The rise of the far right in the last decade is of significant relevance as it has been accompanied by a significant increase in the violence perpetrated by individuals belonging to it. While a few years ago Europe was concerned about jihadist attacks, the balance has shifted in favour of attacks perpetrated by the extreme right, with worrying data from …

The seven years of conflict taking place in Yemen led to the worst humanitarian crisis. Around three hundred thousands people have died, including sixty percent of them from indirect causation to the conflict. A great majority of the population is relying on international aid and assistance. However, due to the war being at its full swing, the already non sufficient …

On the 10th of December 2021, the US Supreme Court gave its decision on the case Whole Women’s Health, giving the right to pro-abortion activists to fight the Texas Heartbeat Act back to a federal court, but allowed meanwhile the remain into stay of the Act. The next day, the California governor reacted to this decision stating on his twitter …

In winter 2022 will take place the Winter Olympics in Beijing. However, in the last few days state’s leaders from the different parts of the world announced a political boycott of this Olympics. It is linked, among others, to the genocide of the Uyghurs perpetrated by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which has been highlighted and unofficially found by …

Poland has been the topic of interest in recent times regarding the implementation of stricter abortion law in October 2020. Due to the recent death of a 30-year-old Polish woman following a septic shock related to the doctors’ refusal to undertake necessary measures, the tensions revolving around human rights and women’s lives have risen.             The abortion law in Poland …

After the recent breakout of Belarus border crisis, involving Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, the Council invited the Commission to adopt a proposal providing concrete measures to ensure an immediate and appropriate support to the Member States concerned. The proposal in question should be in line with EU law and international obligations, including the respect for the fundamental human rights. Since …

A recent scandal has been sweeping across China concerning the coming 2022 Winter Olympics, the hosting country’s vice premier Zhang Gaoli who is the face of China’s organizing efforts ahead of the said event, has now found himself at the centre of an explosive #MeToo scandal that had the world calling for a boycott of the Games, what happened is …

During the last few years, Sudan has been ruled by an uneasy alliance between the military and civilian groups, especially since 2019, but recently the military completely seized control of the country and declared a state of emergency, they actively dethroned the power-sharing sovereign council by temporarily detaining Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok alongside his wife and many government ministers and …

After years of debate, worldwide consultations, and tense negotiations, the United Nations approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), like the Millennium Development Goals before them, have had a big influence on how the world approaches international development. It has also unavoidably influenced children’s rights advocacy by deciding which areas would get …

It cannot be stressed enough that the EU is a “Union of law” where the rule of law has been the paradigm of the European model and the structure of the common Europe since its foundation. The Treaty on the European Union (TEU) enshrines the rule of law as one of the fundamental values of the EU thereby making it …