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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.
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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.
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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.
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France to Regulate Social Media Influencers in the name of Protecting Consumers
March 16, 2023
The French government has taken notice of the power and market value of social media influencers whose global worth was over €15 billion in 2022, setting a plan to regulate their commercial work, placing them under the same rules as traditional media.
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Turkey’s anti-Erdogan opposition vows a reset on EU and NATO
March 15, 2023
In the upcoming elections, Turkey’s opposition, led by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, is campaigning that should he take office, he can unfreeze European Union accession talks and will end Ankara’s veto on NATO membership for Sweden and Finland, as well as implement the European Court of Human Rights decisions calling for the release of two of Erdoğan’s best-known opponents.
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