Given the secret nature of the surveillance measures and the lack of effective means to challenge them at a national level, the court said that complainants don't need to prove that their communications risk being tapped.

Three men were convicted of terrorism and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 12 months (of which six months are suspended) up to 42 months (with 12 suspended) by the District Court of Rotterdam on February 18. The...

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The proposal of Minister Lodewijk Asscher (Social Affairs and Employment) to exclude businesses found guilty of discrimination from government assignments is ineffective in practice. That's why the SP (Socialists) and...

Under the slogan "End violence against women! Secure the funding of shelters now!" staff and supporters of women’s shelters have started a tour through Germany. They demand quick and unbureaucratic access to...

The European Court of Human Rights has released its sentence in the case Vlieeland Boddy and Marcelo Lanni vs. Spain, ruling that the Spanish state infringed upon the presumption of innocence of two people who...

Italian NGOs call for truth and justice in the case of the young and brilliant Italian researcher who was kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered in Egypt.

On the occasion of the World Day of Social Justice, 20 February, the Croatian Anti-Poverty Network promoted the publication "Poverty and inequality in the EU." The publication contains a set of data related to...

Women across Europe are discriminated against on a daily basis, for reasons from simply being a woman to having a disability or lacking a job.

Attorneys may, from March 1 onwards, be present during their clients' police interrogation. This follows from a ruling from the Dutch Supreme Court concerning a procedure started by the criminal justice advocacy. But...