The Spanish government sent the Citizen Security and Public Safety Bill, also known as the Anti-Protest Bill or the Gag Law, to Parliament on July 11, which will now consider it. Though the text has improved slightly...

A new Council of Europe convention, The Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention, enters into force on August 1. It establishes a set...

Bulgaria has demolished dozens of family homes in Stara Zagora, scoring political points by playing off of racist sentiments in an ostentatious and illegal public spectacle.

The Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities has visited Spain this July to review the implementation of this Convention. One of the issues requiring urgent action,...

Lithuanian NGOs have asked the government for information on the use of EU Structural Funds meant for the protection of children's rights, as experts worry about the misuse of funding that is sorely needed to improve the situation of children.

Activists and youth workers from 16 different cities attended a conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to talk about different campaigns to challenge unfair policing and learn from each other.

The European Court of Human Rights has found the Romanian government responsible for the 2004 death of 18-year-old Valentin Câmpeanu, who was forced to live in sub-zero temperatures in a psychiatric hospital....

Courts must consider less severe alternatives to detention for migrants, the EU Court of Justice has said in its ruling on the case of a Sudanese national whose detention continued despite less severe alternatives.

The provisions of Directive 2011/36/EU were transposed into Lithuanian law on the 17th of July, providing for additional victim protection in criminal proceedings. From now on, should an interview or the public nature...

Hundreds of lawyers participated in the July 17 demonstration in front of the Ministry of Justice to protest against the Legal Aid Bill, which is currently being debated in Parliament. The demonstration was called by...