EU: MUCH TALK ON RIGHTS, FEW RESULTS
Political Will, Collective Action Needed to Address Serious Abuses
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European Union flags fly in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. © Reuters 2012
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DECEMBER 16, 2013
(Brussels) – European Union (EU) leaders in 2013 acknowledged problems of rising intolerance and persistent human rights violations across the EU, but failed to take concerted action, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2014. Human Rights Watch documented EU-level developments in migration and asylum, discrimination and intolerance, and counterterrorism, highlighting events in 11 member states, including a new member, Croatia.