Women on company boards: go for 40% of non-executive posts by 2020, urge MEPs
EU-listed companies should aim to ensure, by 2020, that at least 40% of their non-executive board members are women, so as to promote gender equality in economic decision making, say draft rules proposed by the European Commission and backed by the...
Arctic Sunrise captain refused bail in Russia
The captain of the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and one other activist have been refused bail in Russia.
UNICEF on “Children in Israeli military detention”: first progress report
On 6 March 2013, UNICEF released a briefing paper titled “Children in Israeli military detention” which outlined practical measures to improve the treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military custody. The paper stated that there appeared to...
US-led CIA rendition and secret detention programmes: impunity must end
The climate of impunity surrounding EU member states' complicity in the CIA's secret "rendition" and detention programmes has allowed violations of fundamental rights to continue unchecked, as revealed by mass surveillance programmes run by the US and...
On International Day of the Girl Child, innovation key to more girls in school and learning
To mark the second International Day of the Girl Child, UNICEF highlighted the power of innovation to get more girls in school and improve the quality of learning for all children.
Election in Azerbaijan undermined by limitations on fundamental freedoms, lack of level playing field and significant problems on election day, international observers say
The 9 October presidential election in Azerbaijan was undermined by limitations on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association that did not guarantee a level playing field for candidates, the international observers concluded in a statement...
Human rights: persecution in Syria, Pakistan and Iran, censorship in Sudan, Iraq
Parliament passed three separate resolutions, condemning violence and persecution against Christians in Syria, Pakistan and Iran, calling for protection for journalists and free access to the internet in Sudan and condemning acts of terrorism and...
Greenpeace International bail appeals refused as Brazil President speaks out
Appeals for bail by lawyers for Phil Ball and Kieron Bryan, both British citizens, were refused by the Regional Court of Murmansk.
After latest Lampedusa tragedy, Ban calls for action to protect human rights of migrants
Italian coastguards help a group of boat people found floating in a crowded craft near Lampedusa Island...
Things we learnt in Strasbourg: Lampedusa, Sakharov Prize, smoking and extremism
In a session marked by the tragedy off the coast of Lampedusa, Parliament held a minute of...
