European parliamentary vote to protect victims of crime
12 September 2012
In September 2012, the European Parliament voted to protect victims of crime – including rape, harassment, hate crime and trafficking – across the EU.
In September 2012, the European Parliament voted to protect victims of crime – including rape, harassment, hate crime and trafficking – across the EU.
In August 2012, the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) published a factsheet on ‘Black Europeans and People of African Descent in Europe’.
In June 2012, the Council of the European Union adopted a Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy with an Action Plan to put it into practice.
Learning Disability Wales are partners in an exciting and innovative three-year European Project with five other countries called ‘My Rights My Voice’.
On 8 June 2012, the UK signed the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
On 19 June 2012, the Commission adopted the ‘EU Strategy towards the eradication of trafficking in Human Beings’.
The European Commission’s 3rd Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum covers developments in 2011 in the areas of immigration and asylum.
In May 2012, Asylum Aid published ‘Gender-related asylum claims in Europe’, focussing on the experiences of women across Europe, and the desperate need to ensure that women can claim asylum safely and in dignity.
In June 2012, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights published research on the rights of people with learning disabilities and mental health problems.
On 23 May 2012, the European Commission called on Member States to implement national plans for Roma integration.