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EU Parliament Presses Poland to End Court Standoff
September 21, 2016
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution pressuring the Polish government to end a legal standoff with the country's Constitutional Tribunal within the three-month time period required by the European Commission's "Rule of Law Recommendation" issued to the country in July.
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FRA Calls for EU "Citizenship Education"
September 21, 2016
In remarks emerging from the agency's Fundamental Rights Forum held earlier this year, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights called for "citizenship education" and schooling on the global human rights agenda in order to promote "inter-cultural dialogue and mutual understanding" among citizens of EU countries.
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Official: Hungary Vote Targets "Stealth" EU Policies
September 21, 2016
According to an article by Donna Rachel Edmunds, Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács has asserted that Hungary's upcoming referendum on whether to permit the EU to resettle migrants in Hungary is targeted at rolling back the EU's "stealth mode of decision-making, law-making and regulation."
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British MP: ECHR Must Not Apply to the Battlefield
September 21, 2016
UK Member of Parliament Tom Tugendhat writes that the increasing number of lawsuits brought under the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights against British soldiers for their conduct in combat operations signals the invalid creep of ECHR principles from civilian scenarios to complex battlefield situations.
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ECtHR: Russia Violated Travel Rights of Convicted Criminals
September 20, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that Russia violated the travel rights of two convicted criminals serving periods of probation for smuggling and extortion by denying their requests for passports during these periods without considering the circumstances of their individual cases.
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