(Council of Europe) The independence of the judiciary underpins the rule of law and is essential to the functioning of democracy and the observance of human rights. The fundamental right…
Amnesty International Hungary published a report jointly with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee with regard to the independence of the judiciary in Hungary. The report relies for its analysis on findings…
(OHCHR) GENEVA (18 July 2019) – UN human rights experts have expressed grave concern over the detention and criminal proceedings in Italy against the German captain of the migrant rescue…
(Translated from Polish with DeepL - Polityka) Judge Łukasz Biliński, who is famous for establishing a settled case law, in which the distributed control of constitutionality is being exercised by…
UPDATE: On 30 May, Gergely Gulyas, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said the launch of the new administrative court system is suspended. Read more here: https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-drops-courts-plan-opposed-by-eu-rights-groups/a-48978758 **** (Hungarian Helsinki…
(Amnesty international on the Citizens Observatory) This report is a follow-up to the October 2017 Amnesty International report Poland: On the Streets to Defend Human Rights. It documents the state…