The landmark investigation looking into the human rights violations of 47 coal, oil, gas and cement companies to the Filipino people will conclude with a two-day...
Mental Health and rights: a backwards step in Europe?
The draft of an additional protocol to the Oviedo Convention has been discussed during the meeting of the Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe. The aim...
Mental health: exploring alternatives to coercion
The additional protocol will have to be approved by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. If it will happen, individual countries will be able to...
Refugees in Uganda: what’s next?
An article from The Guardian of 30th October updates about the inquiry of local government and UNHCR in the scandal of Ugandan refugee settlements that caused the...
Abortion in Italy: that fondness for Argentina…
The vote on abortion in Argentina with the missed depenalization has reignited the debate in Italy, also accomplices the statements of the Northern League senator...
Not trasparent as air
Strange smells, smog or smoke over the city, car exhausts, industrial emissions - you almost never see air, but often feel that something is wrong with it. A study...
The Grey Cardinal’s treason
Change of flag for Vladimir Tungusov, trying to drain votes from pro-government party “United Russia”. Monday morning the political scandal raised in Ekaterinburg, in the...
Nepal: first steps against impunity
Mentre il governo nepalese avvia un processo di consultazioni sulle modifiche proposte ai meccanismi di giustizia transitoria, due organizzazioni internazionali...
Southern Thailand: mines of insurgents
In Thailand, separatist insurgents used anti-personnel mines to mutilate rubber plant workers and seriously disturb the daily lives of people in the southern border...
Russia against Jehowah’s Witnesses: why?
The Russian authorities hold 18 Jehovah's Witnesses in custody on charges of organizing, participating or financing the activities of an "extremist organization"...