Human Rights

Over a Dozen Countries Join Lawsuit Against Hungary’s anti-LGBTQI+ Law

April 12, 2023

More than a dozen European Union countries including France and Germany are supporting legal action brought by the European Commission against Hungary at the European Court of Justice over a 2021 law discriminating against LGBTQI+ minorities.
European Court Hears First Climate Cases Against France, Switzerland

April 05, 2023

The European Court of Human Rights heard landmark cases linking climate and human rights against France and Switzerland over each governments alleged failings to protect the environment.
ECtHR to Hear Swiss Case Linking Human Rights to Climate Change

March 29, 2023

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will hear a case filed by more than 2,000 women claiming that the Swiss Government’s policy of climate change is violating their right to life and health, making it the first case the ECtHR will allow linking human rights to climate change.
France Sets EU Precedent with 2024 Olympic Surveillance Vote

March 29, 2023

The French government passes their project to experiment with large-scale, real-time camera systems to spot suspicious behavior during the 2024 Olympics, raising concerns among experts that the surveillance will become permanent and impinge human rights.
Amnesty International: France’s Project for Olympic Surveillance Violates Right to Privacy

March 22, 2023

Amnesty International Warns that Should France's Project of mass surveillance for the 2024 Olympic Games Passes it will violate the rights to privacy and can lead to violations of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
UK Set to Unveil Hardline Migration Bill that May Push « Boundaries of International Law »

March 08, 2023

The UK Government plans to unveil new hardline legislation that places a duty on the Home Secretary to remove anyone who enters the UK by crossing the Channel in a small boat to a safe country, which, according to Suella Braverman, « pushes the boundaries of international law ».
Legislation Preventing Parents Sharing Child’s Image Online Passes the French Assembly

March 01, 2023

France continues to aim to protect children online, this time, from their Parents oversharing photos on social media with a new draft legislation that has just received the green light from the National Assembly that will limit the amount of photos and the types of photos parents may share of their children online.
Ex-Georgian President’s Mistreatment Threatens Entry into the EU

February 21, 2023

The European Parliament has announced in a resolution that was passed with a massive majority that the treatment of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in prison poses a threat to Georgia’s ambitions to join the European Union.
New York Times sues EU over Von der Leyen’s Pfizer Texts

February 15, 2023

The New York Times is suing the European Commission over their failure to release text messages between its president Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla arguing that there is a legal obligation to release the messages that potentially contain information on the bloc’s deals to purchase billions of euros worth of COVID-19 vaccines.
France Is Protecting Children From the Dangers of Pornography

February 13, 2023

The French government is taking action to protect minors from online pornography access by requiring any adults who want to watch porn to « install an application for government-licensed digital certification on their mobile phones to prove that they are at least 18 years old, », banning any pornography sites that do not comply