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Changes must be made to Lithuania's Constitution if the country is to fully adhere to the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights and the United Nations Human Rights Committee in a case about a former president's permanent ban from politics.
Iulia Motoc, the Romanian judge for the ECtHR, says that 60-70% of the cases against Romania that reach the Court concern detention conditions. Next in the top are the cases related to unjustified preventive arrests.
Since January 1, lawyer fees are subject to 21% VAT in Belgium. The Constitutional Court now considers an appeal against this, as civil society warns that access to the country's justice system is becoming a privilege instead of a right.
The reform of Spanish courts' jurisdiction has closed the door of justice for victims of the most serious crimes. Victims of Franco’s dictatorship cannot seek justice in their own country or elsewhere, as the UN continues to urge reform of the Penal Code.
Italy's National Institute of Statistics (Istat) has revealed that there are now more than six million people living in poverty in the country, which represents an increase of 1.2 million from last year's figure. The...
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Irish documentarian Niamh Heery was awarded the grand prize in the 2014 Irish Council for Civil Liberties Human Rights Film Awards for her film "Harmanli: Trapped on the Fringe of Freedom."
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union has approached the authors of the UN report on the freedom of association and the situation of legal defense agencies regarding the Hungarian government's control of civil society,...
More than 50 people protested in front of the Sofia Court House against the failure of prosecutors to bring action against perpetrators of hate crimes. "Now everyone is using hate speech because there is no case law...
As corporations spread themselves across the globe, operating in countries with varying human rights laws, there is renewed interest in holding these companies more accountable for upholding human rights throughout their business practices.
The recent scandal involving the surveillance of 17 journalists in Lithuania raises the question of whether law enforcement agencies pay heed to human rights (including the freedom of expression) standards when making decisions.
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