Growing marijuana for personal use will remain a penal offense, but buying cannabis illegally for personal use is only considered an administrative offense, according to the March 9 ruling by the Italian...

A comprehensive monitoring of the system is impossible due to an extremely grave lack of transparency.

An analysis of newspaper and online news by the NESEHNUTÍ NGO shows that the representation of women in print and electronic media is four times smaller than that of men. Women occurred as news subjects in only 21...

Thanks to the humanitarian corridors pilot project, almost 100 Syrian asylum seekers have been welcomed in Italy.

"During its 20 years of existence, the Children Crisis Center helpline has been contacted over 50,000 times by children and adults who met with direct or indirect forms of child abuse. The number of contacts is...

Earlier this month, the Dutch public prosecutor asked a Rotterdam court for a 30-month prison sentence (of which 10 would be probation) against a 28-year-old man from Dordrecht. According to the prosecutor, the man...

Slovenia has introduced new border restrictions on migrants, allowing only those who plan to seek asylum in the country, or those with clear humanitarian needs, will be allowed entry. The move is part of efforts to...

The Dutch Council of State formulated prejudicial questions in November 2015 about the European Reception Conditions Directive. It wanted to know if keeping foreigners in custody, under Article 8(3), (e) of the...

Many European states are presently using discourses of fear of refugees in order to justify policies that restrict rights and liberties for all.

Only around 1,000 persons with disabilities are able to get into higher education each year, which makes up less than one percent of all students.