Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported that the prosecutor’s written charges sheets against eleven activists, including Loujain al-Hathloul, Aziza al-Yousef, Eman al-Nafjan and Hatoon Al-Fassi, are outspokenly related to their campaigning for women’s human rights and the abolition of the ...
On Thursday 21 March the Subcommittee on Human Rights held its monthly meeting at the European Parliament. One point of the committee’s agenda was the public hearing on Education in Human Rights: Progress, Lessons Learnt and Challenges. After the ...
On 20 March, a conference on the interrelation between AI and the issue of human rights was held at the European Parliament. The discussion was introduced by MEP Ms. Eva Kaili, Chair of the Panel for the Future of Science ...
On 15 March 2019, HR/VP Federica Mogherini forwarded her reply to the letter we had sent her in preparation for the EU-LAS Summit which occurred on 24-25 February in Sharm El-Sheikh. This letter was signed by 31 MEPs from different ...
On Monday 18 March 2019, the Foreign Affairs Council held a meeting taking place on the 5th anniversary of the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol. The conference focused on four different foreign affairs issues: the current international framework, the external ...
On 14 March 2019, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on a European human rights violations sanctions regime. This text represents a vigorous stepping stone to further strengthen the human rights mechanisms of the European Union. The text mentions the ...
On 15 March 2019, the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has scheduled a meeting to discuss the possibility of expanding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to a second Gulf country for accommodating possible additional ...
