Intelligence and Security Act (Wiv) will be held simultaneously with the municipal elections on March 21, 2018. This was announced by the Electoral Council on November 2. The...

Police in the German capital Berlin regularly misuse their internal information database, POLIKS. Reports by the daily Morgenpost reveal a case when a police officer used the database to spy on her neighbours for...

New reforms to Poland's judiciary could aggravate the systematic threat to the rule of law in the country, EU Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans told MEPs on November 6. Timmermans is urging the Polish...

Despite its resolution adopted in May that called for the drafting of a report on whether to trigger 'Article 7' sanctions against Hungary, the European Parliament civil liberties committee voted on Monday not to send...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Czech Republic - November 2017