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5 Things the EU Could Do to Help Hungarians Restore Their Democracy

​The emergency law passed in Hungary is another step in Orbán’s plan to get rid of democracy and the rule of law. Here are 5 things the EU could do to counter it and help Hungarians restore their democracy. The tools are there, just not being used.

health care , Hungary , democracy , rule of law , Emergency
April 09, 2020 • LibertiesEU
Why Associations Are Good for Your Health

By working together through associations, we can make sure our governments steer the right course through the pandemic.

freedom of assembly , freedom of association , health care , #humanrightsundercorona
April 08, 2020 • LibertiesEU
Dutch Patients to Get More Control Over Health Records

From next year, people will be able to "manage" their own medical records on their computer or mobile phone and decide who should have access to what information, Health Minister Bruno Bruins has told de Volkskrant....

Netherlands , Privacy , health care
March 28, 2018 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Danish Medicinal Cannabis Trial: 111 Patients in the First Month

Earlier in January, the Danish press reported that many doctors were refusing to prescribe medicinal cannabis despite it now being legal under a four-year trial that started on 1 January. In the first month of the new...

Denmark , cannabis , medical marijuana , health care
February 06, 2018 • LibertiesEU
German Doctors Oppose Asylum Seeker Age Tests

The German Medical Association spoke out against proposals for young asylum seekers to undergo mandatory medical tests to ascertain their age. They say the checks would be ethically wrong and unreliable. Tests such...

Germany , asylum seekeers , migration , health care
January 04, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Italy's Parliament Finally Approves Living Will Law

The Italian Senate on December 14 voted in favour of a bill creating living wills in the country, which was approved by the Chamber of Deputies eight months ago. The proposal makes it possible for people, in full use...

living wills , Italy , health care
December 21, 2017 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Czech NGOs Go to Geneva to Speak Up for Human Rights

Liberties member the League of Human Rights, together with the Czech Helsinki Committee, Lumos and OSF Prague Foundation, defended human rights at the United Nations in Geneva.

obstetrics , UN , Czech Republic , UPR , health care
October 25, 2017 • The League of Human Rights
Male Doctors and Politicians Skip Czech Parliament Debate on Obstetrics

A recent debate on obstetrics in the Czech Republic was conspicuously lacking male doctors and politicians, and the country continues to ignore seven-year-old UN recommendations on the freedom of women to choose the place and manner of birth.

Czech Republic , women rights , obstetrics , health care , czech parliament
October 05, 2017 • The League of Human Rights
Polish Patient Denied Reimbursement for Medical Cannabis

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has been dealing with a case of a woman suffering from chronic pain who, despite the recommendations of her attending doctors, was refused the reimbursement of costs of a...

cannabis , health care
October 03, 2017 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Sweden: Patients Are Kept in Involuntary Care – Despite Finishing Treatment

The problem with patients who finish treatment yet are kept in involuntary care continues. Civil Rights Defenders is submitting a complaint to the parliamentary ombudsman about a case in which a man was detained in violation of the European Convention.

Sweden , health care , ECHR
September 05, 2017 • Civil Rights Defenders
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