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  Italy Launches Its First Official Migrant Integration Plan

  October 20, 2017 • by Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  Financed with EU funds, the plan is aimed specifically at people holding refugee or subsidiary protection status. Migrants taking part agree to learn the Italian language and adhere to Italian values - separation of state and religion, gender equality...

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  • refugees
  • migration
  • integration
  • accordo sui migranti
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  Italy Passes Fairer Prison Rules, But Much Is Still to Be Done to Ensure Humanity

  October 20, 2017 • by Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  More than 25 years after the introduction of the special prison regime for organised crime in Italy, for the first time a circular by the Penitentiary Administration regulates it in detail - aiming to (finally) make the treatment of prisoners subject t...

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  • 41bis
  • 41-bis
  • 41-bis regimen
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  The Dark Side of the Rems: Mental Health Detention in Italy

  October 19, 2017 • by Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  Following the closure of all the Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals, Italian legislators established the Residences for the Execution of Security Measures (Rems) - structures that should host (only) the perpetrators of crimes who were judged to be mentally...

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  • mental health
  • opg
  • REMS
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  Tusk : Obligatory Migration Quotas 'Have No Future'

  October 19, 2017 • by LibertiesEU

  Amid efforts to bring back closer eastern member states to Western Europe ahead of the autumn EU summit, European Council President Donald Tusk said the obligatory migration quotas "have no future". However, he warned that solidarity is not optional an...

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  • European Union
  • migration
  • Donald Tusk
  • Visegrad Group
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  Anti-Street Harassment Law Planned in France

  October 18, 2017 • by LibertiesEU

  France’s gender equality minister, has set out plans for a new law cracking down on sexual violence and harassment. Following the mounting sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Marlene Schiappa wants a national discussion about what beha...

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  • France
  • sexual violence
  • harassment
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  Suicides Peak in Italy's Prisons

  October 18, 2017 • by Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  There were 45 reported cases of suicides in Italian prisons in 2016. From the beginning of January to late September 2017, 44 cases were reported. This data makes clear the inadequacy of the prison system to deal with the discomfort of those who live w...

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  • prison
  • suicide
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  Becoming 'Non-Human': Czechs Struggle With Legal Capacity Law

  October 18, 2017 • by The League of Human Rights

  'How I became a non-human' is an episode of the TV program Polosero (Twilight) about the deprivation of human rights. It portrays the life stories of clients of Liberties member the League of Human Rights. The Czech Republic is struggling with imperfec...

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  • legal capacity
  • Czech Republic
  • judiciary system
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  Fight Against Illegal Migrants to the EU Tops EU Crime Priorities

  October 17, 2017 • by LibertiesEU

  Acting against the arrival of migrants with no legal rights in the EU is the top crime policy priority among member states, according to the chair of an internal security group at the European Council. Erkki Koort, speaking to MEPs on Tuesday, said th...

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  • European Union
  • migration
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  Germany to EU: Slow Down on New Cyber Rules

  October 17, 2017 • by LibertiesEU

  Berlin has asked the European Commission to put the brakes on its proposal for a stronger EU cybersecurity agency. Speaking at a Cybersec conference in Krakow on October 10, a German government official said that EU member states should first focus on ...

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  • internet
  • Germany
  • cyber crime
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  Italy Says No More Money for Bombs and Mines

  October 17, 2017 • by Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  To stop any contribution to companies responsible for the deaths of innocent people, Italy has passed a hard law on cluster bombs and anti-personnel mines, enshrining a clear and unequivocal principle: no person or entity may finance, directly or indir...

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  • Italy
  • arms trade
  • cluster bomb
  • mines