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From Conviction to Court Cases: When Activism Meets the Law

Meet Joschka Selinger, lawyer and head of Democracy and Fundamental Rights at GFF, a Berlin-based NGO that uses strategic litigation to defend fundamental rights in Germany. For him, the law is a practical tool to push for social change.

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March 02, 2026 • LibertiesEU

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ECJ Advocate General: EU States Must Allow Judicial Review of Visa Refusal

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has delivered an opinion concerning the case of a Moroccan national who was refused a Schengen visa by the Polish consul in Rabat. According to the Advocate...

October 04, 2017 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

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Hungarian NGO Law: European Commission Steps Up Infringement

Hungary is failing to fulfil its obligations under the EU Treaty provisions on the free movement of capital, due to provisions in the NGO Law that indirectly discriminate and disproportionately restrict donations from...

October 04, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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Three-Year Internal Border Checks Coming to the EU

Due to pressure from several member states, the European Commission has proposed amendments to the Schengen zone to allow internal border controls for as long as three years. Home Affairs Commissioner...

September 29, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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Watch: Refugees Can't Be Sent Back to Their Country if it Endangers Them

Some member states of the EU are all too willing to return refugees to their home country and ignore the danger that awaits them there.

September 29, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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EC Wants New Refugee Scheme; Sets 50,000 Target

A new refugee resettlement scheme, with a target of 50,000 being resettled over the next two years, should be implemented, the European Commission said Wednesday. This resettlement scheme would be voluntary, unlike...

September 28, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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Belgium-Sudan Agreement: An Offensive & Unacceptable Cooperation

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?

September 27, 2017 • Belgian League of Human Rights

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Asylum Seekers Create 'Limbo Nation' in EU

The number of asylum seekers currently "in limbo" in the EU is likely now greater than the combined populations of Cyprus and Malta, estimates indicate. More than a million people who sought asylum in European...

September 26, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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Dutch Police Have an Image Problem Among Youths with Migrant Background

Among youths with a Turkish, Moroccan, Surinam or Antillean background, 56 per cent say that they would 'definitely not' want to work for the Dutch police force. For Dutch natives, this percentage is only 31 per cent....

September 18, 2017 • PILP

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EC Works on New Unwanted Migrant Return Proposal

"When only 36 percent of irregular migrants are returned, it is clear we need to significantly step up our work," – Jean-Claude Juncker told MEPs in Strasbourg. The president of the European Commission said before the...

September 14, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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Hungary and Slovakia lose migrant quota case against the EU

EU migrant relocation quotas declared legal and challenges against it by Slovakia and Hungary dismissed in EU court ruling on Wednesday.

September 07, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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