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Europe has seen wide-ranging religious persecution over the centuries, including the medieval pogroms and reformation struggles, religious wars of the seventeenth century, the rise of anti-Semitism and the fall of Yugoslavia during the twentieth century.

News

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CSW welcomes the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as the new EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) outside...
The International Federation for Human Rights, its member organisation Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, CSW, and Global Witness lodged a complaint with the European...
CSW welcomes the European Union (EU)s appointment of Frans van Daele as the new Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or...

Reports

CSW and FIDH have requested a legal opinion regarding the lawfulness of proposals to include migration-related conditionalities in the GSP of the EU.
civil society organisations call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Nguyn Bc Truyn
CSW report: religious persecution and refugees
Joint NGO contribution to an inclusive Europe.

Blog

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Some people wonder how impactful the EU is in terms of encouraging human rights improvements in third countries. Being an economic superpower, trade policy
SDN Khartoum stock. CREDIT Ammar Nassir on Unsplash
With over 14 million people displaced, the world's largest humanitarian crisis is currently taking place in Sudan. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ("Burhan"), leader of the
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Si la situation des populations d'autres pays est trop rarement un enjeu électoral prioritaire, une certaine politisation de la question du respect des droits

Features & Magazine Issues

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. Licensed CC BY 2.0
A new tool in the toolbox: The EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime
What exactly is the new EU tool?...
CSW at the EU
CSW at the EU
Alessandro Pecorari, our Europe Liaison Officer, shares his thoughts and predictions on what Brexit will mean for CSWs work at the EU....
The genocide debate
Youve undoubtedly seen the photos of the refugees fleeing Syria in unprecedented numbers as the civil war enters its fifth year....