We all have the right to financial support and shelter, access to healthcare, as well as free and independent information to get us through the pandemic. Support our critical work to make sure those rights are practiced throughout the EU. Donate now and make a difference.
#humanrightsundercorona
You need to accept Preferences Cookies to donate.Accept
CILD learned that a Covid-positive Gambian man with an Italian residence permit had been transferred to a quarantine ship, with no prior notice. Dozens of similar cases of migrants being quarantined in this way soon emerged.
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.
Many of us are OK with letting the government pause our freedoms temporarily, so long as this helps to stop the spread of coronavirus. But human rights also give us the tools to get our liberties back as soon as restrictions are no longer needed.
Italy’s highest court confirmed last Friday that the arrest of Carola Rackete in June was unlawful. To avoid similar mistakes happening in the future we need to reform the outdated Facilitation Directive.
On 14 November, the Rome Court of Assizes sentenced two national police officers to 12 years in prison for the unintentional murder of Stefano Cucchi.
Six prison officers working at the Lorusso and Cutugno prisons have been arrested in Turin, on suspicion of having repeatedly tortured prisoners between April 2017 and November 2018.
After a seven-month wait the Court in Rovereto has finally forced the mayor of the city to recognise that the child's parents are two women and to issue his identity card.
The controversy surrounding the rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 and its captain, Carola Rackete, once again divides opinion in Europe. The legality of her actions is however undisputed.
The first round has been won by the dockers and the pacifist associations. And the suspicious part of the cargo, which could be used for warmongering, will not leave the port of Genoa.