Up to 70% of ECtHR cases against Romania concern detention conditions, claims the only Romanian justice of the Court.

The Czech Republic is preparing a special fund to compensate people who have had severe vaccination reactions.

The Romanian Parliament is discussing a new law on cybersecurity. If adopted in its current form, the law will enable the Secret Services to have free access to all computers in Romania, without needing a warrant...

‘Sapfo Fest’ is the Baltic region's first independent community-initiated festival that seeks to increase visibility of LBTQI individuals. Against the background of deeply rooted homophobic attitudes and heavy...

Sixty-three civil society organizations have urged the UN Human Rights Council to strengthen protection for freedom of expression and the right to privacy online. The statement delivered by ARTICLE 19 outlines that...

As its neighbors fight outbreaks of HIV among users of injection drugs, Hungary is adopting policies and attitudes that threaten to inflame the situation, not improve it.

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has issued recommendations on what should be improved in the Czech Republic in the field of human rights, with specific focus given to education.

Azerbaijan, now holding the presidency of the Council of Europe, continues to be dogged by its human rights record. Last month, the Court of Human Rights ruled that the government violated the basic human rights of a political prisoner.

Carmelo Musumeci, serving a life sentence, has launched a petition from his prison cell, through Change.org, calling for consenting detainees in Italian prisons to be be given the right to have sex, as happens in many...

The Prime Minister of Italy has announced a bill recognizing civil unions between people of the same sex. The only differences these unions will have to marriages will concern adoptions.