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OSCE Meeting Warns Torture Prevention Is Failing
At an OSCE meeting in Vienna, officials and civil society warned that torture prevention depends on safeguards, oversight and accountability.
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Indonesia and EU at a Crossroads: Human Rights, Trade, and the Price of Partnership
Based on a lecture on the 21 May EU Resolution and at the Graduate School of Sustainable Development, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, 26 June 2026 Jakarta (28 June 2026) - On…
Council of Europe
Council of Europe Sets New Benchmark on Mental Health Autonomy — But Tensions with UN Disability Treaty Persist
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers adopted on 17 June 2026 a new Recommendation on respect for autonomy in mental healthcare — the most comprehensive policy guidance the body…
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Human Rights
[Press Release] Scientology Network’s “Voices for Humanity” Highlights Rahul KC’s Human Rights Work in Nepal
Episode airing on 24 June 2026 presents the story of Youth for Human Rights Nepal president Rahul KC and a grassroots education movement reaching citizens, schools and public institutions BRUSSELS…
FORB
Argentina: The Troubling Pattern of Fernando Arrigo
An Argentine prosecutor, repeatedly questioned over irregular methods, now faces criticism in three unrelated proceedings. By Alessandro Amicarelli I first took an interest in Prosecutor Fernando Arrigo and his team…
Europe
EU Moves to Tighten Child Abuse Laws
Provisional deal targets AI-generated abuse material, sextortion and delayed access to justice for survivors The European Union has reached a provisional deal to strengthen criminal law against child sexual abuse...
Human Rights
The Rudnev Case in Argentina: A Gravely Ill Man Caught in a Judicial Storm
A sick detainee struggles to survive while prosecutors push a line of action that raises questions far beyond one courtroom. The first thing anyone notices about Konstantin Rudnev’s case is...
Europe
Magyar’s Brussels Debut Reframes Hungary’s EU Role
Budapest's new tone eases pressure inside the EU, but Ukraine accession and democratic repair remain unresolved Hungary's new prime minister, Peter Magyar, used his first European Council summit to signal...
European Council
The Great Lockdown: When Europe sacrifices its soul on the altar of the new Migration Pact
12 June 2026 will not merely be a date in the European Union’s archives; it will symbolise a historic capitulation. With the entry into force of the new Pact on...
FORB
A Long Court Day for AROPL—and New Racist Riots
Bail conditions are lifted for members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light accused of obstruction A court session in Cheshire offered a development that many observers had been...