Category Archives: Transparency

FREE News: 20-24 October 2014

Mos Maiorum: MEPs raise concerns over transparency, lack of information from the Council and over Frontex involvement Mr Benedetto Della Vedova, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, represented the talian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Echoes from … Continue reading

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FREE News: 19-20-21 May 2014

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS* United Kingdom: Court backs disabled woman’s human rights protest * Court: Hungary should reform its system for reviewing whole life sentences – LGBTI* RIGHTS * EU top job candidates back new strategy on gay rights * 2009-2014: 4 … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 7 and 8 November 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – LGBT RIGHTS * EU Court of Justice rules sexual orientation valid ground for fear of persecution in asylum procedures * Greece: Judges unconvinced by reasons for excluding same-sex couples from civil unions law TRANSPARENCY * Proposal for … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 11 & 12 July 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – FREEDOM FROM DEGRADING AND INHUMAN TREATMENT – RIGHT TO PRIVACY Greece reintroduces forced HIV testing Euractiv: “A controversial measure that allows the police to detain people and force them to be tested for HIV has been reinstated … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 17, 18, 19 June 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS Czech government seeks court revision in police custody Roma death Human Rights Europe: “Human rights judges are set to reveal their decision over a Czech government request to revise their judgement on the death of a Roma man … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 16, 17 May 2013

PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 7 TUE Response to Hungary is test for EU Euobserver: “The European Union has placed human rights, democracy, and the rule of law firmly at the core of … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 18 and 19 April 2013

TRANSPARENCY EU seeks more corporate transparency Euobserver: “EU companies will be required to publish information ranging from anti-corruption and bribery measures to their boardroom policies and employment practices, under new legislation unveiled by the European Commission on Tuesday (16 April). … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 11, 12 April 2013

TRANSPARENCY Campaigners hail ‘game-changing’ EU deal on oil and mining corruption Euobserver: “MEPs and ministers have agreed groundbreaking rules requiring oil and mineral companies to report payments made to third world governments. The new rules agreed on Tuesday (9 April) … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 8, 9, 10 April 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS Convict awaits court decision on United Kingdom human rights challenge Human Rights Europe: “A rapist jailed in the United Kingdom and detained in prison beyond the length of his sentence, will find out tomorrow if judges accept that … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 21, 22 March 2013

VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF ART.2 TUE Time to suspend Orban’s EU voting rights Euobserver: “The EU is not only experiencing an economic crisis. Even more worryingly, it is suffering a democratic crisis in … Continue reading

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