EU representatives from the European Parliament, the European Commission and the national governments have agreed on EU-wide whistleblower protection. While the final legal text is not yet published, press statements...

Germany proudly calls itself a “Rechtsstaat”, a state based on justice and integrity that respects the rule of law. However, a new draft bill by Germany’s interior minister that intends, among others, to criminalize migrant helpers suggests otherwise.

After two years of visits to 11 prisons and interviews with 748 people, Italy's national guarantor of the rights of persons detained or deprived of personal liberty, Mauro Palma, has published his report about the 41 bis prison regime in Italy.

CIVICUS Monitor update on Greece - February 2019

A German peace activist who was convicted of encouraging people to disclose trade secrets has been cleared in a Munich court but the case continues.

Italian weekly L'Espresso reports that Russia was planning to support the European election campaign of Italian prime minister Matteo Salvini with 3 million euros in financing for his League party. According to the...

Years of negotiations have concluded as EU institutions finally agree on Europe's new copyright regulation. Is it a threat to freedom of expression? Will it bring upload filtering? We boil it down for you.

After a three-week break, the rescue ship of the German aid organisation Sea-Eye is headed for the Libyan coast to monitor international waters. The ship, which was recently renamed “Alan Kurdi” in remembrance of the...

Despite being one of the most equal countries, Sweden’s Feminist Initiative pushes mainstream politics towards further improving equality in the country. Their media-friendly campaigns, like publicly burning money,...

RIS and the Open Society Justice Initiative organized a workshop in Madrid to address the implementation of an Effective Police Identification Protocol, a pilot project launched by Madrid City Council.