-
Germany Interior Minister Recommends External-Border Review of Asylum Applications
November 01, 2019
At a meeting of the G6 group consisting of Germany, France, Italy, Poland, and Spain, and the UK, Germany's Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, called on the European Union to change its approach to asylum applications, urging that applicants should undergo initial assessment at Europe's external borders and be sent home from there as well.
-
CoE delegation to raise awareness on the Istanbul Convention
October 30, 2019
As a follow-up to the Venice Commission’s conclusion that ratification of the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (the “Istanbul Convention”) as originally drafted would not violate any provisions of the Constitution of Armenia, a Council of Europe delegation will visit Armenia to raise awareness of the Convention and to clarify its provisions.
-
French Privacy Watchdog Concerned about Facial Recognition Trial in High Schools
October 30, 2019
A French data protection authority has warned that plans to start trialing facial recognition tools at high schools in southern France do not comply with privacy laws and cannot legally be implemented.
-
European Court Finds Violation of Journalist’s Freedom of Expression
October 23, 2019
The European Court of Human Rights has decided that a decision by Hungarian authorities to deny a journalist access to reception facilities for asylum-seekers violated his right to freedom of expression.
-
U.N. Warns of Drastically Decreasing Population in Southeast Europe
October 23, 2019
The United Nations has warned that dramatic falls in population in Southeast Europe are threatening the ability of countries in the region to maintain vital social services, for which, in the opinion of Allana Armitage, Director of the U.N. Population Fund for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, governments should develop comprehensive and human-rights based population policies aligned with better childcare.
Copyright 2025 Global Governance Watch. All Rights Reserved.
A project of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies