As they push for progress on euthanasia laws, doctors in Denmark are risking prison to help terminally ill patients die. The doctors work with Doctors for Active Euthanasia, which so far has helped 10 patients to die....

International human rights organizations have called the European Commission to take decisive measures against Poland's disregard for EU values and the rule of law.

Centre for Peace Studies condemns the Croatian government's talk of implementing compulsory military service for all male citizens in Croatia.

The new law on citizenship has been blocked by the Italian Senate since October 2015, but associations and unions keep protesting. Approved by the Parliament 15 months ago, the law, which favors a tempered jus solis...

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) has filed an application to the European Court of Human Rights regarding the case of P.M., a Polish man with an intellectual disability who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a double murder.

The situation of fundamental rights in Hungary will be discussed in the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on Monday, February 27. The two-hour debate will be held with...

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has submitted two appeals in cases concerning the president’s refusal to appoint three judges of common courts.

Two associations, ASBL Inclusion and FIDH, have submitted a collective complaint to the European Committee on Social Rights against Belgium in order to force the country to comply with the requirements of the revised...

The German state of Bavaria plans to ban full-face veils in government workplaces, schools and while driving. Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the plan would help people communicate, as this "happens not only...

The Romanian Parliament on Tuesday approved by a vote of 291-0 an order to scrap the decree that would weaken anti-corruption measures. The vote follows mass protests that erupted across the country on January 31....