Associations that help the homeless families in Brussels are sounding the alarm: by the end of June, when the provision of temporary housing to the homeless comes to an end, 200 more people are at risk of becoming...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated Article 3 (the use of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment) of the Convention on Human Rights when an arrested man, between the time of his...

Romania is taking steps toward implementing a truly independent National Preventive Mechanism against Torture in a way that would circumvent transparency and civil society input.

June 26 is a Global Day of Action against the war on drugs. Drug users face important and increasing risks that cannot be ignored.

Women's rights are still a major concern in Lithuania, with the crimes of domestic violence and human trafficking in need of critical attention. The Human Rights Monitoring Institute has issued specific recommendations in a shadow report to the UN.

Bulgaria declared a national day of mourning on June 23 for the victims of the heavy storms and flooding that devastated the Varna region, killing at least 12 people and causing extensive damage. Many events were...

Last week, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture published the report on its last visit to Lithuania, which took place at the end of 2012. The Committee stressed that, since its last visit, there really...

As the Hungarian government strengthens its relationship with Putin, it has simultaneously launched a war against civil society, one of last free and critical voices left in Hungary.

HCLU considers attempts by the Hungarian Government Control Office (Kormányzati Ellenőrzési Hivatal, KEHI) to control programs supported from the Norwegian NGO Fund to be part of a political attack.

Yesterday the Hungarian Parliament formally approved the credit agreement between Russia and Hungary, which is necessary for financing the development of the nuclear plant at Paks. Findings of impact assessments and...