Several hundred European parliamentarians and dignitaries from two dozen countries will attend the #FreeIran grand gathering in Paris on July 1. The event is also expected...
The European Parliament today (17 February), during the plenary session in Strasbourg, has approved an urgent resolution on the situation of human rights defenders in Guatemala....
Commissioner Gunther Oettinger’s first working week as the confirmed commissioner responsible for the EU’s budget and its human-resources issues is starting today (16 January). In spite...
On 10 December, the European Union and its member states celebrate Human Rights Day. As inequality and violations of human rights pose increasing challenges across the...
The EU should do more to protect independent journalists and bloggers and human-rights defenders, say MEPs in their report on the state of human rights in...
Italian MEP Ignazio Corrao from the Five Star Movement is calling for European Action on product labeling. Corrao wants companies to add an "abuse free" label to their...
This week, an historic proposal will be discussed in Geneva that could hold transnational corporations and other business enterprises to account for corporate abuses under international...