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Italy elected UN Human Rights Council: Time to put its Money where its Mouth is

November 05, 2018 • by Roberta Martucci Schiavi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

Italy was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council with 180 votes. For the countries of the Western European group three places were allocated and there were three candidates, meaning there are no defeated countries in the European Union area.
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International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: Finally Something to Celebrate in Spain?

August 30, 2018 • by Javier Chinchón Álvarez, Rights International Spain

Spanish authorities have been ignoring the demands of victims for years, so there hasn't been any reason at all to celebrate the 30th of August. However, the new government has announced some changes.
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A Portrait of Justice in Spain

May 16, 2018 • by Rights International Spain

Spain continues to face serious shortcomings in judicial independence, a fundamental part of a democratic society and crucial for public confidence in its institutions.
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In Vienna, Italian Rights Groups Push for Better Global Drug Policies

April 17, 2018 • by Tommaso Fusco , Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

Italian civil society groups are among the loudest voices pushing for new drug policies in Europe and beyond.
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- UN
- Drug policy
- Italy
- drugs
- United Nations
- UNGASS
- Vienna
2 International Rights Bodies Knock Spain for Ongoing Ethnic Profiling

March 14, 2018 • by Rights International Spain

Both groups criticized the widespread use of ethnic or racial profiling by Spain’s law enforcement agents, a discriminatory and illegal practice that disproportionally affects non-white people.
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Torture, Hotspots & Partnering With Libya: UN Voices Concerns to Italy

January 09, 2018 • by Valeria Pescini, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The United Nations Committee against Torture has adopted its concluding observations on Italy’s situation and recognised many of the issues submitted by Liberties member Antigone in its report.
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- UN
- torture
- United Nations
- prison
- detention
Belgium-Sudan Agreement: An Offensive & Unacceptable Cooperation

September 27, 2017 • by David Morelli, Belgian League of Human Rights

After refusing to welcome migrants and then chasing them, Belgium is now cooperating with the Sudanese dictatorial regime to identify its nationals. Is there a limit that the secretary of state would not transgress in order to 'clean' the capital?
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- migrants
- UN
- torture
- Belgium
- United Nations
- Sudan
Nine EU Governments Tell Poland to Restore Rule of Law

May 10, 2017 • by LibertiesEU

Nine EU governments at the UN yesterday called on Poland to restore its formerly independent and effective Constitutional Tribunal and protect the rule of law. But will EU ministers speak up again at next week’s General Affairs Council?
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- UN
- European Commission
- EU
- United Nations
- Poland
- Constitutional Tribunal
- UPR
- Geneva
Rights International Spain and Judges for Democracy Request UN Expert Visit to Spain

February 22, 2017 • by Rights International Spain

The two organizations sent a letter to Diego García-Sayán, the new UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, requesting that he visit Spain to see in person the existing challenges to a free and independent judiciary.
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- UN
- Spain
- United Nations
- courts
- separation of powers
- judges
Concerned UN Criticizes State of Human Rights in Poland

November 18, 2016 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

New recommendations cover a wide range of issues, including anti-terror legislation, the independence of the judiciary and access to abortion.
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