On June 25, 2015, the Lithuanian Parliament took a particularly important step towards ensuring free speech by abolishing criminal liability for insulting a person or a civil servant. Individuals will still be able to...

The latest report on Bulgaria by the Council of Europe shows slow and fragile progress in strengthening human rights protection of persons placed in institutions, migrants and media freedom.

For the first time in history, the European Citizens' Prize was awarded to an organization in Lithuania. The Lithuanian Forum of the Disabled (LNF) was awarded for their exceptional achievements in fostering better...

Dutch lawyers have started interim injunction proceedings against their state because the Dutch intelligence service is eavesdropping on them.

The UN special rapporteur on racism publishes a thematic report on the use of racial and ethnic profiling by police, with specific recommendations of good practices.

"Respect for human rights is directly tied to the citizens' trust in the state — however, this fundamental virtue often missing from people's lives," claimed the president of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė, in a...

The Dutch liberal party VVD is afraid that judges will be inclined to impose fixed-term prison sentences instead of life imprisonment in order to guarantee detainees the prospect of finite detention and to give...

According to Defence for Children, the Netherlands too easily rejects applications for family reunification. The organization also claims that Dutch legislation on family migration is in breach of international rules.

The Netherlands hardly succeeds in persuading recalcitrant countries to take back asylum seekers who have exhausted all legal remedies in the Netherlands. When the chips are down, other interests, for example economic...

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee calls on governments to expeditiously and completely cease the immigration detention of children based solely on their pending status or that of their parents.