The Belgian interior minister, Jan Jambon, would like to study the issue of a ban on taking pictures of police officers out of concern for their safety. This ban will not improve their safety. This ban violates...

The Dutch state will lodge an appeal against the ruling in the so-called Urgenda case. In this much discussed ruling, the court in The Hague ruled that the Netherlands must ensure that the emissions of greenhouse...

More needs to be done in the Netherlands to make the body that monitors places of detention fully independent, effective and in line with the country’s international obligations, say UN experts.

European identity is much more than race or ethnicity, but you wouldn’t know it from the actions of many EU members, typified by Hungary’s hate-filled campaign against migrants.

Ada Colau, the mayor of Barcelona, has proposed that the city joins a "network of refuge cities" in order to alleviate the drama of the Syrian refugees. Colau justified her proposal by saying, "We have a sea that is...

Amsterdam will improve and separate registration of anti-Islamic incidents and discrimination of Muslims. A majority of the city council has agreed on an initiative by liberal parties D66 and VVD. According to D66...

After foreigners nearly breached a Czech detention center in an attempt to leave, the interior minister decides to beef up security.

By deploying the army within the country's borders and reclassifying illegal border crossings as a crime as opposed to an offense, the Hungarian government would return to a practice in use prior to 1989. The...

The president of the Flemish nationalist party New Flemish Alliance, Bart De Wever, said in an interview that he wanted the establishment of a special status for refugees. According to him, recognized refugees in...

The Council of the EU adopts a new action plan on human rights and democracy for the period 2015-2019. With the plan, the Council reaffirms the EU's commitment to promote human rights and democracy worldwide.