Measures to stem the rate of coronavirus infection in Italy, including harsh home quarantines, are based only on decrees, not on laws, even though the penalties for breaching them include prison sentences.

Although many people seem to support the idea of relinquishing some rights to protect public health, the Italian government must ensure that the systems are strong enough to not let these changes become permanent.

Antigone has released its sixteenth annual report, which explores the situation in Italian correctional facilities during 2019 and the first months of 2020.

Rights International Spain and the Implementation Team of the International Decade for People of African Descent in Spain​ have published a report on racism and xenophobia during the COVID-19 state of alarm in Spain.

The court did not even examine whether the medical student had, in fact, breached the quarantine.

As human rights NGOs forewarned, the Authorisation Act has further exacerbated the deterioration of the rule of law and the state of democracy in Hungary.

Spain has suspended many requests for access to information, but during times of crisis it is especially important that people can exercise this fundamental right.

The Italian government has introduced a number of changes to the way that courts are administered, including postponements and video links. These amendments are having a detrimental effect of defendants and detainees and must be strictly temporary.

The health emergency caused by COVID-19 has provoked a terrible crisis in the administration of justice in Spain with broad consequences for lawyers, judges and people standing trail.

The new government has restricted access to public participation and justice for environmental non-governmental organisations.