The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union has joined an international initiative targeting the chair of the UN Human Rights Committee concerning the review of Article 17 (right to privacy) of the International Covenant on...
The fundamental rights of Bulgarian LGBTI people, such as freedom of association and the right to peaceful assembly, were attacked in 2014 by both the legislature and the courts.
A new initiative in Hungary seeks to guarantee the right of children to have their parents stay with them in hospitals, as guaranteed under a 1998 healthcare act that has yet to be fully implemented.
Don Ettore Cannavera, the chaplain of the juvenile prison of Sardinia and one of the most prominent figures in the Italian juvenile justice system, has resigned. His symbolic gesture, he explained, aimed to draw...
A new initiative in Croatia will collect signatures in opposition of the country's New Referendum Act, which would severely limit the right of citizens to collect signatures in public places.
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A group of parents of youngsters who went to Syria argue that the Dutch government could and should have done more to keep their children in the Netherlands. That’s why they’re starting proceedings against the Dutch...
A German Police officer is accused of abusing two refugees in 2014. He is alleged to have choked, beaten and dragged across the floor by his leg cuffs a man from Afghanistan, and to have forced a Moroccan to eat ...
There is likely to be a ban on veils covering the face in Dutch schools, hospitals, public transport and government buildings. With a new law, the government aims to set a clear norm in society. In public buildings...
Children in the Netherlands are insufficiently informed about their own rights, according to 'Teaching and learning about child rights: A study of implementation in 26 countries,' a UNICEF report published on April 20.
On May 8, parts of the German government and several premiers of the federal states ("Länder") met for a refugee summit. The meeting was initiated after municipalities and federal states urged the...
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