Since the opening match on 12 June 2014, the world’s eyes have been glued to Brazil as nations follow their teams’ progress through the World Cup. But behind the football lies a middle income country battling many problems...
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) are bodies set up to protect and monitor human rights – to stand up for those in need and to hold governments to account. They can also provide advice, deal with complaints and carry out...
🔸On 28th and 29th November 2013, over 100 stakeholders, including regional representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs) and of local authorities (LAs) from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean...
The fourth global meeting of the Policy Forum on Development (PFD) took place on the 14 th, 15th and 16th of March, in Brussels. The meeting mobilized more than 160 representatives from civil society organisations (CSOs) and...
We recently interviewed Patrice Lenormand former Deputy Head of Unit in the Human Rights, Gender, Democratic Governance Unit, DG DEVCO, on the on National Human Rights Instutions and the European Instrument for Democracy and Human...
Pastoralists can get a bad name. These semi-nomadic communities are sometimes portrayed as living an outmoded way of life, feuding and degrading the environment with their herd before moving to a new area. The reality is different...
To mark the FIFA World Cup 2014, the European Commission is launching a campaign on Human Rights in Brazil, "Football has its rules. The World has it rights". Part of the campaign includes 5 short videos that present the 5...
