Finland

May 3, 2018

EU Looks to Rein in Funding to Abusive EU Governments

It’s not every day the European Commission proposes something truly ground-breaking. But yesterday, when the EU announced a new plan to link EU funds given to member states to the health of their judiciary, it did just that.

Europe/Central Asia

May 3, 2018 Dispatches

EU Looks to Rein in Funding to Abusive EU Governments

Benjamin Ward
Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
LGBT Rights

February 21, 2017 Dispatches

Finland to Allow Same-Sex Marriage

Boris Dittrich
Advocacy Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
International Justice

October 24, 2016 Dispatches

Steps Towards Justice For Syria

Maria Elena Vignoli
Leonard H. Sandler Fellow, International Justice Program

News

March 8, 2017 Letter

Civil Society Letter to Heads of State and Government on EU Response to the Refugee Crisis
October 20, 2016 Q & A

Q&A: First Cracks to Impunity in Syria, Iraq
February 14, 2013 Commentary

Divided We Fall: Intolerance in Europe Puts Rights at Risk

Benjamin Ward
Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division

Published In: open Democracy
January 11, 2012 News Release

Finland Joins Landmine Ban Treaty
June 26, 2008 Letter

Letter to Finnish Foreign Minister Regarding Upcoming Trip to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
April 18, 2008 News Release

UN: Mixed Results for New Review Process
April 6, 2008 News Release

Human Rights Council Begins Universal Periodic Review

Daily Brief

July 16, 2018

Trump meets Putin in Helsinki; countries should support 20 year old International Criminal Court; EU leaders stay silent on jailed human rights defenders in China; Pussy Riot protest during football World Cup final; labor abuses persist in Thailand's fishing fleets; Hungary is determined to silence any critics left standing; Turkey's abuses against people fleeing violence in Syria.