As India and the EU negotiate a Free Trade Agreement, it will be critical for India to resist measures that favor the business interests of pharmaceutical companies over the lives of millions of people in developing countries who depend on India's supply of cheap generic medicines.
Posts Tagged “European Union”
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The creation of a European Endowment for Democracy could provide vital support for activists trying to open up closed societies without the stifling restrictions normally connected to EU assistance.
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Improved relations with the European Union are essential for Ukrainian citizens to be able to advocate for their fundamental rights and freedoms.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability
Topics: Association Agreement, Brussels, Civic Expert Council, Dmytro Shulga, Eastern Partnership, European Union, International Renaissance Foundaiton, President Yanukovich, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian Platform of the Civil Society Forum of Eastern Paternership, We are Europeans, Yulia Tymoshkeno, Yury Lutsenko
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New European regulations should ensure that anyone arrested in the European Union has access to a "letter of rights" detailing their rights in all 23 official EU languages
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Most Romanians have experienced significant improvements in their lives since the country joined the EU in 2007; however, many of the country's Roma continue to live in deep poverty. In an interview with the BBC, Heather Grabbe looks at what EU membership means for countries like Romania.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: David Mark, EU structural funds, European Union, Heather Grabbe, Neil Campbell, Roma, Romania
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A new report looks at the inclusion of Muslim minorities in Antwerp, one of Belgium's most diverse cities.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Antwerp, At Home in Europe, Belgium, Berlin, Borgerhout, Copenhagen, Europe, European Union, Leicester, Muslims, Muslims in Antwerp, Rachel Hart
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In this interview, Open Society Roma Initiatives Fellow Mensur Haliti explains why census mobilization matters, and what drives his personal commitment to Roma emancipation.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Albania, Balkan Egyptians, Balkans, Bernard Rorke, Blindspot, Bosnia & Herzegovina, census, citizenship, Decade of Roma Inclusion, European Roma Rights Centre, European Union, Forum of Roma IDPs, Ivaca Dacic, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mensur Haliti, Montenegro, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, refugees, Roma, Serbia, statelessness, use your ballot wisely, Yugoslavia
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Macedonia's tortured relations with the European Union are due for an overhaul following the recent elections.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability
Topics: Balkans, EU, EU membership, European Union, Goran Buldioski, Macedonia, Macedonian elections, Neda Korunovska, Nikola Gruevski
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Europeans may be surprised to hear that basic rights, such as the right to a lawyer or a phone call, are only now being debated at the European level. Yet at the moment many countries in the region fail to provide them.
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Italy attempted to use the threat of prison sentences to pressure illegal immigrants to obey removal orders. But it ignored European law that demands a more proportional response from governments.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Case Watch, detention, discrimination, European Court of Justice, European Union, Hassen el-Dridi, immigration, Italy, migrants
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