In a resolution dated 9th June 2021, the European Parliament (EP) called for a stop to subsidising the business empire of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis over conflicts of interest.

In this article we will look at the major questions the facial recognition technology raises: how safe it is, why it is used, how it works, whether it is legal, and whether its advantages outweigh the threats it poses.

The Estonian Human Rights Centre has published five public opinion surveys concerning LGBT topics in the last decade. The 2021 survey demonstrates that residents have adopted a considerably more positive attitude towards LGBT people and their rights.

As is the case in many other European countries, Spain started to ease COVID-19 related restrictions as new COVID-19 infection numbers began to drop consistently. On 9th May 2021, the state of emergency ended.

Jelle Klaas, Litigation Director at the Public Interest Litigation Project, discusses a current case he's litigating that could reshape police powers and stamp out the use of ethnic profiling.

As is the case in many other European countries, COVID-19 cases have been declining in Lithuania. The government issued national certificates for people who are either fully vaccinated, have recovered from COVID-19 or have a negative test.

In Romania, just as in many other European countries, the decreasing number of coronavirus infections and hospitalisations led to the easing of COVID-19 related measures in late Spring, June 2021.

The EU Commission just released the second edition of its annual report on EU countries’ democratic records. The effort is commendable, but the audit’s limitations and the failure to attach to the exercise concrete follow-up actions overshadow its merits.

Rights International Spain, our Spanish member organization, has released its report on the county's coronavirus contact tracing app, finding irregularities in the app’s data protection impact assessment and risk analysis.

The European Commission’s draft for a brand new regulation on artificial intelligence contains some good initiatives, but it still falls short of protecting citizens’ fundamental rights. Here's what still needs to change.