In an appeal case, the court of The Hague has decided that the Dutch supplier of mustard gas to Saddam Hussein will have to pay damages to a number of Iraqi and Iranian citizens. In 1987 and 1988, these citizens...
The French Parliament has passed a bill that will allow the experimentation of safe injection rooms for a period of a maximum of six years, after hours of lively debate between left and right politicians. The bill on...
Approximately 15,000 people are openly practicing Muslims in the Czech Republic, and most are well integrated into Czech society. Despite this negligible number, the Czech extreme right has upped its fight against Islam.
The support from Victim Support Netherlands to victims of frequently occurring crimes has more than doubled in 2014 compared to 2013, according to the annual report of this organization. It concerns simple cases such...
According to the Eurobarometer survey results published at the end of March, three out of five respondents in Europe believed that gender inequality was prevalent in their country. The largest proportion of such...
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On average, Lithuania sees one woman killed in a family context each month; furthermore, one in nine calls to the police is a report about domestic violence. In order to more effectively tackle violence against women...
Five organizations have addressed the European justice commissioner to ask her to confront the Spanish government about a memo issued by police headquarters ordering officers to disobey EU directives.
A collaborative of youth organizations recently released "Y-Stop," a film designed to give young Londoners information and training on how to more effectively handle stop-and-searches encounters with police.
Immigrant reception centers in the south of Italy are run as profitable businesses that house residents in substandard conditions and deny wages, finds a new report from an Italian human rights group.
The study "EU Member States under surveillance," published by FIDH, ranks 28 EU member states based on 67 human rights indicators and 17 environmental indicators. This report is a practical guide that aims to...
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