On 27 August 2019, 103 local, regional and international organizations called on the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Madam Michelle Bachelet, to release the UN database of businesses engaged in activities related to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (hereinafter the Database). Read letter
Press Release Brussels, 19 November 2018 Representatives from over 150 civil society organisations, the majority of which coming from the South of the Mediterranean region, will gather in Brussels tomorrow and Wednesday for the First Majalat Civil Society Forum in order to debate four regional themes: Good Governance; Security and Countering Violence; Migration; Economic … Continued
Press Release Tunis, 10 October 2018 The Assembly of People’s Representatives adopted yesterday, Tuesday 9 October 2018, the Organic Law on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in Tunisia. The purpose of this law is to protect people against all violations and forms of discrimination, in accordance with the principles set out in … Continued
Press Release The heavy sentences pronounced by the Criminal Chamber of Court of Appeal of Casablanca towards several young nationals from the Rif region (“rifains”) cannot constitute a response to the movement that took place in the North of Morocco and is still taking place today. By transforming social claims into a “plot aiming at … Continued
Tuesday 3/10/2017 – For the past two weeks, many political prisoners of the protest movement of the Rif (Hirak) have been conducting a hunger strike to denounce the arbitrary nature of their trial and their prison conditions. EuroMed Rights calls on the Moroccan authorities to free all individuals detained following the events that occurred in … Continued
On 27 April, the Member States of the United Nations Security Council will take a decision on the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). On this occasion, EuroMed Rights calls on the Heads of State and Government to ensure that human rights are at the … Continued
A Coalition of Algerian organisations in Geneva is calling for Algeria to observe the United Nations recommendations on human rights On Wednesday 5 April, at the Palace of Nations in Geneva, a Coalition of organisations of Algerian autonomous civil society (CFDA, LADDH, RADDH, RAJ and SNAPAP) presented an alternative report on the human rights situation … Continued
Economic relations between the European Union and its Southern Neighbouring countries – whether about trade, loans, support programs, migrant remittances, etc. – play a decisive role for the economic and social rights of citizens of the region. Along with their accompanying economic policies, they pose challenges in terms of deepening economic inequalities and of denying … Continued
Civil Society from Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco submit stakeholders reports to the third cycle of the UN Universal Periodic Review Yesterday, 22 September 2016, civil society coalitions from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia submitted stakeholders’ reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) within the framework of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) scheduled for May … Continued
On Thursday 16 June, EuroMed Rights organised a conference at the European Commission, with Commissioner for International Trade and Trade Agreements Cecilia Malmström, Director General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations Christian Danielsson, Tunisian Minister Kamel Jendoubi and MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri to discuss the concept of a “Tripartite dialogue” with Tunisia as a key tool for civil … Continued
