The institution in Chrastava has continuously mistreated young boys for a decade. In that time, only limited improvements have been made in some areas, and the situation has even worsened in many respects.

The Constitutional Court opened the way for child adoption by registered partners. The court struck down the part of the current law that prevents individual adoption. According to the court, the ban on adoptions...

The story of Fabrizio Pellegrini is an alert: the prejudice against cannabis has become an obstacle to the right to health.

A gay meeting spot in Ede, the Netherlands, has been closed after complaints by inhabitants of the municipality. The disturbance that the meeting spot would cause has been a controversial issue for a while. Hikers...

President Andrzej Duda has signed the new bill on the Constitutional Tribunal despite appeals from legal specialists and NGOs.

A resolution has been issued in the city of Barletta to provide Roma with emergency housing. The project has a budget of 100,000 euros, and six workers will install an "emergency service, reception and staging area...

The Bulgarian Parliament has adopted on first reading a controversial new anti-terrorism bill. It will now have a second reading before being sent for the president's signature, after which it would become law....

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal on Thursday ruled against a set of government reforms that would change the functioning of the court. The decision is the latest development in a months-long constitutional crisis that...

A letter to the UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers asks her to investigate the current threats to judicial independence in Poland.

Italy still doesn't have the crime of torture in its criminal code, despite strong condemnation from courts and human rights activists for the severe abuses that occurred during the Genoa G8.