The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has given the Romanian state six months to present a plan to address deteriorating conditions and overcrowding and its prisons. The ECtHR also fined Romania 17,850 euros in...

In a letter to the Speaker of the Polish Sejm, Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks expressed his deep concern over the amendments to the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland.

Since 2010, no Romanian magistrate has ever paid for the mistakes he or she made in decisions that led to European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments against the state. That is because Romania's statute of...

Many civil rights associations, including Antigone, are taking part in a new initiative promoted by StopOpg, an Italian organization committed to guaranteeing detainees with mental health issues get adequate...

An Italian prosecutor is accusing some charities saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea of colluding with people smugglers. Carmelo Zuccaro says that phone calls were made from Libya to rescue boats, and rescuers...

Advertising totems in the Milan's train station have facial recognition software in order to collect passenger data without authorization.

Prison overcrowding causes serious issues, as its fosters violence and causes detainees to live in physical and psychological distress. Here it is what is happening in French and Italian prisons.

Many people feel a strong disconnect with the EU, while others praise its achievements. All things considered, is it good for Europe?

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Bulgarian state violated the Convention on Human Rights by not acting to reunite children who had been unlawfully taken away from their parents.

Due to the restrictions in Italian law on euthanasia, living wills and assisted suicide, a number of suffering Italians must go to Switzerland to fulfill their end-of-life wishes, where the law permits assisted...