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Health

Austria passed law to legalize assisted suicide

Two doctors will have to confirm whether the person is only able to decide by taking this step  The Austrian federal government has introduced end of last year a bill…

3 February 2022 · 1 min read

Europe

What is “Change the framework” (Cambia el marco)?

Change the framework. New perspectives for an intercultural society was a project that took place between October 2018 and November 2019 that sought to use creative audiovisual practice to show…

1 February 2022 · 2 min read

ECHR

Putting an end to India’s oxygen crises

Scenes of relatives desperately trying to find oxygen supplies for hospitalized COVID-19 patients in India last year, alerted the world to an acute, deadly problem. Yet that was not this…

31 January 2022 · 6 min read

Human Rights

First Person: Holocaust survivor, ‘hate is vicious’

During the Second World War, Pinchas Gutter, from Łódź, Poland, survived six Nazi concentration camps. Today he is a Holocaust educator, sharing his story in films and live events. As…

31 January 2022 · 3 min read

ECHR

Improve resistance to neglected tropical diseases, WHO urges

To mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday called for an international push to confront the inequalities that characterize NTDs, and ensure the poorest and…

30 January 2022 · 3 min read

America

Pro-Boxer Wins Same-Race Discrimination Lawsuit

A professional boxer catches the attention of Harvard Law and Yale in his biggest fight yet: to prove same-race discrimination against a famed Olympic medalist. These duties are not ones that…

29 January 2022 · 3 min read