Dear Madam Prosecutor, Today, on 17 September 2018, 25 civil society organisations including coalitions urge you to urgently open an investigation into the Situation in Palestine. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the only viable independent judicial body capable of ending impunity for crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory and effectively deterring the commission … Continued
Joint statement Brussels, 12 September 2018 On 23 August 2018, 116 people have again been deported from Ceuta to Morocco, and two have died during the mass arrests conducted in Morocco as a result. These events are but another example of the consequences that a violent, restrictive and security-oriented approach of migration policies may … Continued
We, the undersigned, call for the immediate repeal of the Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes Law (“The Cybercrime Law”), as well as the review and reform of articles on internet surveillance and blocking of websites in the law on the regulation of the press and media (“The Media Regulation Law”). The Cybercrime Law and the Media Regulation Law … Continued
Violence against women is a human rights violation and a form of discrimination against women. This statement is written black on white in the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention, which celebrates today, 1 August 2018, its 4th anniversary since its entry into force. On this occasion, President of EuroMed Rights, Wadih Al-Asmar declares: “EuroMed Rights … Continued
Joint statement by EuroMed Rights and CIHRS Brussels, 11 July 2018 Today, the French Human Rights Ambassador, François Croquette, met with Bahey Eldin Hassan, Egyptian human rights defender and director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) as well as Michel Tubiana, Honorary President of EuroMed Rights. The position of the French government towards … Continued
On 23 and 24 June 2018, more than a hundred representatives from 80 organisations working on Human Rights on the two shores of the Mediterranean gathered in Brussels to attend the 11th General Assembly of EuroMed Rights. Read our Press Release on our General Assembly and the one on the election of Wadih Al-Asmar, EuroMed Rights’ … Continued
Enough is Enough: 95 Civil Society Organisations Call on the Human Rights Council to Urgently Launch a ‘Commission of Inquiry’ to Investigate Violence Against Protesters in Palestine In light of the recent mass killing of civilians in occupied Palestine, the undersigned 95 organisations call on the UN Human Rights Council to urgently launch an … Continued
On 25 April 2018, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament (LIBE) will hold a joint debate on recommendations for Council Decisions authorising the opening of negotiations for agreements between the European Union and Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt and Algeria on the exchange of personal data … Continued
Greece: Government Defies Court on Asylum Seekers Reinstates Containment Policy That Keeps People Trapped on Islands Read full Joint Statement in English and Greek (Athens, April 25, 2018) – The Greek government’s move on April 20, 2018, overturning a binding court ruling ordering it to end its abusive policy of trapping asylum seekers on Greece’s … Continued
European States and US must take measures to protect Egyptian human rights defenders, both home and abroad The undersigned civil society organisations express their outrage at the latest death threats targeting the Director of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Bahey el-Din Hassan, as a result of his human rights work on Egypt in … Continued
