The summit between the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is taking place these days in the first month of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. A presidency that could be the key to promoting a more ambitious European project in social, inclusive and especially […]
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Equality launches Arcoíris 028 telephone number for information and comprehensive attention on LGTBI rights.
The Ministry of Equality launched the 028 Arcoíris Service, for information and comprehensive care on LGTBI rights. The public service to help victims of hate crime and discrimination due to LGBTIphobia will be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and will have a team of professionals with specialized training and offer psychological […]
Sánchez warns of “obscene cuts to rights in exchange for votes” in Extremadura after the deal between the PP and Vox.
“What we knew was going to happen has happened.” Pedro Sánchez said this after PP leader Maria Guardiola in Extremadura reached an agreement with Vox to govern, despite rebelling just a few days ago. “Where I can rule, because they give the numbers, they rule,” he said, sending a clear message to progressive voters at […]
UGT and CCOO fear that the right-wing government will stop the purchase of new Renfe Cercanías trains.
Unions fear the change in government will lead to Renfe revising its priorities, halting the purchase of new Cercanías trains. A rail service that has had incidents and delays in recent months has highlighted the need to upgrade this rolling stock. This week, UGT and CCOO representatives on the company’s board of directors called for […]
Yolanda Díaz criticizes that the PP and Vox agreements “violated the rights of women and LGBT people”
“Yesterday, city councils were created and we saw that they did it together with the Popular Party of Feijo, who without shame or complacency agreed to violate the rights of women and LGBT people in our country,” said Yolanda Diaz. Summar’s act took place at Espacio Rastro in Madrid this Sunday. In it, the second […]
United States: The world’s leading economy, at the tail end of countries with rich labor rights
The world’s richest country is lagging behind in guaranteeing wages, protections and rights for millions of workers. In the United States, dominated by neoliberalism for decades, lobbying by big companies has created labor laws that leave them vulnerable, denying them basic rights such as sick leave and making it difficult to unionize, as evidenced by […]
The constitution guarantees that MPs will swear their position to “legal imperative” or “for social rights”.
In December 2019, the PP and the Ciudadanos right decided to open the legislature by appealing to the Constitutional Court. Both parties questioned the fact that several MPs swore or pledged their positions and obeyed the constitution with expressions that did not follow the classical formulas. This was not the first time this had happened, […]
Democratizing Digitization: Respecting Human Rights and Fighting “Big Tech”.
27 is immersed in the digital transition of the economy. This is one of the main focuses of the recovery plans, with which the European Union plans to inject 800,000 million euros in the coming years. Often people talk about infrastructure, 5G or connectivity strategies that are far from not only the common citizen’s language, […]
With the trans law, Spain ranks fourth in the ranking of countries with the most LGTBI rights
According to Rainbow Europe’s annual index, Spain tops the list of countries with the most rights for LGTBI people. The country rose from the tenth position to the fourth, which in this case is due to the entry into force of the Trans Law, which recognizes gender self-determination. But also because of other advances included […]
The triumph of the Chilean right-wing parties in the elections for the reform of the constitution
Chile’s far-right won a landslide victory this week in elections for councilors who will try to draft a constitution to replace the text abandoned by Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship. The far-right Republican Party, traditional conservative parties and the right-wing People’s Party combined won 62% of the vote, 99% counted, securing more than 30 council seats in […]
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is calling for an investigation into the “massacre” in Peru after Castillo’s ouster.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) said on Wednesday that Peruvian police forces committed “extrajudicial executions” during demonstrations following the failed coup and ouster of former president Pedro Castillo, and that it was a “massacre”. It would be inspired by ethnic-racial motives. “Deaths committed by state agents may amount to extrajudicial executions,” the Washington-based […]
Socialists propose a European Charter of Women’s Rights with minimum standards for 27
Minimum rights for women across the EU. This will be one of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) campaign banners ahead of next year’s European elections and one of the demands after the creation of the European Commission. The group, led by Spain’s Iratxe García, is committed to creating a European charter to create common standards […]
Congress approves housing law against right-wingers
The Congress of Deputies approved the housing law, which is now being discussed in the Senate. More than a year has passed since the text was released in Moncloa, and now the lower house has approved it with votes in favor of the coalition government formations, ERC, EH Bildu or Más País. Against right wing […]
Yolanda Diaz is proposing a new “21st Century Labor Act” this year with more rights for the self-employed.
Yolanda Diaz announced that “in the coming months, until the end of the legislative body”, the so-called “21st century labor regulation”. This “major reform” in the long run, a coalition government commitment that was primarily delayed by the pandemic, will have a broader perspective than the current 1980 Labor Charter, the second vice-president and labor […]
Right-wingers in European Parliament block right-wing bid to whitewash funding for billboards at borders.
The toughening of positions against immigration in the EU will have political consequences. The leftists destroyed the European Parliament’s guidelines for the preparation of the 2024 budget due to a right-wing maneuver to whitewash the possible financing of fences and walls with European funds, which the European Commission a priori opposes. The Socialists and Democrats […]
For the first time, the European Union imposes sanctions for the violation of women’s rights
For the first time, the European Union imposes international sanctions for the violation of women’s rights. 27 made this decision on the eve of International Working Women’s Day 8 million. Nine people and three entities become part of the list, which involves the freezing of their assets in the EU, as well as the fact […]
Raji Surani: “The West’s Response to Ukraine and Palestine Shows the Selective Use of Human Rights”
In 1979, a recent law graduate, Raji Surani, born in Gaza in 1953, was imprisoned by the Israeli authorities for three years. “It’s Kafka, but these were the best years of my life,” he says as he brings a cup of steaming coffee to his mouth. “I learned firsthand what torture, psychological repression, the dirty […]
Human Rights Watch accuses Russia of attacking station full of civilians in Kramatorsk: “It was a clear war crime”
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday accused Russia of committing an apparent war crime in an attack that the NGO found, after an investigation, by its forces last April against the Kramatorsk railway station in eastern Ukraine. and in which cluster bombs were used, killing at least 58 civilians. nongovernmental organization, who conducted an exhaustive […]