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A new ordinance in the city of Duchcov prohibits sitting around or having a barbecue in a public place. "This should bring order," said the city's mayor. "I see no reason why people should make picnics in the streets...
The German Green Party has submitted a detailed draft law to the German Bundestag to legalize cannabis for adults. The draft law is highly controversial and was discussed for the first time in the German Bundestag...
After almost three years, employers and trade unions have reached a breakthrough in a conflict that revolves around the international right to strike. Parties have now recognized each other's right to collective...
Ireland will go to the polls on May 22 to vote on opening up marriage rights to same-sex couples. If the vote passes, Ireland will be the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage by a popular vote.
Foreigners wishing to stay in Belgium must pay a fee to submit a residence permit application, with revenue being used to fund more beds in alien detention centers. The League of Human Rights is appealing to the Constitutional Court to end the scheme.
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The city of Utrecht is proud to be the first human rights city of the Netherlands. But in the case of Roma, Sinti and Travelers, the city has an extinction policy that will inevitably result in ending the Roma, Sinti and Traveler lifestyle in Utrecht.
The US has asked the Netherlands to resettle two detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. President Obama wanted to close Guantanamo, but Congress won't let him admit freed detainees to the US. The Dutch...
It is very difficult for civil society to make itself understood by the media! Or, more probably, the media sometimes hears what it wants to hear from civil society. Antigone recently presented its annual report on...
"On behalf of France, I always support the freedom of expression." This is what French President François Hollande said when talking about the case of Erri De Luca, a famous Italian writer currently on trial for an...
Slowly and forensically, layer by granular layer, the human rights treaty bodies have been building a three-dimensional model of Ireland’s compliance with its international obligations, writes Mark Kelly, director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
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