European Institutions

  • Germany Drops Mask Mandate

    February 06, 2023

    As one of the last European countries to hold onto the mask mandate in some areas of public life, the German federal government has dropped the mask mandate on long-distance trains after a number of federal regions dropped the mask mandate on local and regional trains over the last few months, taking a step towards leaving the pandemic era behind.

  • ECtHR Rules on Russian Responsibility in Eastern Ukraine

    February 03, 2023

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has set a precedent as the first international court to prove Russia’s occupation in Donbas since 2014, highlighting assessments in a 230 page document including unlawful military aggression against civilians and civilian objects as well as confirmation that Russia’s violations (from killings and torture to, for example, restrictions to education, freedom of expression, free elections and association) were systematic and not isolated.

  • Council of Europe Adopts a Recommendation on Adequate Minimum Income

    February 01, 2023

    The European Council has adopted a recommendation on adequate minimum income, to be reached by 2030, in an effort to combat social exclusion, promote gender equality and economic independence of women, young adults and persons with disabilities.

  • ECtHR: Ukraine, MH-17 cases against Russia Are Admissible

    January 31, 2023

    The European Court of Human Rights has said cases brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia over alleged human rights violations in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, and the shooting down of Flight MH-17, were admissible.

  • ECtHR Rules that Book Featuring Same-Sex Marriage is Suitable for Children

    January 25, 2023

    In the first case of its kind, the European Court of Human Rights has found that the censure of a children’s fairy tale book featuring a same-sex marriage violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which refers to the freedom of expression.

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