A number of international organisations have intervened in a European Court of Human Rights case after Polish authorities denied Polish citizenship to the children of a same-sex couple, one of whom is a Polish citizen himself.

​The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the Forum for Human Rights intervened in a case before the European Court of Human Rights. The case concerns a boy with special educational needs who experienced discrimination at a public school in Romania.

Finland holds the EU Presidency and has vowed to prioritize strengthening the rule of law. That doesn’t sit well with the Hungarian government, which has launched a propaganda war led by its blogger-in-chief.

The Hungarian government is waging a propaganda war against Finland in order to undermine the latter's credibility when the EU resumes Article 7 proceedings against Hungary.

Changes in the Polish justice system introduced over the last four years are being used to increase pressure on judges, according to the HFHR study “The Time of Trial. How do changes in justice system affect Polish judges?”

CIVICUS Monitor update on Spain - August 2019

In an important judgement delivered in July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) stated that forced catheterisation was a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the prohibition of torture.

A Polish appeals court has changed the verdict of the District Court and ruled in favour of the claimant, who had been forced to take out loans as the lower court refused to return his money.

This year’s Pride celebrations were marked by violence as the ruling Law and Justice party ramped up its attacks on LGBTQI people in order to gin up support ahead of the October election.

Recent months have seen a rise in attacks on the LGBTQ community in Poland. In response to this alarming trend, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has published a statement strongly opposing such actions.