The 2016 Régine Orfinger-Karlin Award has been given to a boxing club in Brussels that prevents radicalization by supporting young people from poorer areas.

The award, given in part by the Italian National Olympic Committee, was given for the sports club's outstanding efforts in the field of integration.

Belarus’s human rights record has caused a sports coalition, the Sports and Rights Alliance, to voice their concern about holding the 2019 European Games in Minsk. In a letter to the European Olympic Committees, they...

The European Court of Human Rights has found Belgium guilty of inhuman and degrading treatment against a Georgian national who was critically ill.

The fourth Pride in Podgorica finished without any incidents and according to the organizers' plan, media in Montenegro reported. "With this Pride, we seek the support of those we love the most – fathers,...

The rights of EU nationals in the UK are not bargaining chips during Brexit negotiations, a parliamentary watchdog has warned the prime minister. The status of the estimated 2.9 million people from the EU living in...

European Digital Rights (EDRi) has presented its 2016 awards, the "first ever third edition" of the annual awards event. This year's awards ranged from the "'Humpty Dumpty Award' for the most silly 'statistics'" –...

In the prison world, it is very easy for detainees to lose contacts with their families – in fact, they have the right to make a single 10-minute phone call per week and up to 6 hours of in-person meeting time...

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published its reports on return flights of migrants from Spain and Italy.

Italy has risen to 54th place from 97th in the Global Right to Information Rating thanks to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), a new law introduced in May 2016 that will enter into force on December 23, 2016. The...