Turkish Minister for European Affairs calls on EU to open human rights chapters
It is out of the question for Turkey to break off relations with the EU and it will press ahead with its membership bid, Turkish EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik…
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Council of Europe to vote tomorrow on a controversial recommendation on surrogacy
The controversies around Council of Europe’s surrogacy report drafted by discussed rapporteur De Sutter (Belgium) are not finished yet. On the 21st September, the Council of Europe’s Social Affairs and Health…
Organ-trafficking in Kosovo? New Hague-based Special Court set up to find it out
US lawyer David Schwendiman has been appointed as the chief prosecutor of the new Hague-based Special Court which is expected to try former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters. (Balkan Insight) Chief…
Amnesty International: EU’s reckless refugee returns to Turkey illegal
“The European Union (EU) must immediately halt plans to return asylum-seekers to Turkey on the false pretence that it is a “safe country” for refugees, said Amnesty International in a…