May 10, 2019 - Society

Video: Francesca Lionetti – The appeal of the Intercultural Cities network

In this video, Francesca Lionetti discusses the appeal of the 135-strong Intercultural Cities network.

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May 10, 2019 - Strengthening Democracy

World Forum for Democracy 2019: Call for applications

In this video, Vasileios Giannias discusses the themes of this year’s World Forum for Democracy. Video   More on this story    

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April 30, 2019 - European Convention of Human Rights

France: European court rejects Vincent Lambert family’s bid to suspend treatment withdrawal

The European Court of Human Rights decided to reject the requests for interim measures that it received from the appllicants. Vincent Lambert sustained serious head injuries in a road-traffic accident on 29 September 2008, which left him tetraplegic and in a state of complete dependency. In 2014 his condition was described as vegetative.

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April 29, 2019 - European Convention of Human Rights

France: Court gives green light to terrorism suspect’s Algeria return

The case concerns the applicant’s planned deportation to Algeria after he was convicted in France in 2015 for participating in acts of terrorism and was permanently banned from French territory.

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April 25, 2019 - European Convention of Human Rights

Romania: Vehicle pollution tax human rights complaint dismissed by court judges

The case concerned the requirement for the applicants to pay a pollution tax based on an emergency ordinance (OUG no. 50/2008), for the purposes of registering in Romania the second-hand vehicles they had bought in other European Union countries.

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