The Centre for Peace Studies (CPS), in collaboration with a lawyer, has today submitted an appeal to the Municipal Misdemeanor Court in Zagreb against the verdict that resulted in the long-time activist against Putin and human rights defender Vladislav Arinichev spending 15 days in detention. Arinichev protested in Zagreb against the life-threatening actions of the Security and Intelligence Agency. After being released from prison, Arinichev was again deprived of liberty as Croatia denied his asylum request, and he has been on a hunger strike for five days in the reception centre for foreigners in Trilj.
People’s fundamental rights are at risk across Europe. This is due to rising levels of poverty, persistent threats against democracy, widespread racism and challenges occurring in the context of migration finds FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2024. These threats underline the need to ensure strong and sustainable fundamental rights protection across the EU, particularly for people in vulnerable situations. The report suggests how policymakers and civil society can work in tandem to counter the threat of social exclusion and enable a more equal and fairer society for all.
More LGBTIQ people in Europe are now open about who they are. At the same time, they face more violence, harassment, and bullying than before. This is especially true for younger LGBTIQ people, who are particularly vulnerable. These are some of the findings of the latest EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey, based on responses from more than 100,000 LGBTIQ people across Europe.
Media freedom continues to stand perilously close to breaking point in many EU countries and in some, it needs to be almost completely revived, Liberties’ Media Freedom Report 2024 finds.
On April 9th 2022, the Centre for Peace Studies organized an interesting interactive activity "Faces of Solidarity Today" in the Močvara club with participants and coordinators of the Peace Studies program and other interested citizens.
20 October 2021 11:00 - 17:00 EET (Helsinki)
Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have a crucial role in respecting the rights of individual’s when member states fail to meet their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention).
As part of the project "Facts Against Hate", CPS is presenting two examples of good practice of intersectoral cooperation in the field of prevention of discrimination, hatred and violence.
Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Finland published a guide for police officers and stakeholders "Good practices for identifying and preventing acts of hatred". This guide is a part of the joint project Facts Against Hate. The guide is also available in Finnish, Swedish and Croatian.
