The EU’s rule of law credentials over the past few years have revealed an alarming deficit that threatens the very foundations of European integration. To a casual observer, some of these shortcomings...

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Dr Benedikt Riedl , Mjur (Oxford),  postdoctoral researcher and academic assistant at the Chair of Public Law and Legal Philosophy (Prof D...

In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native voters face a triple threat: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to discrimination laws, and a funding crunch depleting their work.

The Hungarian government has moved to try to ban Pride under the pretext of protecting children.

It’s the latest of a series of moves by right-wing forces to increase scrutiny of nonprofits.

Temporary border controls are becoming a fixture in the EU’s borderless travel area.

The so-called “transparency bill” is an attack on Hungarians’ sovereign independence.

CIVICUS discusses Hungary’s now-postponed foreign agents bill with Márta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a human rights organisation that defends human dignity through legal and...

The so-called “transparency bill” is an attack on Hungarians’ sovereign independence.

A possible final legal battle enabling the European Union to join the European Convention of Human Rights is set to take place on Thursday.

Tusk bounces back from presidential election defeat two weeks ago with 243 votes in favour and 210 against There are about 260 questions to Tusk, one minute each, so it may take a while. Hope he is making comprehensive notes. Continue reading...

Today’s mafia doesn’t break kneecaps – it signs contracts, pulling strings with the quiet precision of Michael Corleone.

State of Play on the Implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum

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In April, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen floated an 'Amazon tax' on digital ads as a counter to US tariffs. But with the EU now limiting retaliation to goods, the bloc appears to be backing away from that threat.

Ed, a pet who went viral online during his disappearance, was airlifted after he was found safe in a pasture A runaway pet zebra that was on the loose for more than a week in Tennessee and became an internet sensation in the process was captured on Sunday, authorities said. Ed the zebra was captured safely after being located in a pasture near a subdivision in the Christiana community in central Tennessee, the Rutherford county sheriff’s office confirmed. The sheriff’s office said aviation crews captured the zebra. Continue reading...