On 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) became applicable in all European Union countries, its purpose being to strengthen and unify the protection of personal data (see AEDH).
Just over a year after its entry into force, the European Commission issued a press release on 24
Cults and the transition to the Internet
The theme of sects, or organizations with sectarian aberrations, seems to have lost importance in the public debate in recent years. However, the 2016-2017 Miviludes report seems to bear witness above all to a risk that is still very present, but which is taking on new faces. From large multinational
Reaction of the AEDH to the appointment of Ursula von der Leyen
Since the appointment by the European Council of Ursula von der Leyen as candidate for the Presidency of the European Commission, it had become clear that if the European Parliament refused to confirm this choice, the European Union would be plunged into a political crisis like it had never experienced
AEDH calls upon European People’s Party (EPP) to review its candidate for Vice-Chair of LIBE Committee
In association with the European Civic Forum the AEDH calls upon the withdrawal of Mr Hidvéghi’s application for the remaining Vice-Chair of the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs. The election of one of Fidesz representatives to this job is contradictory with the objectives of the LIBE committee.
Abortion : a report of the legal status across the world
Since 1998 the Center for Reproductive Rights has produced a yearly interactive map of the legal status of abortion in countries across the globe.
This map categorizes the legal status of abortion on a continuum from severe restrictiveness to relative liberality. It has become an unavoidable tool for advocates and
The case Julian Assange: Thirteen years of harassment
This computer scientist and cybermilitant from Australia presents today all the signs of a psychological torture, according to a rapporteur specialized in human rights of the UN, after thirteen long years of relentlessness on the part of the United States , from Sweden or the United Kingdom. After receiving the
General Assembly 2018 of the AEDH
NEWS January
The 2018 General Assembly was held on 12 and 13 January 2019.
The outgoing President Dominique Guibert presented the activity report for the past financial year, which was unanimously adopted.
The representatives of the Luxembourg League for Human Rights presented the results of a survey among the
European Solidarity: on June 28 all Governments should do their part to welcome refugees!
On June 28 the European Council will discuss migration: Governments have a historic responsibility to give substance to the principle of solidarity, on which the European Union was founded.
Asking asylum in Europe is a fundamental right, but unfair rules and policies make it ineffective. We need a fairer system,
Newsletter spring 2018
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AEDH NEWS
International Refugee Day – AEDH and EuroMed Rights Joint Tribune
European Digital Sovereignty – AEDH Open Letter to the European Commission and the Council
Grow up into a responsible citizen by joining the #CyberCRACCS network
Football game
LDH (BE) – Is a human being still a human being?
2018 – In collaboration with LIGA, Belgian LDH publishes a carte blanche for the funeral of little Mawda, who was killed by a policeman during the interception of a van transporting migrants. Her parents and brother fled the war zone in Iraqi Kurdistan. Belgian LDH warns against a dehumanisation process used