The latest EuroMed Rights report highlights how government-organised NGOs spread alternative human rights narratives to support authoritarian governments.
New report on the damaging impact of pro-government NGOs Read More »
The mass protests, starting from Tunisia, that shook the Arab world ten years ago voiced two demands: dignity and bread for all on the one side, and civil and political
For success, Arab uprisings need social progress Read More »
“Human rights are applicable offline and online, basta!” and “Lies spread faster than facts” might be the two quotes that best summarise the discussions at the 22nd EU-NGO Human Rights
My internet, my rights! Read More »
Today, EuroMed Rights has submitted proposals for an Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) in response to the European Commission’s public consultation. this submission sets
Towards an Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights Read More »
Twenty-five years after the signing of the Barcelona Declaration, the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), launched in 2004, has become the cornerstone of the EU’s relations with its Southern neighbours.
Barcelona Declaration+25: economics, security and border management before human rights Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
In recent weeks, the world battled not one, but two pandemics. Around the world people gasped in horror as George Floyd pleaded for his breath. His passing breathed new life
Racism, a pandemic in the Euro-Mediterranean too Read More »
Will the Lebanese political system succumb to coronavirus? While the multiple social movements started in autumn 2019 were paused to tackle the pandemic, the embers of protest are slowly reigniting.
Corruption, Crisis, Coronavirus: the Lebanese “triple C” Read More »
