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Censorship, surveillance and ACTA in European Parliament
Grahnlaw 20 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
IT exports for web censorship, Internet surveillance and other trade matters will be discussed in the European Parliament. Thursday, 8 February 2012, the Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the European Parliament arranges a workshop on Intern...
Twitter to add age rating to Profile – VP Kroes rated +18
the Brussel Jungle 1 Week, 14 Hours, 38 Minutes ago
Following their controversial announcement about local censorship in order to comply with national legislation, Twitter have decided to go one step further by giving an age rating to profiles. Though the initiative is only at pilot stage, the roll ou...
Après l’Union européenne, Cameron s’attaque à la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme.
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 1 Week, 2 Days, 3 Hours, 27 Minutes ago
Les menaces  sur le Conseil de l’Europe sont bien connues des lecteurs de Nea say qui en a relaté quelques unes. Ce peu de considération pour le Conseil de l’Europe est ancien quasi atavique. Un instant mis en veilleuse car voyant dans cette i...
Kurze Notiz zum Jahresbericht 2011 des EGMR
e-comm 1 Week, 3 Days, 14 Hours, 42 Minutes ago
Der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte hat gestern seinen Jahresbericht 2011 sowie eine statistische Übersicht veröffentlicht. In österreichischen Fällen gab es im Jahr 2011 ganze 12 Urteile, wobei in 7 Fällen mindestens eine Verletzun...
EFD Rights Watch: Turkey, the country with most convictions at the European Court of Human Rights in 2011
Erkan's field diary 1 Week, 3 Days, 15 Hours, 19 Minutes ago
Country with the most Convictions: Turkey from Bianet :: English The majority of judgements delivered by the European Court of Human Rights in 2011 concerned Turkey. Most of these decisions were related to violations of the right to a fair trial and...
The Council of Europe: UK Diplomatic and Parliamentary Excellence
David Lidington 1 Week, 3 Days, 18 Hours, 15 Minutes ago
Sam Kelly, political officer at the UK Delegation in Strasbourg, reports on a busy week for post which included a visit by the Prime Minister to argue the UK’s case for reforming the European Court of Human Rights: Reform of the European Court of H...
A European Public Health Care
Europlay 1 Week, 3 Days, 18 Hours, 26 Minutes ago
When I read news like this:#Greek doctor on current situation in Greek hospitals:'jobs get done,only due to basic good will in some,to help people.Nothing really works— Nina-Maria Potts (@NinaMariaPotts) January 27, 2012... I always wonder why we c...
Blogging from Davos – I meet Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
Neelie Kroes 1 Week, 3 Days, 18 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
On Wednesday I promised to keep you updated on my meeting today in Davos with Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. As I expected, it was a very fruitful meeting. We discussed the developments regarding media freedom...
A striking coincidence for Monday’s EU summit
Brussels Blog (Financial Times) 1 Week, 3 Days, 19 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
Monday’s meeting of EU leaders is meant to focus on growth and jobs, which makes it all the more ironic that it will likely be heavily disrupted by a general strike called by Belgian unions on the same day. The …Continue reading: "A striking...
The Court's Annual Report 2011
ECHR Blog 1 Week, 3 Days, 19 Hours, 26 Minutes ago
Today, at the opening of the judicial year in Strasbourg, the Annual Report and an overview of facts and figures for 2011 were presented. This includes a table of violations (by country). It reveals that the top five of countries against which judgme...
Human Rights Court under fire
Michael Berendt’s blog 1 Week, 4 Days, 17 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
For many British politicians and for much of the UK press, the European Court of Human Rights is the very embodiment of foreign meddling in British life. Two particular findings of the Court have stirred passions in Britain: a 2005 ruling that anyone...
Human Rights Court under fire
Public Affairs 2.0 1 Week, 4 Days, 18 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
For many British politicians and for much of the UK press, the European Court of Human Rights is the very embodiment of foreign meddling in British life. Two particular findings of the Court have stirred passions in Britain: a 2005 ruling that anyone...
Human rights: Cameron's message to Europe | Francesca Klug
Comment is free (Europe) 1 Week, 5 Days, 13 Hours, 39 Minutes ago
The European court of human rights is not all David Cameron has his sights onTory backbenchers hoping for sabre-rattling by David Cameron at Strasbourg on Wednesday, when he delivered his speech on reform of the European court of human rights, will h...
Latest developments on media freedom in Hungary
Neelie Kroes 1 Week, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
I am on my way to the World Economic Forum in Davos where I will present my plans for setting up the European Cloud Partnership – but more on that in the coming days. I first wanted to share the latest news with you regarding the situation of media...
Europese politieke topfuncties beter verdelen tussen man en vrouw
GroenLinks Europa 1 Week, 5 Days, 17 Hours, 6 Minutes ago
Er moeten evenveel vrouwen als mannen worden benoemd in Europese politieke topfuncties, desnoods afgedwongen door een verplicht quotum. Europarlementariër Marije Cornelissen is blij met deze stevige aanpak van de commissie Vrouwenrechten van het Eur...
David Cameron’s stance on the European Court of Human Rights would make Winston Churchill turn in his grave
The Honeyball Buzz 1 Week, 5 Days, 23 Hours, 57 Minutes ago
In what seems like a follow-up to his stupidly short-sighted refusal to join all 26 other EU leaders in signing up to treaty change at the summit in Brussels on 9 December last year, David Cameron is again displaying his … Continue reading U...
PACE Resolution on Authority and Effectiveness of ECHR
ECHR Blog 1 Week, 6 Days, 2 Hours, 21 Minutes ago
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted the report 'Guaranteeing the authority and effectiveness of the European Convention on Human Rights', on which I earlier blogged here in November. The accompanying resoluti...
Femen: ‘come, get topless and win’
Utrikesperspektiv.se 1 Week, 6 Days, 5 Hours, 39 Minutes ago
How does one imagine a feminist movement? Traditionally feminist movements have been about campaigning for reproductive rights, equal pay, women’s suffrage, protesting to increase awareness of sexual harassment, domestic violence and many other iss...
Making the European Court of Human Rights work better
David Lidington 2 Weeks, 21 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
This week is a big week for the UK in Strasbourg. We are 11 weeks into our 6 month Chairmanship of the Council of Europe. We are pressing ahead with our wide-ranging Chairmanship priorities, in particular our ambitious package of reforms for the Euro...
La Cour européenne des droits de l’homme(CEDH) condamne la France pour rétention de mineurs accompagnés.
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 2 Weeks, 2 Days, 18 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
La France est condamné pour avoir en 2007 enfermé pendant quinze jours une famille kazakh en attenta d’expulsion dans un centre de rétention avec leurs deux enfants âgés de cinq mois et trois ans. Les magistrats ont jugé que le centre, pourta...
La Cour européenne des droits de l’Homme bloque (pour la seconde fois) l’extradition « d’un terroriste », Abou Qatada.
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 2 Weeks, 2 Days, 19 Hours, 31 Minutes ago
Une décision subtile. Malgré la protection contre la torture que les assurancesdiplomatiques garantissent à Abou Qatada, celui-ci ne peut être expulsé vers la Jordanie tant que subsiste un risque réel  que des preuves obtenues par la torture s...
Human rights violations continue in China
The New Nostradamus of the North 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 2 Hours, 31 Minutes ago
China´s communist government continues its shameful crackdown on human rights in 2012:The Chinese government recently sentenced three prominent activists to lengthy prison sentences, confirming that human rights standards in the count...
No, we don't need to lose an other brilliant woman, open letter to Ms.Wallis
Europlay 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 12 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
Dear Ms.Wallis,I know, there a lot of brilliant and skillful women on this planet in general and in Europe in particular. Nevertheless something happens that we lose them by the way, without any apparent reason. Well, I am not talking about stat...
Articles in EHRLR
ECHR Blog 3 Weeks, 23 Hours, 24 Minutes ago
Three issues of the European Human Rights Law Review of 2011 (on which issues I did not yet report) include a number of articles on the European Convention on Human Rights. Here is an overview. In issue 3:* Sophie Briant, Dialogue, diplomacy and defi...
What has the ECtHR done for the UK lately?
Open Europe blog 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 18 Hours, 7 Minutes ago
A detailed report, written by veteran Parliamentary legal researcher Robert Broardhurst, and commissioned by a group of backbench Conservative MPs including Chris Heaton-Harris MP and Andrea Leadsom MP, has called for action on the European Court of...
Guantanamo, 10 ans d’atteinte aux droits de l’Homme
Louis Lepioufle 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 6 Hours, 13 Minutes ago
Suite aux attaques terroristes du 11 septembre 2001, l’administration américaine met en place la prison de Guantanamo, véritable zone de non-droit. Établi quatre mois après les attentats sur une base navale américaine à Cuba, le centre de...
Door Gevaarlijke Gekken Omringd III
martinned 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 21 Hours, 27 Minutes ago
The world has gone mad once again. In a 6-1 ruling, the second chamber of the European Court for Human Rights held yesterday that the 1994-2009 garbage collection mess in Campania, Italy was a violation of citizens' rights under art. 8 ECHR. I can se...
New Academic ECHR Publications
ECHR Blog 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 2 Hours, 7 Minutes ago
At the start of the new year a very wide range of articles and publications on the European Convention and the European Court (see the overview below). A very good year to all readers!* Yonatan Lupu and Erik Voeten, 'Precedent in International Courts...
A MedTech map for bypassing market-access roadblocks
Blogactiv 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 2 Hours, 37 Minutes ago
Medical device manufacturers routinely design products that, even a few short years ago, were the stuff of science fiction. And let’s not even mention the amazing research underway today that will animate tomorrow’s medical products, from T...
"Let’s Mobilize for Prosperity!" by David Lizoain
Social Europe 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 3 Hours, 39 Minutes ago
Clement Attlee’s Labour Party established the NHS in a country devastated by war. Leon Blum’s Popular Front government managed to institute the 40-hour week and paid holidays during the Great...
European Year 2012 Opening Conference: “Stay active – what does it take?”
eurolocal 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 13 Hours, 24 Minutes ago
Opening conference for the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012.   The Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2012 is holding a high level Conference on Active Ageing and Solidarity between G...
De nouveaux progrès en matière d’égalité de traitement entre homme et femme. Les assurances seront unisexes : la Commission clarifie la situation en publiant des lignes directrices
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 4 Weeks, 13 Hours, 51 Minutes ago
L’égalité des sexes a toujours été un principe essentiel de l’Union, le traité de Rome ayant introduit, dès 1957, le principe d’égalité de rémunération entre les hommes et les femmes.Aujourd’hui, l’égalité entre...
Honeyball’s New Year Round Up
The Honeyball Buzz 4 Weeks, 21 Hours, 34 Minutes ago
Welcome back and happy New Year to you all. Having a little break gave me some time to reflect on the news, both the headlines and those stories that get buried for one reason and another. As the Christmas hype … Continue reading →...
Amnesty International Report: Year of Rebellion – The State of Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Migrants at Sea 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 5 Hours, 15 Minutes ago
Amnesty International this morning released a report entitled “Year of Rebellion – The State of Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa” focusing on the events of 2011 in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, and Iraq.  Additi...
In Belarus, the freedom of the internet is at stake | Mike Harris
Comment is free (Europe) 1 Month, 1 Day, 13 Hours, 34 Minutes ago
Europe's last dictatorship is clamping down on online activism, with a new law effectively requiring everyone to be a state spyAs of this morning, the internet in Belarus got smaller. A draconian new law is in force that allows the authorities to pro...
Human Rights in the Context of Changes in the World Order
Ideas on Europe 1 Month, 1 Week, 9 Hours, 30 Minutes ago
In the end of the year people tend to reflect on the passed year. I chose to reflect the main ideas expressed by me at a lecture about human rights that I read to my students on the 18th of November 2011 at the University of Tartu which lecture partl...
Indignados camp out in Rome during Xmas
Revolting Europe 1 Month, 1 Week, 5 Days, 2 Hours, 29 Minutes ago
ITALY Indignados camped out since November in central Rome remain for Xmas. Although some have left to be with friends and family, 20 tents remain a short distance from the Terme di Caracalla. The ‘Indignati’ include youths and middle age...
Amnesty International – is discrimination against some victims apparent?
Croatia, the war, and the future 1 Month, 1 Week, 5 Days, 21 Hours, 39 Minutes ago
Amnesty International (AI) mission statement: “to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination&...
in the mean time, deputy PM, under whose government thousands of Kurdish activists are imprisoned, vows more rights for Kurds… A politics roundup…
Erkan's field diary 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 9 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
Deputy PM vows more rights for Turkey’s Kurds from Hurriyet Daily News Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç promises more rights to the country’s citizens of Kurdish origin in a speech…   Journalists detained in KCK raids Police detai...
EU-minister varnar: Mänskliga rättigheter försvagas i EU
Europabloggen 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 1 Day, 11 Hours, 14 Minutes ago
EU måste ta brister i medborgarnas fri- och rättigheter i medlemsstaterna på mycket större allvar menar Birgitta Ohlsson, EU- och demokratiminister.Birgitta Ohlsson (FP), EU- och demokratiminister, framträdde vid ett lunchmöte arrangerat av tan...
Mijn dagelijkse euroblog 15 december 2011: de pensioentijdbom tikt gewoon door
Arend Jan Boekestijn 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 22 Hours, 16 Minutes ago
Europa is niet alleen ondergedompeld in een eurocrisis maar er tikt ook nog een tijdbom. Uw pensioen! In Amerika worden er nog een hoop kinderen geboren, meer zelfs dan er overlijden (en dan heb ik het over iedere leeftijdklasse). Amerika groeit dus.
Op-Ed on European Court
ECHR Blog 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 49 Minutes ago
Emma Bonino (member of the Italian Senate and former European commissioner) and James Goldston (executive director of Open Society Justice Initiative) have added their voices to the debate about the European Court of Human Rights. In an Op-Ed publish...
10 décembre : Journée Mondiale des droits de l'homme
Regards citoyens 1 Month, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 54 Minutes ago
En 1950, l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies a invité tous les Etats et toutes les organisations internationales concernées à célébrer le 10 décembre de chaque année la Journée des droits de l’homme [résolution 423 (V)]. Cette...
Murat Eliboz, latest victim of Turkish State’s assault against Kurds… EFD Rights Watch
Erkan's field diary 2 Months, 4 Days, 15 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
Murat Eliboz, 21, a university student and survivor of Van earthquake has been shot dead behind by police forces at the pro Kurdish BDP rally in Diyarbakır…. No news in English or an image of Murat Eliboz, I could find… May his soul rest...
Anders Breivik: cold and calculating, yes – but insane? | Simon Baron-Cohen
Comment is free (Europe) 2 Months, 6 Days, 16 Hours, 40 Minutes ago
Breivik probably has a pyschopath's lack of affective empathy. But that alone cannot explain his terrible crueltyWe can all remember where we were when we heard that Anders Breivik had gone to a summer camp on Utoya island in Norway, dressed as...
Shortlist for new Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner announced
DARE Network 2 Months, 1 Week, 6 Days, 1 Hour, 20 Minutes ago
Strasbourg, 25.11.2011 - The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has submitted a shortlist of three candidates for the post of Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner to the Organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly. The candidates are:- Pi...
Is it any wonder that the people of Europe hold Eurocrats in contempt
England Expects 2 Months, 1 Week, 6 Days, 23 Hours, 12 Minutes ago
This self serving rubbish is what gets up people's noses.Letter to the College from the Commission Staff.Subject: The new Staff RegulationsWe, the co-workers of the European Commission, are deeply worried by the risk of reducing the dynamic of the Eu...
Comment is free readers on … long working hours | the people's panel
Comment is free (Europe) 2 Months, 2 Weeks, 9 Minutes ago
The people's panel: The working time directive, which restricts our job hours, may be reviewed. Readers share their thoughts on working long hoursRob, posts on Cif as OneInTen I'm fortunate enough to work at a company where working more than the pres...
Victory for the anti-EU campaign: UK to relax working time directive
Shiraz Socialst 2 Months, 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 15 Hours, 47 Minutes ago
A victory for the anti-EU campaign; the Guardian reports: “Britain looks set to be able to relax the EU’s controversial working time directive after David Cameron agreed a framework for negotiations with the German chancellor, Angela Mer...
Missing the target: The Commission and TUC respond to our report on EU social policy
Open Europe blog 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 3 Hours, 9 Minutes ago
This is a long post, but for anyone with an interest in growth and jobs, labour market laws, and/or the repatriation of certain EU powers, we recommend you bear with us. Following the publication of our report, "Repatriating EU social policy: the bes...
Warum wird bisher nicht effektiv gegen Diskriminierung vorgegangen?
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 3 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
Warum wird bisher nicht effektiv gegen Diskriminierung vorgegangen? dass Diskriminierung bisher nicht effektiv bekaempft wird hat zum einem mit Unkenntnis durch Forschungsluecken zu tun (bisher gibt... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
Indignés
Nouvelles d'Europe 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 4 Hours, 28 Minutes ago
    Ecouter la chronique:  link     Les indignés se manifestent en Europe. Samedi 15 et dimanche 16 octobre des manifestations ont eu lieu à Berlin, à Rome, à Bruxelles, à Franc...
Die Gesellschaft sollte soziale Inklusion als Chance fuer Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft begreifen !
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 5 Hours, 28 Minutes ago
Die Gesellschaft sollte soziale Inklusion als Chance fuer Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft begreifen !14.11.2011 Begruendung: die Kosten der indirekten Diskriminierung sind wesentlich hoeher als die... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
"Industrial Policy and Employees’ Participation" by Klaus Mehrens
Social Europe 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 8 Hours, 9 Minutes ago
Long-term sectoral economic development seems to follow a stable pattern: For most industrialised economies the dominant share of agricultural production begins declining early on until it reaches...
Paulo Coelho: "The pain of yesterday is the strength of today"
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 22 Hours, 26 Minutes ago
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Niveaux faibles de particules radioactives détectés en Europe
Regards citoyens 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 34 Minutes ago
Les niveaux d'iode-131 radioactif détectés en Europe sont inférieurs au seuil nécessitant un compte rendu détaillé et ne présentent pas de risques pour la santé, a déclaré vendredi 11 novembre la porte-parole de la Commission européenn...
La santé à Villjuif : état des lieux et perspectives
Alain Lipietz 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 12 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Réunion-débat de Europe-Ecologie et Villejuif Autrement, avec des représentants de toutes les catégories des personnels des hôpitaux de la ville et de la médecine de ville. Le lien vers le compte-rendu. - Articles et débats / Santé...
Was Hausbesetzungen uns sagen sollten
Zur Politik 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 17 Hours, 32 Minutes ago
Wieder ist ein Haus besetzt und erneut wird daran vorbeidiskutiert, welchen Hinweis Besetzungen geben - Ein Gesetzesvorschlag von Georg Pichler...
In His Very Own Saintly Words, Part II
¡No Pasarán! 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 21 Hours, 32 Minutes ago
"The Negro is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent."- Ernesto "Che" Guevara,erudite toleration promoter...
Marea mea mirare!
Gabriela Cretu (MEP) 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 4 Minutes ago
Tarile din sudul Uniunii sunt cele care au mari probleme cu datoria suverana. Pentru cei preocupati de teme sociale aceste tari sunt cele care nu au aderat la (sau nu au construit inca) asa numitul model social european; modelul social mediteranean e...
lets overcome the obstacles !
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 1 Hour, 38 Minutes ago
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Statistics proof discrimination, its not only individual perception!
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 2 Hours, 9 Minutes ago
Statistics proof discrimination, its not only an individual perception!12.11.2011 Network of legal experts: thematic reports 2010 Disability and non-discrimination law in the European Union... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit...
Médicaments : la France championne des dépenses, pas de la consommation
Le Blogueur (arte) 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 3 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
Les peuples qui consomment le plus de médicaments ne sont pas ceux qui vivent le plus longtemps. La preuve avec cette carte. Cliquez ici pour accéder aux informations détaillées sur la consommation de médicaments et l’espérance de vie des...
Les imposteurs de la science
Le Blogueur (arte) 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 3 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
Ils ont révolutionné la science, porté les espoirs de nombreux patients, et repoussé les limites du possible grâce à des découvertes qui se sont avérées infondées, exagérées, voir imaginées de toutes pièces. Qui sont ces drôles de d...
Cette semaine… Médicaments : soyons vigilants
Le Blogueur (arte) 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 3 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Faut-il avoir peur des médicaments ? En plein scandale du Mediator français et 50 ans après celui du Thalidomide allemand, l’émission vous emmènera ce samedi en Grande-Bretagne, siège de l’Agence européenne du médicament, où les citoye...
Es gibt kein valides Kostenargument gegen den Diskriminierungsschutz, denn Antidiskriminierung fuehrt zu oekonomischen Vorteilen fuer Alle !
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 4 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
Es gibt kein valides Kostenargument gegen den Diskriminierungsschutz, denn Antidiskriminierung fuehrt zu oekonomischen Vorteilen fuer Alle !12.11.2011 Beispiel: Die Verweigerung einer Schule... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
Die verbesserte soziale Vernetzung fuehrt zur schnelleren Aufdeckung sozialer Missstaende und oekonomischer Ineffizienzen !
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 4 Hours, 32 Minutes ago
Die verbesserte soziale Vernetzung fuehrt zur schnelleren Aufdeckung sozialer Missstaende und oekonomischer Ineffizienzen !12.11.2011 W. http://www.noexclusion.com W.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other con...
Beispiel fuer barrierefreies Wohnen - ohne gesetzliche Grundlagen kann Barrierefreiheit nicht zum Standard werden!
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 5 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
Beispiel fuer barrierefreies Wohnen - ohne gesetzliche Grundlagen kann Barrierefreiheit nicht zum Standard... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
Das Fehlen effektiver Antidiskriminierungsregeln fuer die Zivilgesellschaft wird von den Kapitalmaerkten als Wachstumshemmnis bewertet !
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 6 Hours, 37 Minutes ago
Das Fehlen effektiver Antidiskriminierungsregeln fuer die Zivilgesellschaft wird von den Kapitalmaerkten als Wachstumshemmnis bewertet ! Die EU Kommission und die Mitgliedslaender muessen dringend... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
The truth about China
Shiraz Socialst 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 16 Hours, 5 Minutes ago
By Matthew   (Workers Liberty website) A top Chinese government official has blamed Europe’s economic problems on welfare provision and labour laws. Jin Liqun, chair of China’s sovereign wealth fund (the body which manages the Chinese governme...
Governo monocolore uomo?
Lo Spazio della Politica 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 21 Hours, 53 Minutes ago
Ho una sola cosa da dire sulle affannose trattative per il nuovo governo. Mi è venuta in mente ieri, e l’ho trovata confermata dal totoministri del Corriere della Sera: attenzione, le “riserve della Repubblica”, nel momento di emer...
Fighting fascism in the XXI century
The New Federalist 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 23 Hours, 29 Minutes ago
The human kind should never forget the suffering and pain associated with national socialism. From the numerous atrocities to the deep scars in the memories of many, the results of national socialism should never be overlooked. Condemnation of those...
More Europe Manifesto proposes fiscal and social harmonisation
Grahnlaw 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 1 Hour, 24 Minutes ago
A group of Spanish eurobloggers has launched an appeal for More Europe, in order to overcome the crises in the eurozone and the wider European Union. You can read and sign the appeal on the More Europe blog. You can participate in the Twitter discuss...
Guest Post on British ECHR Reform Plans
ECHR Blog 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 2 Hours, 33 Minutes ago
I am very happy to welcome another guest post of Ed Bates of the University of Southampton. This time it relates to the reform plans for the Court of the current British chairmanship of the Council of Europe: British plans for reform of the European...
Einsparmassnahmen zu Lasten bereits Benachteiligter erschweren deren Inklusion erheblich, die Mitgliedslaender sollten diesbezueglich von der EU Kmmission die bei der Inklusion Regie fuehren sollte staerker unterstuetzt werden!
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 2 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
Einsparmassnahmen zu Lasten bereits Benachteiligter erschweren deren Inklusion erheblich, die Mitgliedslaender sollten diesbezueglich von der EU Kmmission die bei der Inklusion Regie fuehren sollte... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...
Amnesty International and the White Tweeter's Burden
MEP Daniel Hannan's blog 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 4 Hours ago
Want to free all humankind from bondage and usher in a new era of global liberty? There's an app for that. At least, according to Amnesty International there is. In a new advertising campaign, flagged up today in Ad Week magazine, Amnesty tells us we...
MittEuropa » Europas homosexuella behöver EU
Europabloggen 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 4 Hours, 19 Minutes ago
Ytterst beklagligt att EU:s lagstiftning inte gäller på norra Cypern. Det skriver riksdagsledamoten Abir Al-Sahlani (C).Idag när nyheterna svämmar över av det dåliga ekonomiska läget är det lätt att glömma bort det positiva med det europeis...
Vidéo du débat MN Lienemann / V Rosso-Debord sur la crise du logement ( LCP)
Marie-Noëlle Lienemann MEP 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 15 Hours, 23 Minutes ago
Politique Matin:mercredi 9 novembre 2011 Le débat animé par Patrick Chêne sur le thème : Quelle politique pour le logement ? entre Valérie Rosso-Debord, députée UMP de Meurthe-et-Moselle et Marie Noëlle Lienemann, sénatrice socialiste de par...
Women Given a Poor Deal by the Banks
The Honeyball Buzz 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 22 Hours, 22 Minutes ago
Evidence has come to light today that women are being discriminated against by banks. The report, entitled ‘Women and Banks: Are Female Customers Facing Discrimination?’, by Noreena Hertz, looks at several cases where banks have discrim...
Beat the Censor: Online-Spiel gegen Zensur im Internet
vasistas? 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 2 Hours, 8 Minutes ago
Den Global Transparency Track des EU-Hackathons, der gestern zu Ende gegangen ist, gewann das UN-Team (Sven Clement, Hauke Gierow, Stefan Wehrmeyer) aus Luxemburg und Deutschland mit dem Spiel “Beat the Censor”: Gewinner des Internet Qual...
Roms : la France sévèrement condamnée par le Conseil de l’Europe.L’expulsion de Roms constitue une violation « aggravée » de la Charte sociale européenne par la France. On peut déjà s’interroger sur la réaction de la Commission : Mme Reding avait longtemp
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 2 Hours, 21 Minutes ago
L’expulsion de Roms constitue une violation « aggravée » dela Chartesociale européenne parla France.Onpeut déjà s’interroger sur la réaction dela Commission : Mme Reding avait longtemps menacé de mettrela Franceen infra...
MittEuropa » EU-politiken ska vara till nytta för människor
Europabloggen 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 3 Hours, 32 Minutes ago
Målet att förbättra levnads- och arbetsvillkoren för Europas folk, ska genomsyra all gemensam politik i EU. Det skriver Ellen Nygren.När Europeiska ekonomiska sociala kommitté, EESK, hade sitt möte i slutet av oktober, antogs bland annat ett y...
Paper on Draft EU to ECHR Accession Agreement
ECHR Blog 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 4 Hours, 51 Minutes ago
Three researchers, Xavier Groussot, Tobias Lock, and Laurent Pech, have published a commentary on the draft agreement on the Accession of the EU to the European Convention on Human Rights. The commentary is available as a policy paper on the website...
Sexualisierte Gewalt: Warum ein kurzes Kleid nicht „ja“ bedeutet
Die Euros 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 5 Hours, 30 Minutes ago
Sind die Slutwalks nur ein (feministischer) Trend? Begegnung mit zwei ‚Schlampen' in Deutschland und Frankreich. - 1. Analysen / Demokratie und Menschenrechte, Deutschland, Frankreich, Gleichberechtigung...
BBC Radio Four: Britain and the Human Rights Act
The European Citizen 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 6 Hours, 33 Minutes ago
The Human Rights Act 1998, which transposes the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law, is controversal in British politics: the Liberal Democrats and Labour are for the HRA, while the Conservatives are against. The Conservatives want to bri...
Constituons un arc europrogressiste !
Le Taurillon 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 9 Hours, 9 Minutes ago
Sauvons l'Europe appelle à la politisation du débat européen et à la constitution d'un arc europrogressiste capable de concilier solidarité et compétitivité, justice sociale et emploi et mettre fin aux politiques d'austérité qui sévissent e...
"Back to the future": Privatisation as a solution to problems
European Welfare States 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 20 Hours, 41 Minutes ago
"The world bank recommended liquidation or divestiture of state assets in twenty five of the thirty eight structural adjustment loans it made to developing countries between 1980 and 1986….and increased market orientation of state firms in thirty s...
ENIL Proposal for a Resolution of the European Parliament
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 21 Hours, 58 Minutes ago
ENIL Proposal for a Resolution of the European Parliament on the effect of cuts in public spending on persons with disabilities in the European Union The European Parliament , -           having... [[ This is a content summary only. Visi...
The Daphne Programme is at risk
The Honeyball Buzz 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 5 Minutes ago
I  was disappointed and incredibly concerned to hear that the Daphne Programme is once again at risk of being withdrawn. Daphne is one of the key tools in preventing violence against women at the European Level. I have talked about the … Cont...
Da die Krise in Europa mit der Blockade der 5. EU Antidiskriminierungsrichtlinie begonnen hat, muesste sie logischerweise mit ihrer Freigabe enden !
Inclusion means NOExclusion 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 14 Minutes ago
Da die Krise in Europa mit der Blockade der 5. EU Antidiskriminierungsrichtlinie begonnen hat, muesste sie logischerweise mit ihrer Freigabe enden !09.11.2011 Bemerkung: die Richtlinie... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
L'Europe sociale en crise : vers une fin de l'aide alimentaire communautaire ?
Le Taurillon 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 1 Hour, 54 Minutes ago
La remise en cause du Programme Européen d'Aide aux plus Démunis (PEAD) par un petit nombre d'Etats met à mal le principe de solidarité - pourtant au fondement de l'Union européenne - et reflète les limites d'une Europe intergouvernementale. Ma...
S.H. and Others v Austria: margin of appreciation and IVF
Strasbourg Observers 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 4 Hours, 32 Minutes ago
In Austria, it is forbidden to use donated sperm or ova for in vitro fertilization (‘IVF’). Ovum donation is under all circumstances prohibited; sperm donation is only possible when the sperm is directly placed in the womb of a woman (in vivo art...
Welfare e disabili
Debora Serracchiani 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 5 Hours, 49 Minutes ago
I disabili e le loro famiglie hanno diritto a una piena integrazione scolastica e lavorativa, ma ciò che bisogna costruire soprattutto è una mentalità nuova. E’ questo il senso ultimo dell’incontro che ho avuto con il presidente dell
Book on ECHR and Fundamental Rights Interpretation
ECHR Blog 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 6 Hours, 6 Minutes ago
Yesterday, I attended the successful PhD defence of Hanneke Senden, a former colleague of mine (congratulations once again, Hanneke!), at Leiden University. Her book deals with the different principles and methods of fundamental rights interpretation...
L'Europe tente d'être aux avant-postes du management « éthique » d'ici 2020.
Le Taurillon 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 9 Hours, 9 Minutes ago
« En tant qu'Européens, nous avons des choses importantes à dire sur la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises (RSE) d'autant plus que le reste du monde nous regarde » affirmait encore récemment le Commissaire européen de l'industrie et de l'e...
Misogynistic abuse of female bloggers
Shiraz Socialst 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 11 Hours, 15 Minutes ago
On Blogging, Threats, and Silence Cross-posted from Tiger Beatdown Content note: This post includes excerpts of threats and abusive language. I got my first rape threat as a blogger when I was on Blogspot, so new that I still had the default theme up...
Våra politiker hjälper skurkstater att övervaka och förtrycka
Henrik-Alexandersson.se 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 22 Hours, 41 Minutes ago
Handelsminister Ewa Björling (m) vill träffa svenska IT- och telekomföretag för att diskutera deras ansvar för mänskliga rättigheter.Bakgrunden är att ett antal skurkstater använder teknik som dessa företag tillhandahåller, för att överv...