In the  field of ​​children’s rights and child protection, we have published on Twitter information on the forms of physical and psychological violence against children : Violences conjugales : une étude US révèle des stigmates pour les enfants. #ViolencesConjugales https://t.co/ADfaZ2GObl — O.E.N.D.D.F. (ONG) (@europeanobs) October 25, 2017 Droits de l'enfant : l'enfant est une personne…

Objective :To support homeless persons in LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE. Location of the action : LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : July 2018 : A OENDDF Mobile Team on patrol was in LA ROCHELLE to meet homeless persons, to discuss with them, to help them with food aid and to support them. Creation of social link…

20 June 2019 :  World Refugee Day 2019. ✅ Key statistics on Asylum Seekers in the European Union. ✅ World Refugee Day is organized every year on 20th June by the United Nations Refugee Agency (U.N.H.C.R.) and is dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees worldwide. And if you were a Refugee ? Learn more…

✅ In France, in the Valley of the ROYA, Cédric Herrou has created the first farm Emmaüs Community, which employs and hosts migrant companions regardless of their administrative status, Emmaüs Roya, with 800 olive trees. Monthy wages :  350 € / month, with accommodation on site. ✅ Companions grow organic varieties of tomatoes, zucchini, squash, peppers, aubergine, basil…

INDIA 🇮🇳. ✅ Homosexuality is not a disease.  It is a personal discovery that a person makes about his / her sexuality. The attempt to « cure » is a mistake. ✅ This father’s speech of tolerance on his son’s gay marriage is poignant: it provides an example of education and training in listening to and understanding…

United States 🇺🇸. ✅ 20 US States want to oppose the indefinite detention of Migrant Children required by the US Federal Administration. 20 US states want to oppose unrestricted detention required by the US  Homeland Security Department. This US Department wants to end a 1997 Court Judgment, called « FLORES, » requiring federal authorities not to detain children…

▶ En France, face à la haine contre les personnes homosexuelles sur internet, le Réseau Avocats Gay-Friendly, les Associations Stop Homophobie et Mousse ont décidé d’unir leurs forces pour que cesse l’impunité sur les réseaux sociaux, notamment sur Twitter.  ▶  200 plaintes au pénal ont été déposées le 17 janvier 2019 par 20 Avocats devant 12…

✅ In France, in the Valley of the ROYA, Cédric Herrou has created the first farm Emmaüs Community, which employs and hosts migrant companions regardless of their administrative status, Emmaüs Roya, with 800 olive trees. Monthy wages :  350 € / month, with accommodation on site. ✅ Companions grow organic varieties of tomatoes, zucchini, squash, peppers, aubergine, basil…

Objective : To promote the integration of Roma and Romanian persons, and their children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties in FRANCE, through : learning of the French language to promote a better integration in FRANCE ; fight against existing discrimination, including those of local authorities ; free distribution of meals ; human and moral…

✅ The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights becomes a member of the « #ForAEuropeUnitedInSolidarity » Collective. ✅ In this Collective, 40 associations in charge of social exclusion and solidarity are united for the European elections of May 2019 in order to collectively carry a strong message in favor of a truly social Europe of solidarity and for fundamental…

Objective : To support homeless persons in NICE, FRANCE. Location of the action: area of NICE (Alpes-Maritime region), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed :  December 2018 : Our Association sent out a Team of volunteers to organize during the Christmas period, including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, free distributions of festive meals, a reminder of the right to the French « Active Solidarity Minimum » (« RSA ») Income and…

GERMANY 🇩🇪.⁣ ✅ The City of BERLIN becomes a pioneer by enacting an anti-discrimination law relating to public officials. ✅ The Police are directly concerned in the fight against discrimination linked to race.⁣ ✅ Some Police Unions are outraged at « widespread suspicion » against the Police. ⁣ One provision particularly irritates opponents of the new system…

Objective : To encourage the integration of persons facing material and moral difficulties, through the free distribution of meals and a moral support. Location of the action : Market of  TALENSAC, NANTES (44), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : August-September 2015 : Sending out a Team of volunteers of our Association each Sunday to organize a free distribution operation of meals to persons facing material and moral…

Homeless Veterans, in the United States – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. ➡ The US National Coalition for Homeless Veterans estimates that on any given night, 200.000 veterans are homeless and 400.000 veterans will experience homeless during the course or a year. ➡ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD on the right picture – combined with a lack…

FRANCE 🇫🇷.  ✅ The Metropolis of LYON has voted the “RSJ”, the Youth Solidarity Income, for young people aged 18 to 24: 2,000 people could benefit from it. ✅ The Metropolis of LYON has 59 municipalities and 1.4 million inhabitants. ✅  The « RSJ » for a dignity of life, especially for those who have left the school…

Objective : To help homeless persons and socially isolated persons with food aid. Location of the action : PERPIGNAN, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : December 2017 : one of the OENDDF Mobile Team on patrol was in PERPIGNAN to support homeless persons and socially isolated persons, with food aid, together with the very dynamic local Association « ATOME DE BIENFAISANCE ». Creation…

Brunei 🇧🇳. ✅ Actor George Clooney is calling for a boycott of hotels linked to the Sultan of Brunei to denounce the persecution of homosexual persons by Sharia and whipping. ✅ The new law of Brunei, located on the island of Borneo, also provides for the death penalty for adultery and the amputation of a…

Objective : To encourage the integration of of Roma and Romanian persons, and their children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties in FRANCE. To provide for free distribution of meals and moral support. To restore the human dignity of Roma and Romanian persons, with their children. To promote children’s rights and their right to education. Location of the…

Current European Union legislative instruments on Data Protection.  1. European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights Articles 7 and 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights recognise respect for private life and protection of personal data as closely related but separate fundamental rights. The Charter is integrated into the Lisbon Treaty and is legally binding on the…

✅ On 13th June 2019, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court provisionally criminalizes homophobia pending adoption of an appropriate Law by Congress.  The Federal Supreme Court (STF) has provisionally ruled that homophobia is equivalent to the crime of racism. ✅ « Any prejudice is violence (…). Discrimination is a cause of suffering, » said Judge Carmen Luzia. Learn more : www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/06/14/Brazil/Brazil’s Federal…

World Day Against Child Labor. Worldwide 218 million children between 5 and 17 years are in employment. Among them, 152 million are victims of child labour; almost half of them, 73 million, work in hazardous child labour. In absolute terms, almost half of child labour (72.1 million) is to be found in Africa; 62.1 million…

Selon le Rapport Annuel de l’Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, les guerres, les violences et la persécution ont propulsé les déplacements forcés dans le monde vers un nouveau record, avec 68,5 millions de personnes déracinées en 2017, soit une toutes les deux secondes, soit environ la population de la Thaïlande. Le terme «…

CHINA 🇨🇳. ✅ Uyghurs : FRANCE asks for a mission of independent observers under the auspices of the United  Nations, to go and investigate the persecution camps set up in Xinjiang.  ✅ Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian denounced “unjustifiable practices” perpetrated, according to him, against the Uyghur minority. In front of the National Assembly, the Foreign…

Objective : Encouraging the professional integration of people suffering physical, mental or psychological disability within society, and their social promotion.  Means and resources deployed : Closer working relationships and partnerships with the N.G.O.s of the European Union to cooperate on joint projects focusing on professional integration and the inclusion of disabled people.   – January 23-25 2015 : the European Observatory…

1/ The European Charter of Fundamental Rights sets out the basic rights that must be respected both by the European Union and the Member States when implementing EU law. The European Charter of Fundamental Rights is a legally binding instrument that was drawn up in order to expressly recognise, and give visibility to, the role…

The DIRECTIVE 2011/36 / EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, April 5, 2011, “recognizes that human trafficking has a dimension related to gender equality and that, in many cases, women and men are not victims of human trafficking for the same reasons. It is therefore appropriate that assistance and support measures…

Objective :  To promote assistance to migrant people, living in tents or in very precarious conditions, in significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for free meals, moral and human support. Location of the action : CALAIS, PAS-DE-CALAIS (62), FRANCE. In a few years, the City of CALAIS has become a significant international migration platform. A team of volunteers of the European…

Objective : To help homeless persons and socially isolated persons with food aid. Location of the action : NANTES, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : From December 2017 to March 2018 : OENDDF Mobile Teams on patrol were in NANTES to support homeless persons and very socially isolated persons, with food aid.  Creation of social link and relationships…

Our approach to homelessness: “Housing first” Our approach is based on the provision of a complete support package for homeless people. Our approach is: a field-based one, ranging from meeting homeless people to carrying out advocacy activities vis-a-vis the European Union’s institutions; and vice versa, i.e. taking full account of studies, reports and working documents…

▶ States should step up their fight against sexism in all walks of life, according to a Recommendation just adopted by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. ▶ In response to the #MeToo and other recent movements that have heightened awareness of persistent sexism in society, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted…

Objective : To encourage the integration of homeless persons, through free distributions of meals, and to raise awareness about social exclusion.  Location of the action : DOWNTOWN OF LISBON, PORTUGAL. Means and resources deployed : May 2016 : The objectives of our Association were as following : to create contacts or partnerships with local Associations to implement a global approach of homeless persons (meals, housing,…

Objective: Encouraging the professional integration, the social promotion and an adequate housing of persons from ethnic and national minorities in the European Union. Means and resources deployed: Location of action : NANTES (Isle of NANTES), Loire-Atlantique, FRANCE. May 29/30 2015 : Specific assistance and support for persons from ethnic and national minorities with a view…

Objective :To support homeless persons in LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE. Location of the action : LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : July 2018 : A OENDDF Mobile Team on patrol was in LA ROCHELLE to meet homeless persons, to discuss with them, to help them with food aid and to support them. Creation of social link…

UGANDA. Persecutions of homosexual persons. ✅ The government of Uganda has announced its intention to impose the death penalty on homosexuals and people promoting homosexuality. ⁣⁣ ✅ This type of law criminalizing homosexuality is outrageous and in practice gives rise to hate crimes by homophobia.⁣ ⁣ ✅ Homosexuality is still misunderstood in a number of…

✅ In France, in the Valley of the ROYA, Cédric Herrou has created the first farm Emmaüs Community, which employs and hosts migrant companions regardless of their administrative status, Emmaüs Roya, with 800 olive trees. Monthy wages :  350 € / month, with accommodation on site. ✅ Companions grow organic varieties of tomatoes, zucchini, squash, peppers, aubergine, basil…

FRANCE, PARIS 🇫🇷 ✅ “Sleep merchants”: on March 10, 2021, the Correctional Court of Paris handed down prison sentences against two sleep merchants, one conditional sentence of imprisonment, and one sentence of 3 years’imprisonment,  with immediate implementation, which is an extremely rare thing. The State Prosecutor had asked for the exceptional sentence up to four years’…

Who are the Refugees ?  The rights of third-country nationals entering or staying in the European Union are often not respected. This is sometimes because of : insufficient implementation of legislation ; poor knowledge of fundamental rights ;  inadequately trained civil servants ; and sometimes simply due to discrimination and xenophobia. Picture below : the…

The CoRP (The Collective for the Respect of the Person) fights actively all forms of surrogacy and misconceptions about surrogacy. Surrogacy can not be ethical. Learn more : CoRP : misconceptions on surrogacy. « 1. Examples of GPA can be found in the Bible. False: All examples used to suggest that women mentioned in the Bible would…

We published news on Twitter to further combat the « culture of rape » : Le Royaume-Uni lutte contre la culture du viol et lance une campagne-choc pour plus de plaintes. #cultureduviol https://t.co/HpOz1J101y — O.E.N.D.D.F. (ONG) (@europeanobs) November 3, 2017 Avis de 2016 du HCE pour une juste condamnation sociétale et judiciaire du viol et d’autres agressions…

Access to care for the poorest persons.  The Defender of Rights, Jacques Toubon, takes note with satisfaction of the Judgment of the Court of Cassation dated June 21, 2018 which states that the granting of a social benefit or a social right can not be subordinated to the production of a bank account statement (RIB)…