Poland’s most powerful priest is very close to the country’s government — so close that his business interests have received almost €50 million from the government since it took power in 2015.

The most powerful priest in Poland has long had a close relationship with the country's current rulers, receiving tens of millions of euros for his foundation's projects.

HFHR has submitted its position to the Committee arguing that the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers should continue to supervise the execution of the Strasbourg judgement.

Hungarian authorities continue to silence dissent and run intimidation campaigns against individuals and organisations in almost every area of life that want to hold the government accountable.

Europe’s microstates offer fun, sun, glitz and glamour. But some of them are also among Europe’s biggest rights violators, especially when it comes to women’s rights.​

Europe’s microstates offer fun, sun, glitz and glamor. But they are also some of Europe’s biggest rights violators — especially when it comes to women’s rights.

The HFHR has communicated to the CoE's Committee of Ministers about Poland's report on the implementation of the ECtHR judgement in the Bistieva case, which concerns the detention of a family of refugees with children.

After the recent failure of the Romanian Police to locate a kidnapped teenage girl, who, after calling 112 three times, was raped and murdered, authorities now want to ask for ID cards from people buying mobile phone top-up cards.

​It is recognised today that mental health is as important as physical health, and that there is a need to seriously invest in mental health for the good of individuals and society as a whole.

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has sent a letter to the Minister of Health expressing concerns about media reports on inadequate care for young psychiatric patients.