July 26, 2011
Body scanners have become a common sight in EU airports, with the number of machines increasing regularly. Most stand quiet, waiting for a justifiable and well-founded moment to be put into action. Some, however, are used frequently, often in circumstances that raise questions and doubts as to the protection of human dignity and privacy and… » read more
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July 18, 2011
For more than two weeks Poland has been the formal leader of the EU. The goals of the presidency, as presented by the Prime Minister Donald Tusk in his address to the European Parliament on 6 July 2011, focus on European integration and the creation of a European safe heaven. Is this possible without full… » read more
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Yesterday (6 July 2011) Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk addressed the European Parliament to present the program of the EU Polish presidency for the next six months at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. His speech was full of references to the history and the rule of the integration to bypass economic and political crisis during… » read more
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July 6, 2011
Recently European Council reached a controversial agreement concerning the Schengen zone. In Council conclusions of June 24 one reads about a mechanism that “should be introduced in order to respond to exceptional circumstances putting the overall functioning of Schengen cooperation at risk”. The said mechanism could encompass a safeguard clause that would allow “the exceptional… » read more
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June 28, 2011
In just a few days, Poland will take over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. How will the Presidency tackle the issue of human rights?
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June 24, 2011
Though the Russian Federation had been attempting to block procedural reforms of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for nearly four years, Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) entered into force on 1 June 2010. Russia is very dissatisfied with the Strasbourg Court: currently as many as 42,100 complaints,… » read more
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On 17 June 2011 a historic decision has been taken at the United Nations, the Human Rights Council passed a Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. The idea behind the resolution was for the states to accept that LGBT are a vulnerable group more often affected by violence. It focuses on human rights violations… » read more
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The growing number of complaints lodged every year with the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) and the growing backlog (152,000 cases pending as of May 2011) has led to the realization that a reform of the system is necessary.
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On the evening of 4 June 2011, mayor of Warsaw-Ursynów district Piotr Guział hung a rainbow banner on the pole in front of the city hall. It was a highly symbolic event, officially starting the Diversity Week organized by this district. Its significance, however, is much broader. The date of 4 June is one of… » read more
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The European Union and the Council of Europe take a number of legislative initiatives and develop recommendations that have an impact on human rights in Europe. This blogs aims to comment on the impact of EU and CoE on european human rights from a CEE cou
