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Tag Archives: human rights
A Taste of the Middle East: Cuisine, Culture and Conflict
This is a guest blog post by Martina Weitsch. How can we talk about the Middle East today? On 8 November incidents took place in Gaza that led to the most recent outbreak of violence; on 9 November 32 Quakers and … Continue reading
‘Trading Away Peace’ – EU can do more to stop expansion of illegal settlements
The European Union (EU) imports fifteen times more from Israel’s illegal settlements than it does from Palestinians themselves within the West Bank. This was revealed in a report released last week by a coalition of European NGOs, including the Quaker … Continue reading
Children in Military Custody in Israel – our responsibility?
Defence for Children International – Palestine Section has long been monitoring the situation of Palestinian Children detained by the Israeli Authorities. Their statistics make grim reading but are also a source of reliable information about what is going on. There … Continue reading
How has the Brighton Declaration Affected the Defence of Human Rights in Europe?
With just a month remaining of its six-month Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, the UK was determined to make its mark. The European Court of Human Rights (the Court) certainly created a lot of press attention … Continue reading
What does the Draft Brighton Declaration Mean for Human Rights in Europe?
The United Kingdom, in its capacity as Chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, is organising a conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg. From 18th to 20th April representatives from … Continue reading
World Water Day 2012: does water count as a human right?
Access to safe water and sanitation was declared a human right by the UN’s General Assembly in July 2010. A surprising eighteen EU Member States abstained from voting. The main problem faced by governments is that a large proportion of … Continue reading
EU Responses to Terrorism: New Briefing Papers
Over the last 12 months I have researched and written three briefing papers, updating QCEA’s earlier work – 2005-2007 – on EU responses to terrorism. Policies relating to counter-terrorism at EU and Member State levels are numerous, technical and controversial, … Continue reading
Posted in EU Responses to Terrorism, Human Rights
Tagged Amnesty International, Council of Europe, Council of the European Union, democratic accountability, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, EU Counter-Terrorism Policy, European Commission, European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), European Data Protection Supervisor, European Network of Experts on Radicalisation, European Parliament (EP), European Police Office (Europol), European Union (EU), Extraordinary Rendition, human rights, Internet, LIBE Committee, Lisbon Treaty, Network of Associations of Victims of Terrorism, Passenger Name Records (PNRs), Prevent Protect Pursue Respond, Secret Detention, Security, Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) Agreement, Sophie in’t Veld (MEP), Statewatch, Stockholm Programme, Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP), Terrorist lists, Torture, transparency
Liberty, security, and the lessons of 9/11
This will be the first in a series of blog posts examining the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs policy. This post charts the development of the policy in its historical context over the last decade or so, and examines the … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Justice, Human Rights
Tagged Anti-terrorism legislation, Council of the European Union, Criminal Justice, Cross-border crime, EU Justice & Home Affairs policy, European Arrest Warrant, European Commission, European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), European Parliament (EP), Extradition, human rights, Judicial cooperation, Mutual recognition, Sarah Ludford (MEP), Treaties on European Union, Trevi Agreement
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Pipeline Politics: Nabucco, TAPI and Friends
There has been a proliferation of gas pipeline proposals surrounding the so-called Southern Gas corridor – an attempt to bring gas from Central Asia to Europe, by-passing Russia and therefore diversifying Europe’s supply by breaking Russia’s monopoly on the market, … Continue reading
