"It felt as if I was in a civilized concentration camp," says Lassaad Jelassi, talking about his detention in one of Italy's Centers for Identification and Expulsion.

A delegation of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) visited Italy from September 16 to 22 in order to assess the treatment and the conditions of detention of migrants, as well as the safeguards for...

The Romanian administrative body for gambling has assumed the responsibility of censoring which websites can be accessed by Internet users in the country.

The tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children entering Europe every month do not receive the care they need, says Marc Dullaert, the Dutch ombudsman for children. He is especially worried about their mental health....

"Would you agree if Lithuania joined other EU countries in a refugee aid program and helped people fleeing from war, persecution and human rights violations?" was asked to 1,005 respondents in a public opinion poll...

Dozens of Dutch municipalities ask youth psychologists and psychotherapists confidential information, such as a child's name and address, the length of treatment and - in some municipalities - medical details, to be...

March 31, 2015. That was the legal deadline for the much-awaited closure of Italian judicial psychiatric hospitals (OPGs), barbaric structures that former President Giorgio Napolitano defined collectively as an...

A new report on stateless children uncovers a number of things Poland must do to better protect children, including closing legal loopholes and defining key terminology at the heart of the problem.

The Croatian president's announcement to raise the degree of readiness of the Croatian Army ahead of the UN Security Council session is an unnecessary and insensitive response to the migrant crisis.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks recently visited Belgium for four days. During his visit he asked the government to speed up the registration procedure for asylum seekers and to...