March 26, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Should Italian lawyer be forced to work on Jewish holy days?

A judgement is expected early next month in a human rights case brought by a lawyer who complains that Italy infringed his right to manifest his religion freely.

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March 26, 2012 - Parliamentary Assembly

Report on lives lost in the Mediterranean Sea

Tineke Strik’s report, which took nine-month to compile, followed a March 2011 incident in which it is alleged that 63 people attempting to flee the conflict in Libya died at sea after their appeals for rescue were ignored, including by armed forces operating in the area.

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March 26, 2012 - Against Racism

Savvas Stouppas: The challenge of multiculturalism in Cyprus

Limassol’s involvement in the EU-Council of Europe inter-cultural cities network, allows the city to learn from other municipalities with longer histories of diverse populations.

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March 23, 2012 - Society

Sandrine Salerno: How interculturalism helps Geneva

Sandrine Salerno (Geneva City Council) says: “Our politics are based on real figures and tackle real problems. We value diversity and difference. Fortunately, we are not all the same.”

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March 22, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Court date for Lutsenko hearing

The applicant, Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko, is a Ukrainian national who was born in 1964 and is detained in Kyiv. He is a former Minister of the Interior and the leader of the opposition party Narodna Samooborona. He claims that his arrest and detention breach human rights laws.

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