The report “Unaccompanied minors: critical conditions at Italian external and internal borders” has been drafted with the aim of collecting and denouncing the main concerns regarding limitation or violation of undocumented minor rights at internal and external Italian borders, documented through the ... Read More
States urged to ensure renewal of UN Fact-Finding Mission on Libya at 48th Human Rights Council
In a letter to member states of the UN , Libyan, regional and international human rights organisations demanded the renewal of the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission (FFM), established in June 2020 at the HRC, which had been “a long overdue and necessary step to address rampant impunity in Libya.” ... Read More
A polycentric approach to border externalization: Legal strategies to contrast migrants’ rights violations
On 19, 20 and 21 May 2021, four human rights organisations – ASGI, NULAI Nigeria, ASFand CIHRS – organised an international conference on the subject of “Border externalization policies: consequences on mobility in Africa and on the right to asylum”. During the conference, which took place ... Read More
Report: Rights on the skids. The experiment of quarantine ships and main points of criticism
Rights on the skids. The experiment of quarantine ships and main points of criticism Health emergency has had a major impact on sea rescue activities, disembarkation procedures and the reception of migrants arriving in Italy via the Mediterranean Sea. Among the measures put in place by the ... Read More
Khlaifia sentence: Italy still under scrutiny for violations in hotspots
In 2016, the ECtHR had condemned Italy in their Khlaifia v. Italy judgment, for the arbitrary detention of foreign nationals in the Contrada Imbriacola Rescue and First Reception Centre (Cspa) in Lampedusa and onboard the Vincent and Audacia vessels, and for the absence of ... Read More
26th March 2021 – Rescuing lives in the central mediterranean: contemporary challenges
On the occasion of the presentation of the new report by the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe concerning the situation in the Mediterranean, ASGI is pleased to invite you to the conference “RESCUING LIVES IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES”, organized in ... Read More
Libya: The denial of non-Libyan citizens’ right to health must be investigated and remedied
The right to health is a fundamental and inclusive human right, encompassing health care, safe drinking water in hospital facilities, adequate sanitation, adequate nutrition, and housing. Functioning public health care facilities, goods and services should be available, accessible, in ... Read More
ASGI asks the Italian Court of Auditors for an investigation into the use of public funds in detention centres in Libya
The complaint is based on the report “A Critical Analysis of Government-funded Projects by Italian NGOs in Libyan Detention Centres”, published on 15 July 2020, in which ASGI analyses a series of documents obtained from FOI requests to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and AICS. The complaint ... Read More
Right to enter Italy for those who have been unlawfully pushed back to Bosnia
A foreign citizen, illegally readmitted to Slovenia and then to Bosnia on the basis of the Italy-Slovenia agreement, has the right to immediately enter Italy to seek asylum, in application of article 10 of our Constitution, while the Italy-Slovenia agreement violates international, European and ... Read More
Civil society calls for AI red lines in the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence proposal
With the European Union’s AI proposal set to launch this quarter, Europe has the opportunity to demonstrate to the world that true innovation can arise only when we can be confident that everyone will be protected from the most harmful, egregious violations of our fundamental rights. Europe’s ... Read More
Italian city discriminated against migrant children, appeals court rules
An appeals court in Milan has rejected an appeal filed by the Italian city of Lodi relating to the right of foreigners to access social services such as school meals. A court had already ruled in 2018 that the city had been discriminatory and had ordered it to allow non-EU citizens to apply for ... Read More
Bosnia: This inhuman chess game must stop
RiVolti ai Balcani welcomes and shares the appeals coming from individual citizens, activists and volunteers from Bosnia, Italy and from other European countries, with the aim of putting to an end the humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place especially in the Una Sana Canton: 3000 migrants, ... Read More
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