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EU Launches Draft "Pillar of Social Rights"
March 09, 2016
The European Commission has published and asked for public consultation on a draft outline of a European Pillar of Social Rights that seeks to bolster welfare and labor rights in the EU.
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CoE Report Sets out Rights in "Culturally Diverse Societies"
March 09, 2016
A report from the Council of Europe ("CoE") Committee of Ministers describes how CoE member countries must protect human rights in "culturally diverse societies," including by avoiding "multiple discrimination" against groups and furthering "reasonable accommodation" to ensure the fulfillment of human rights.
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FRA Provides Rights Training for "Forced Return" Monitors
March 09, 2016
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") recently gathered 20 monitors from national bodies charged with observing the "forced return" of migrants located in EU countries to countries outside the EU in order to train them in potential fundamental rights violations.
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Hague: EU Should Grant Turkey "Associate Membership"
March 09, 2016
Former UK foreign secretary William Hague has called on the EU to create a new category of "associate membership" that would encompass such countries as the UK and Turkey that do not wish to, or cannot, strive for "ever closer union" but do wish to maintain strong ties with the bloc.
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CPS Warns of EU Regulation of British Ports
March 04, 2016
The Centre for Policy Studies ("CPS") has published a report warning of the potential effects of a proposed EU Ports Services Regulation that would establish a new regulator that could impose "price proportionality" and other controls on UK ports, which, unlike those in Continental Europe, are for the most part privately run.