Ireland has recently concluded its fourth period review before the UN Human Rights Committee, during which government representatives were admonished for a number of rights abuses, including abortion rights and discriminatory practices.

It's been determined that the pre-trial detainment of a man violated his human rights and caused undue damage to him and his business, in a case that spanned two decades and was ruled on by both a Polish regional court and the ECtHR.

Alternatives to detention that will prevent the over-incarceration of migrants is urged for Italy by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

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...

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,...