The proposed law is being criticized for ignoring legal precedents established by national and European courts and not being opened for public debate before it reached the floor of the Parliament.

More than 700 migrants are feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks over a three-day span last week. The shipwrecks may represent the largest loss of life reported in the Mediterranean since April 2015, when a single...

By the end of August, the first medical cannabis produced by the Istituto Chimico Farmaceutico of Florence should be ready. This will be the first Italian-produced medical marijuana and will enable the government to...

Although 70 percent of Italians see extensive discrimination based on sexual orientation, a similar number agree that LGBTI people should have the same rights as heterosexual people.

The Belgian League of Human Rights filed the complaint – which also accuses the justice minister – saying it is quite clear that the government does not care about the living conditions of detainees in its prisons.

The new law – the first of its kind in Italy – will enter into force in six months, but civil society organizations are already busy informing citizens of their rights.

The global movement for LGBT equality encompasses millions of individuals, groups, organizations and campaigns, all of whom are fighting for change in their own countries and communities.

The European Commission decided that if by May 23 there is no significant progress in the functioning of the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland, Frans Timmermans would approve the draft of the Rule of Law Opinion and...

Czechia hasn't already been an ideal country with total freedom of the media, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Among 180 surveyed countries, it was relegated from the 9th to 21st position in the latest...

The owner of a guide dog can expect a big discount when transporting the animal by train in Poland, but those who have another type of assistance dog would not be entitled to one.