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
What happened at AEDH in Spring 2018? Find it out here!
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
Grow up into a responsible citizen by joining the #CyberCRACCS network
18 June 2018 – Last February, AEDH, represented by its coordinator, took part in the shooting of an online training module organised by No Hate Speech Movement to fight cyber-harassment and hate messages on the Internet.
The training is now online. You are young and want to become an actor
Editorial by AEDH President – For a Europe welcoming migrants
Brussels 19 June 2018 – While our governments no longer have solutions and compromise our fundamental values, it is time for decision-makers to take the consultation of citizens into account in their discussions! Sign the European Citizens Initiative #WelcomingEurope!
It is one of the “flagship” instruments of participatory democracy
Hungarian Helsinki Committee – the Rule of law under threat
15 June 2018 – Hungarian Helsinki Committee warns on the Hungarian government’s attempt to limit judicial independence, which would undermine the rule of law and challenge the European Union’s legal order.
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Liga voor Mensenrechten – met Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
4 June 2018 – Liga voor Mensenrechten (BE) met Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the United Nation special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terroris. She shares concerns with LIGA in regard to: ethnic profiling, which contributes to anti-terrorist laws and policies that stigmatise particularly
Unione forense per la tutela dei diritti umani, LIDU and APDHA denounce the Italian Minister Salvini’s refusal to welcome the Aquarius boat
29 May 2018 – Unione forense per la tutela dei diritti umani (IT), LIDU (IT) and APDHA (ES) denounce the decision of the Italian Deputy Prime Minister, Matteo Salvini, who ordered the closure of the Italian ports, refusing access to the NGO SOS Méditerranée‘s boat Aquarius with 629 migrants on board.
AEDH contribution to the Civil Society Days
On 24-25 May took place the 2018 Civil Society Days and the digital world was at their heart. On this occasion, the European Association for the Defence of Human Rights, the European Civic Forum and the EESC Section TEN – Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society organised the workshop