This report summarises the proceedings of the Brussels Civil Society Forum that took place on 2-3 December 2019 within the framework of the regional structured dialogue between the EU and civil society from the Southern Mediterranean region. The meeting was the second since the EU handed over the organisation of the dialogue process to civil … Continued
Asylum seekers, amongst them many children, who entered Greece with the aim of seeking protection are being detained for the purposes of return, as a result of a Greek Emergency Legislative Decree issued on 1 March 2020. This is happening without ensuring minimum standards of hygiene or protection, even during the current public health emergency. … Continued
The recently announced Trump plan represents a culmination of decades of systematic denial of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. Israel has instituted a series of laws, policies, and practices that have imposed a regime of systematic racial domination over the Palestinian people, on both sides of the Green Line as well as refugees … Continued
Geneva, 13 March 2020 Human rights organisations regret Egypt’s lack of constructive engagement during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and denounce Egypt’s reprisals against NGOs and human rights defenders who submitted information for Egypt’s UPR. Egypt’s human rights record was reviewed in November 2019, when UN Member States presented 372 recommendations. Yesterday, at the outcome … Continued
Ahead of the adoption of Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 12 March, EuroMed Rights has launched a report on the use of pre-trial detention to silence human rights defenders in Egypt at an event in London. The report, which was commissioned by EuroMed Rights and written … Continued
Interview with Alev Özkazanç, visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford with the research project on anti-gender movements and gender violence in Europe and Turkey How would you define anti-gender politics in Turkey? Firstly, I must say that the term “anti-gender” and “gender ideology” did not exist in the vocabulary of Turkish gender politics until … Continued
Interview Naima Hamoumi from the Democratic Association of Moroccan Women (ADFM) who joined EuroMed Rights on a mission to Poland and Hungary to monitor the state of anti-gender movements in Eastern Europe What are your impressions after this week in Warsaw and Budapest? I knew it was not easy, but what we learned is more … Continued
Interview with Andrea Pető, Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary and a Doctor of Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. How does the blatant rejection of “gender ideology” by the Hungarian government influence your work? In what way did it change your way of working? It opened … Continued
Interview with Magdalena Świder, Programme coordinator for Campaign against Homophobia. What is the current state of LGBTQI+ people’s rights in Poland? Right now we are dealing with “LGBT free zones” and resolutions taken by local governments. We try to lobby and send letters to these local governments. We use the resolution from the European Parliament … Continued
Interview with Magdalena Kuruś, Deputy Director of the Department of Equal Treatment of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, and Agata Szypulska, Specialist in the Department of Equal Treatment of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights. The Commissioner also performs the role of the National Independent Equality body. As representatives of … Continued
