In this second interview, we remeet with Sergej Stoma from the Diversity Development Group to discuss two important court rulings in Lithuania following the European Court of Justice ruling we spoke about in the first episode of this series. What does the future for migrants entering Lithuania look like? Listen to find out ..read more

Together with Member of the European Parliament Niklas Nienaß we are exploring the European Union’s recently adopted and by the European Court of Justice newly validated conditionality mechanism on the rule of law. How does it work? What are the underlining power plays between European Institutions from the mechanism‘s initial proposal, over adoption and validation to implementation? How effective will it be? Ultimately, what we all want to know: Does it represent a solution to all current and future rule of law breaches in the EU, such as currently in Hungary and Poland? Listen in to get an i ..read more

Welcome to the second epsiode of our podcast series on care worker rights in Europe. In this second episode we speak about the rights of care and health workers in Austria. We are exploring the reasons behind why 60.000 24-hour care workers are working in unfair, unsafe and precarious working conditions in Austria. Further, these live-in care workers are to 98% migrants and 92% women which gives the topic of unfair working conditions an extra human rights issue. We speak to Teresa Hatzel from Amnesty Austria to explore the reasons behind and solutions to the human rights dangerous situation. P ..read more

Welcome to our first episode of our podcast series on care worker rights in Europe. In this episode we speak about the rights of care and health workers in Italy. In one of the countries with the oldest population in the world, working conditions in care homes are highly precarious and care work does not receive the appropriate recognition. COVID-19 has not only raised attention to the issue but also exacerbated working conditions for many care and health workers. Listen to our podcast with Debora Del Pistoia from Amnesty Italy to find out what Amnesty Italy is asking to change in order to cre ..read more

In this episode we review human rights in 2020 and give a preview of what to expect in 2021. The main topics are Poland, Hungary, police violence and minority rights.  ..read more

This week the Hungarian government passed laws that severely restrict the rights of LGBTI, including banning them from adopting children. We react to these developments and give insights to what Amnesty has done to stop this and what happens now.  ..read more

Together with Member of the European Parliament Niklas Nienaß we are exploring the European Union’s recently adopted and by the European Court of Justice newly validated conditionality mechanism on the rule of law. How does it work? What are the underlining power plays between European Institutions from the mechanism‘s initial proposal, over adoption and validation to implementation? How effective will it be? Ultimately, what we all want to know: Does it represent a solution to all current and future rule of law breaches in the EU, such as currently in Hungary and Poland? Listen in to get an i ..read more

Welcome to the second epsiode of our podcast series on care worker rights in Europe. In this second episode we speak about the rights of care and health workers in Austria. We are exploring the reasons behind why 60.000 24-hour care workers are working in unfair, unsafe and precarious working conditions in Austria. Further, these live-in care workers are to 98% migrants and 92% women which gives the topic of unfair working conditions an extra human rights issue. We speak to Teresa Hatzel from Amnesty Austria to explore the reasons behind and solutions to the human rights dangerous situation. P ..read more

Welcome to our first episode of our podcast series on care worker rights in Europe. In this episode we speak about the rights of care and health workers in Italy. In one of the countries with the oldest population in the world, working conditions in care homes are highly precarious and care work does not receive the appropriate recognition. COVID-19 has not only raised attention to the issue but also exacerbated working conditions for many care and health workers. Listen to our podcast with Debora Del Pistoia from Amnesty Italy to find out what Amnesty Italy is asking to change in order to cre ..read more

Welcome to the fourth and final episode of Abortion Rights in Europe. Today, we will be shedding light on the situation in Slovakia. The Slovakian government has frequently engaged in attempts to rollback abortion rights, which has been rejected each time only by a narrow majority in Parliament. This November, there was a 19th attempt to pass a draconian abortion bill which would have dangerous and discriminatory effects for all sexual and reproductive rights in Slovakia. In our conversation with Daniela Muzikova, the Social Media Coordinator of Amnesty Slovakia, we will discuss the current le ..read more