fundamental rights - Miguel Atanet's Blog, (Plus Europe)

La Unión Europea refuerza el Sistema de Información Schengen (SIS) para la lucha antiterrorista

3647

Desde el pasado viernes los Estados miembros UE tienen la obligación de crear alertas de terrorismo en el SIS reforzado. La Agencia Europea para la gestión operativa de tecnologías de la información a gran escala en el Área UE de libertad, seguridad y...

Tag(s) : #AFSJ, #EU Home Affairs, #Schengen, #Fundamental Rights

La Verdad Nunca Muere

3065

Día Internacional para poner fin a la impunidad de los crímenes contra periodistas: “La seguridad de los periodistas constituye un desafío para la democracia”. Día Internacional para poner fin a la impunidad de los crímenes contra periodistas. La rendición...

Tag(s) : #Journalism, #EU Justice, #Fundamental Rights

Oleg Sentsov Premio Sajarov 2018

3006

"Sabemos lo que le hicisteis a Sentsov" El director de cine ucraniano Oleg Sentsov ha sido galardonado este año con el Premio Sajarov a la libertad de pensamiento del Parlamento Europeo. Sentsov fue condenado por Rusia a 20 años de prisión por "tramar...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #CFSP, #European Parliament

Radicalisation and cybercrime remain challenges in the EU

2095

Radicalisation and cybercrime remain challenges in the EU In France, for example, Facebook took action against over 30,000 fake accounts just days ahead of the last country's presidential election. Pressure on Social Media sites including Twitter, Google's...

Tag(s) : #News, #CFSP, #Fundamental Rights, #CSDP, #EU Member States, #European Union, #Home Affairs, #Digital Single Market, #Security Union

Maite Pagazaurtundúa recibe la Corona de Esther

2062

Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Miembro del Parlamento Europeo por UPyD (ALDE), ha sido galardonada con el premio Corona de Esther por su compromiso con la defensa de la justicia, con la libertad y con las víctimas del terrorismo y de todo tipo de violencia. El...

Tag(s) : #European Union, #Fundamental Rights, #CFSP, #News, #Culture, #EU Member States, #CSDP, #Citizens, #EU History, #Home Affairs, #Civil Society

Sakharov Prize awarded to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar

3504

Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar. Sakharov Prize 2016. Parliament’s 2016 Sakharov Prize has been awarded to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two young Iraqi Yazidi women, Daesh/ISIS survivors and activists. “More than 3,500 children and women are still...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #Women Rights, #CFSP, #News, #EU Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection, #EU Values

2.5 years of conflict, 2.5 million displaced. Filippo Grandi visits Ukraine

3283

Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, urges safety nets for those really in need – the elderly, the disabled and poorest. Filippo Grandi in Ukraine Two and a half years of conflict have left more than two million Ukrainians displaced...

Tag(s) : #CFSP, #Fundamental Rights, #Eastern Partnership, #EU Enlargement, #EU Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection, #EU Development Aid

European Union to chair the Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds in 2018

3235

Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds. Africa. The Kimberley Process, KP, the International initiative to stem the trade in conflict diamonds, has appointed the European Union as its Chair for 2018. As well, the EU will serve as Vice-Chair in 2017, during...

Tag(s) : #EU Trade, #CFSP, #Fundamental Rights

II Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights: Media Pluralism and Democracy

3224

Considerable work to be done in ensuring the independence of National Media. Widespread experience of hate speech, abuse and threats in online spaces. Freedom of Speech #1 On 17-18 November 2016 the Commission hosts the second Annual Colloquium on Fundamental...

Tag(s) : #EU Values, #EU Justice, #Fundamental Rights, #Journalism

The European Border and Coast Guard starts its activities in mid-October

2594

The European Union has given its final approval to the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG). The new body is born focusing on the establishment of an operational strategy for an integrated external borders management and the coordination of assistance...

Tag(s) : #CFSP, #Home Affairs, #Justice, #Fundamental Rights

Severe labour exploitation (SELEX) in the EU. Shadow economy.

2141

Severe Labour Exploitation SELEX A number of Lithuanian citizens worked on farms as pickers in the Lincolnshire area of the UK, a region well known for its agriculture. They were subjected to very poor living and working conditions by a Latvian gangmaster,...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #Women Rights

Fundamental Rights Forum in Vienna

1566

Fundamental Rights Forum, Vienna. FRA. Under the motto "Rights, Respect, Reality: the Europe of Values in Today's World", #FRA, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, has announced the celebration of the Fundamental Rights Forum in Vienna on 20-23 June...

Tag(s) : #News, #Fundamental Rights

European Border Guard: the Council ready to negotiate amid Parliamentary concerns

973

European Border Agency Today, the Permanent Representatives Committee agreed, on behalf of the Council of the European Union, its negotiating position on the proposed regulation on the European Border Guard. The proposal, which is part of the Borders...

Tag(s) : #EU Home Affairs, #EU Justice, #Fundamental Rights, #CFSP, #CSDP, #EU Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection

A day before Nadiya Savchenko trial in Russia, International community call on Russia to release her

807

Nadiya Savchenko. Graphic credits: UT #PlusEurope1 Nadiya Savchenko, a symbol of Ukrainian national dignity and resistance, continues to risk her life to expose the lack of justice in Russia . A day before a Russian court decides the fate of captive pilot...

Tag(s) : #Eastern Partnership, #Fundamental Rights, #CFSP

The price of the Iranian oil barrel

26

Hanged in Iran Video: Hanged in Iran The price of the Iranian oil barrel

Tag(s) : #Energy Union, #Fundamental Rights, #Foreign Affairs, #CFSP

Video of Iranian woman removing hijab and dancing in desert goes viral

3444

Video of Iranian woman removing hijab and dancing in desert. Source: JP Iran is the first country requiring women of all backgrounds to observe Islamic veil (hijab) laws. Hijab means that the hair and body of women must be covered in their entirety with...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Fundamental Rights, #CFSP

About the Roma and Sinti genocide during the Holocaust

3083

Photo of an unknown prisoner. One of a few remaining pictures from Gypsy camp in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Archives. Credits: OSCE An estimated half million Roma and Sinti perished during the Holocaust. Today, the persecution of Roma under the...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #EU's History

Western Balkans: «Women are not included in the Serbia-Kosovo Agreement negotiations. With the increasing nationalism reported throughout the region, the situation for Women’s rights is likely to worsen».

1495

Meeting held in Prishtina between the President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, and a group of young women from Kosovo and Serbia participating in the first module of the YWPA project (Kvinna till Kvinna) The original photo has been removed due to security...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Fundamental Rights, #Foreign Affairs

Less than 2 out of 10 non-executive board members are women in Europe

655

Joanna Maycock, Secretary General of the EWL When executive boards are included, female representation is a lot lower. Last week, the European Women's Lobby (EWL) launched its Second Progress Report about Women on Boards in Europe titled 'Cracks in the...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Fundamental Rights

Article 1

3443

Article 1. Human dignity. Human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected. Human Rights Day 2014 The standards, procedures and institutions that ensure Human and Fundamental rights in the EU emanate from local, national and international...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #European Union

Discrimination and violence against women continues around the world

3281

SAY NO UNiTE TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN "Discrimination and violence against women continues around the world, in all societies and regions. Women are harassed, raped, mutilated, beaten or murdered, even in their own homes. In the EU, one in three...

Tag(s) : #Women Rights, #Gender Equality, #Fundamental Rights

The European Union is appalled by the execution of Reyhane Jabbari in Iran

3012

Reyhane Jabbari Declaration by the EU High Representative following the execution of Ms. Reyhane Jabbari in Iran The European Union is appalled by the execution of Ms Reyhane Jabbari and expresses its most heartfelt condolences to her family, especially...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #Women Rights, #CFSP

EU statement on Human Rights at United Nations

2942

Proud to be a Human Rights Defender EU Statement – United Nations 3rd Committee: Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Summary: 21 October 2014, New York – European Union Statement delivered by Charlotta Schlyter, Counsellor, Delegation of the European...

Tag(s) : #EU Enlargement, #Fundamental Rights

Death penalty is not a part of the social contract between citizens and a State

2931

Abolish Death Penalty www.un.org Amid the flurry of events taking place during the opening of the General Assembly’s annual ministerial segment, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has organized a high-level event intended...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights

Erythréens enlevés dans le Sinaï: Un trafic d’êtres humains, qui rapporte des millions

2931

Depuis son indépendance en 1993, l’Erythrée est dirigée d’une main de fer par l’ancien leader révolutionnaire Isaias Afewerki, 59 ans, formé dans la Chine maoïste. Son régime est considéré comme l’un des plus répressifs et paranoïaques du monde; le pays...

Tag(s) : #Fundamental Rights, #Home Affairs