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RIS Reports on Where Spain Is Failing to Protect Civil and Political Rights

Rights International Spain has submitted a number of contributions to the list of issues to consider before the submission of the Seventh Regular Report to the Human Rights Committee.

Spain , discrimination , racial profiling , public space
November 07, 2019 • Rights International Spain
Bodies Under Suspicion: the Human Cost of Racial Profiling

A recent report based on personal experiences, denounces how racial profiling is a common police practice in Spain and proposes measures to tackle it.

Spain , racial profiling , discrimination
October 09, 2019 • Rights International Spain
Italy: Court Rules Mayor Cannot Refuse to Register Child with LGBT Parents

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.

LGBTI community , discrimination , Italy , discrimination of lgbt
July 10, 2019 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Madrid: Civil Society and Police Join Forces to End Discriminatory Stops

RIS and the Open Society Justice Initiative organized a workshop in Madrid to address the implementation of an Effective Police Identification Protocol, a pilot project launched by Madrid City Council.

police , discrimination , Civil Society , Spain
February 14, 2019 • Rights International Spain
Gay Austrian Policeman Wins Fight For Justice

An Austrian ex-policeman has won a long battle at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The court's ruling states that Austria must compensate him for his sacking in 1976 for sexual indecency with minors, which led to...

Austria , police , European Court of Justice , ECJ , discrimination
January 18, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Anti-Semitism Getting Worse Across Europe, EU Report Finds

A major new survey of 12 EU countries has found that anti-Semitism is getting worse across the bloc. The survey, carried out by the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency, questioned hundreds of Jews who said they had...

France , Germany , discrimination , Anti-Semitism
December 12, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Violence and Discrimination Against Women Persist in the EU

Governments and EU institutions should commit to further measures to tackle violence and discrimination against women, according to the fundamental rights in the EU 2017 report that the European Parliament’s Civil...

womens rights , European Parliament , discrimination , Domestic violence
December 05, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Racial Discrimination 'Commonplace' in the EU – Report

A new EU report is a sobering reminder of the degree to which racism and discrimination still exist in European societies. A third of people of African descent in 12 EU states have experienced some form of racist...

discrimination , racism , harassment , EU , FRA
November 29, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Dutch MPs Shoot Down Dijkhoff's 'Ghetto' Plan

VVD MP Klaas Dijkhoff’s call for the Netherlands to follow Denmark in introducing tougher penalties for people from ‘problem areas’ who commit crimes were dismissed as a smoke screen and class justice by MPs during...

Netherlands , MP , Klaas Dijkhoff , migration , discrimination
September 24, 2018 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Cameroonian Man Persecuted for being Gay Granted Refugee Status In Italy

The Court of Palermo has overturned the decision of the Territorial Commission and finally granted refugee status to a young man from Cameroon who suffered persecution in his country because he was in a homosexual relationship.

refugees , sexual orientation , discrimination , Persecution , Italy , Cameroon
September 19, 2018 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
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