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UN Rights Head Sees "Gross Inequality" as Major Threat

The UN human rights chief has warned that growing inequality in income, wealth and access to resources and justice is a threat to human rights across the globe. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle...

UN , United Nations , inequality , human rights , protest
March 07, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Human Rights Commissioner Denounces Italy Over Migration

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic, has expressed her concern about Italy’s new immigration policy in a letter to the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe , Italy , Salvini decree , human rights
March 06, 2019 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Officials Knew EU Military Operation Made Sea Crossings More Dangerous

Leaked documents obtained by POLITICO show that EU Officials were aware that Operation Sophia, a military operation in the Mediterranean, which primary mission was to disrupt smuggler networks but also rescued some...

Operation Sophia , Mediterranean , Libya , search and rescue , human rights , Coast Guard , migration , European Union , smugglers
March 01, 2019 • LibertiesEU
UN Criticises Irish Migrant Fisher Workers’ Scheme

According to United Nations rapporteurs, Ireland’s work permit scheme for migrant fishermen violates the human rights of migrants. In a letter written to Minister of Justice Charlie Flanagan, the rapporteurs criticise...

migration , Ireland , human rights , exploitation , modern slavery , Fishermen
February 20, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Deflagging of Rescue Ship a “Dark Moment” for Europe

A new report by Human Rights at Sea says that the deflagging of the Aquarius, the migrant rescue vessel of the NGOs SOS Méditerranée and Médecins Sans Frontières, represents a “dark moment” in European history. The...

Aquarius , rescue , human rights , Europe , Mediterranean
February 14, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Group of Experts Asks to Supervise Catalan Independence Trial

International Trial Watch – Catalan Referendum Case, a platform composed of experts on human rights issues, reported that more than 10 human rights organisations intend to send international observers to oversee the...

puigdmont , Catalonia , independence , Spain , Italy , rule of law , human rights
February 06, 2019 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
2018: A Bad Year for Migrant Rights in Italy

According to Amnesty International’s latest report, Italy in 2018 saw "repressive management of migration", "disintegration of the human rights of asylum seekers", "xenophobic rhetoric", and "forced evictions without alternatives".

migration , human rights , refugees , hatred , xenophobia
January 14, 2019 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Belgian Euthanasia Case To Go before ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to hear a case being brought against Belgium by Tom Mortier, whose mother was euthanized in 2012 after sufferring from severe depression. This is the second case involving...

euthanasia , Belgium , European Court of Human Rights , human rights
January 10, 2019 • LibertiesEU
A Mixed Year for Freedom in Lithuania

Looking back at 2018, domestic violence against women was in focus, limits the media freedom were pushed, and the state moved to increase interference with our private lives. Public resistance helped to avaoid most negative consequences.

Lithuania , human rights , Free Speech , freedom , abortion , womens rights
January 09, 2019 • Human Rights Monitoring Institute
George Soros Named Financial Times's Person of the Year

Billionaire philanthropist Goorge Soros faces daily attacks for his activism and liberal vision of the world. The global economic daily Financial Times’s choice of Person of the Year is usually a reflection of their...

George Soros , Open Society Foundations , human rights
December 19, 2018 • LibertiesEU
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