Nine EU governments at the UN yesterday called on Poland to restore its formerly independent and effective Constitutional Tribunal and protect the rule of law. But will EU ministers speak up again at next week’s General Affairs Council?

The monitoring report on facilities for migrants by the newly created Italian prisons ombudsman has been released, highlighting the flaws and issues of a system that is far from perfect.

Assistance in the voting booth for persons with a physical disability should be improved, the organization says, and the ballot should be redesigned to aid those with a visual impairment.

CILD and other civil society organizations have asked the Council of Europe for a fundamentally different approach to immigration detention: one that puts human rights first.

The Netherlands has settled a case that was brought before the European Court of Human Rights by a Zimbabwean asylum seeker who was forced to undergo a full-body search despite her refusal.

The European Court of Human Rights will examine applications filed by families of victims of the Smolensk plane crash who oppose the exhumation of their loved ones’ bodies.

A new bill aims to reduce human rights groups' access to both private and public funding while simultaneously burdening them with increased administrative tasks to undermine their work.

A new report says the number of human rights defenders being killed remains "truly shocking" and there's "little hope that this will change in the short term".

In order to help voters make an informed decision on election day, 4 March, Liberties member the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights (CILD) has researched each party's position on marijuana legalisation.

At the height of the Italian election campaign, a conference was held to discuss a new National Strategy for the recognition, protection and promotion of Roma and Sinti communities in Italy.