In times of war, especially distant war, human lives start being counted by the hundreds. People become “casualties”, “collateral damage”. This is the fate of those currently dying in Ukraine. The right to life is more than a lofty legal guarantee. It is a recognition of the humanity of every person involved in the conflict…
Parliament approved changes to the rules on charging heavy goods vehicles for road useon 17 February 2022. The changes to the Eurovignette directive replace the current time-based charges for trucks with distance-based charges. By charging for the actual kilometres driven, the system will better reflect the polluter-pays principle, which is at the heart of the…
On 2 February 2022, the Cross-Party House of Commons Treasury Committee (the “Committee”) published its report on Economic Crime (the “Report”). The Report notes that the UK Government has not introduced the necessary legislative reforms to address economic crime and makes a number of proposals, including: the establishment of a new department of government and…
On 19 November, the European Union launched a twinning project in Moldova on ‘Strengthening supervision, corporate governance and risk management in the financial sector’. The project aims to modernise Moldova’s financial sector and make it reliable and more attractive for investment. The project will be implemented by the National Bank of Moldova and the National…
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has today conveyed Spain’s support to the European Commission to promote the application of the so-called ‘mirror clauses’ in trade negotiations with third countries so that imported products are required to meet the same quality and food safety standards as those produced in Europe. Planas stressed…
Every day in Europe, women are psychologically and physically abused in the “safety” of their own homes, stalked, harassed, raped, mutilated, forced by their family to enter into marriage, or sterilised against their will. The examples of violence against women are endless, its victims countless. National and European surveys and awareness-raising campaigns have shown how…
THE EUROPEAN TIMES (15.12.2021) – https://bit.ly/3mbp483 – In autumn of this year, Human Rights Without Frontiers was approached by the wife of Georgii Rossi, a Ukrainian businessman currently in prison in Montenegro. He is not a billionaire or a tycoon. He is an ordinary financier who left the Russian Federation in 2013. Six years after Georgii Rossi…
To the Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights Crna Gora Mr. Sergej Sekulivic Copy: The First Secretary of the Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights Crna Gora, Boris Maric Concerns: The extradition case of Georgii Rossi to the Russian Federation Dear Mr Minister, Montenegro is a candidate to the European Union membership. Today,…
Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) of the Council of Europe participated at the 9th Session of the Conference of the State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption and held on 16 December 2021 an online special event on Trends, good practices and challenges in preventing and fighting corruption. During the event the…
On the 30th anniversary of the entry into force of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, France calls on all States to ratify the Protocol, with a view to the universal abolition of the death penalty. With this year marking…
