Denmark and its “hygge” lifestyle rarely comes to mind when discussing human rights violations. And yet, a recent shadow report prepared by EuroMed Rights and 25 other civil society organisations ahead of Denmark’s Universal Periodic Review in May 2021 at the […]
Human rights in Denmark, not so “hygge” after all? Read More »
Ran by independent human rights experts, the 55 United Nations Special Procedures play a key role in clarifying the relationship between human rights, their protection and the achievement of the
UN funding crisis, coincidence or hidden agenda? Read More »
3.27 euros. This was, in June 2020, the average cost of a kilogram of strawberries in the European Union. While countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region were facing the COVID–19 pandemic,
“That’s the price to pay for strawberries” Read More »
On 23 September, the European Commission published its EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. Presented as a “new fresh start”, it actually exacerbates past mistakes and raises serious concerns in
EU Pact on Migration: brand new and already controversial Read More »
The publication by the European Commission, on 30 September, of its first annual report on the rule of law in the EU was like a bomb. For the first time,
EU conditionality: how to avoid double standards Read More »
Earlier this week, more than 278 lawmakers from across Europe and the United States sent public letters to Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with a strong message denouncing the situation
EU & US lawmakers urge Egypt’s President al-Sisi to release prisoners of conscience Read More »
As 17 October marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, EuroMed Rights talked to Nabil Abdo, Middle East and North Africa Senior Policy Advisor at Oxfam, to get an in-depth
Oxfam’s Nabil Abdo: “Social movements will shape Lebanon’s future” Read More »
EuroMed Rights publishes today, on the same day as the Conference of EU Ministers of Home Affairs, its detailed analysis of the new EU Pact on Asylum and Migration released last September 23rd. To sum up the more than 500 pages of documentation, the New EU Pact on Asylum and Migration dehumanises migrants and refugees,
“Like parcels to be sorted”, migrants’ and refugees’ treatment under the new EU Pact Read More »
On the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, EuroMed Rights calls on the UN to address the growing backlashes to gender equality in the Euro-Mediterranean region 2020 marks an important
Beijing +25, a bitter anniversary for women’s rights and gender equality Read More »
We, the undersigned international non-governmental organisations, call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights defenders Mohamed El-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah, who were arbitrarily arrested and
NGOs call for immediate release of HRDs El-Baqer & Alaa Abdel Fattah Read More »
