Economic, social and cultural rights deserve a much greater role in national and local government policy, says a new report by the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights.

The event that happened in the Italian town of Goro, where citizens built barricades to block a bus carrying 11 migrant women and their 8 children, shows the fear surrounding the migration issue. But these actions do not speak for all Italians.

The European Liberties Platform (Liberties) strongly condemns the physical assault that took place against Krassimir Kanev, Chairperson of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, on October 27th in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Facebook must do a better job of clarifying its position on removing videos and other content that document human rights issues. This is according to a letter sent by 73 civil society organizations, including the...

A new open online course from Utrecht University offers participants an introduction to one of the world’s most intricate human rights systems: the European Convention on Human Rights.

Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt visits refugees and urges more to be done to help those trapped by international borders.

Anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders was brought to court 18 month after he led a chant at a rally calling for fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands. The leader of the Dutch Freedom Party is being accused of racial...

Liberties partner Associazione Antigone has organized another sit-in in front of the Italian Parliament to demand the introduction of the crime of torture in the country's penal code.

Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands are in the top 5 of the Rule of Law Index, which compares the quality of the administration of justice of 113 countries. The Netherlands finished first in access to...

"I just want to live in peace." A Syrian refugee who escaped the war has found a new home and family in Austria. Watch and share this heartwarming video from the UNHCR.