On October 23rd the Italian Senate, will discuss a draft law, proposed by the far-right League party, which would expand the regime of legitimate defence to allow private individuals to defend themselves from...

The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner sent a letter to the Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, expressing concern about allegations of collective expulsion of migrants, violence and other crimes committed by police officers.

The proposal on a new Justice, Rights, and Values Fund was presented on Wednesday in the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE). The fund aims to support NGOs protecting European values in response to...

Marriage remains defined as an union between spouses in the Romanian constitution, after only 20% of registered voters turned out in the referendum. A minimum of 30% was needed to validate the vote.

According to a UN working group, Spain's efforts to reduce racial profiling have not gone far enough and need to be stepped up to meet UN requirements.

The threat of right-wing extremism is growing in the Netherlands according to an AIVD report. AIVD found an increase in comments inciting violence against Muslims in particular. There is an increasing risk of...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Spain - October 2018

Morocco has rejected EU plans to build offshore centres to process asylum applications in North Africa ahead of letting migrants into the European Union. Nasser Bourita, the Moroccan Foreign Minister, said the...

This July, the first section of the Criminal Chamber of the National High Court cleared six Straight Edge youths on charges of glorification of terrorism on social media.

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, announced a new technology with the promise to give back control to people over their data. The new service, called Solid, aims to put your personal information...