Non-discrimination Archives

UN human rights experts have called for major reforms of the US criminal justice system to combat systemic racism, citing testimonies that jailed Black women had been shackled during childbirth while male inmates were forced to work in "plantation-style" conditions.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdoğan complained on Thursday (21 September) that he was uncomfortable with the use of what he described as "LGBT colors" at the United Nations, which is decorated this week with bright colors promoting the Sustainable Development Goals.

The United States and the European Union on Thursday (7 September) criticised remarks about the World War Two persecution of Jews and antisemitism by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

The US Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday (24 August) for allegedly discriminating against asylum recipients and refugees in hiring.

Thousands of people marched in Sarajevo and other Bosnian cities Monday (14 August), days after a woman was murdered by her partner who livestreamed her killing on social media before killing two men and himself.

Thousands of Bulgarians took to the streets on Monday (31 July) to protest violence against women after a harrowing case of a teen cut hundreds of times shocked the Balkan nation.

EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton told TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew that the platform needs to accelerate its efforts to comply with Europe's new digital rulebook that will kick in in August.

More than 1,300 people were arrested in France during a fourth night of rioting and President Emmanuel Macron cancelled a trip to Germany as the funeral took place of teenager Nahel M, whose shooting by police sparked nationwide unrest.

Estonia's liberal coalition government is only two months old and has moved swiftly on a draft bill legalizing same-sex marriage, among other measures, to distance itself from neighbouring Russia.

Uganda's parliament on Tuesday (2 May) passed one of the world's strictest anti-LGBTQ bills mostly unchanged, including long jail terms and the death penalty, after President Yoweri Museveni requested some parts of the original legislation be toned down.

Pope Francis, on a trip to Hungary, warned of the dangers of rising nationalism in Europe and told the Budapest government that accepting migrants along with the rest of the continent would be a true sign of Christianity.

15 EU governments have joined the European Commission’s lawsuit against Hungary over a controversial anti-LGBTQ law making what civil society groups have described as the largest human rights case in EU legal history. 

EU commitments to combat poverty are not credible if we let our biggest ethnic minority continue to live in slums without sewerage, transportation and schools, writes Shannon Pfohman. Shannon Pfohman is Policy and Advocacy Director at Caritas Europa. Most policymakers believe integrating …

Italy's courts should stick to tradition and avoid the novelty of gender-neutral symbols in official documents, according to the institution that acts as the guardian of the Italian language.

EU lawmakers on Thursday (16 March) adopted a resolution calling on the UN Human Rights Council to conduct an independent investigation into a wave of poisonings that have hit schoolgirls in Iran.

Hungary's Justice Minister said on 8 March that Budapest would fight in the Court of Justice of the EU to defend an education law that Brussels says discriminates against people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

This International Women's Day, as in years before, and likely in years to come, women are faced with a long fight ahead of them.

Women will hit the streets en masse across the globe on Wednesday (8 March) to defend rights that are coming under increasing attack.

Women have held just 12% of the top jobs at 33 of the biggest multilateral institutions since 1945, and more than a third of those bodies have never been led by a woman, a new study shows.

The 2023 annual report from the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA-Europe) found an increase in the frequency and intensity of violent acts against the LGBTQI+ community.

Members of the European Parliament voted on Wednesday (15 February) to push EU countries to ratify the Council of Europe's (CoE) Istanbul Convention in line with a European Court of Justice 2021 ruling.

With reports of racist incidents on the rise in France and elsewhere in Europe since 2018, a French ministerial delegation is set to publish a new National Plan against Racism and Anti-Semitism.

Muslim women who wear headscarves are particularly affected by discrimination and exclusion in Germany, a report found, though not everyone in the governing coalition is in favour of reforming anti-discrimination laws.

When Evie and Gia decided to get married they turned Romania's hardening discrimination against LGBTQ people on its head.