In June 2019, the O.E.N.D.D.F. has published a new Study on the consequences of Surrogacy, for Indian surrogate mothers, proving women’s sufferings & violations of their Fundamental Rights, on the basis of 45 cases of Surrogacy in INDIA. This Study with almost 220 pages was conducted in the field by Dr. Sheela SARAVANAN, an Indian researcher with a Doctorate…

CAMBODIA.  ▶ Justice in this country fights against the proliferation of children trafficking since the Surrogacy-based reproductive industry has elected it as a host country. ▶ According to a Police Report, 32 women were hired by the leaders of this ring, who promised a sum of $10,000 / baby, to carry and to sell their…

✅ En Afrique, le BOTSWANA décriminalise l’homosexualité et combat ainsi les violences physiques fréquentes dans ce pays à l’égard des personnes LGBTQI. ✅ Depuis 1965, les relations entre personnes du même sexe étaient passibles, au Botswana, de peines de prison pouvant aller jusqu’à 7 ans. La Haute Cour du pays a mis fin à cela le 11 Juin 2019….

BURMA, RANGOUN ✅ « You can cut off all the flowers, but you can’t stop spring from coming. » ✅ This quote was written on April 11, 2021, on a banner displayed on a wall in Rangoun, Burma, to protest the military coup. In front of this banner, a child is playing with plastic pistols. ✅The author of…

Objective : Encourage the integration of persons experiencing material and moral difficulties, through an emergency housing activity, for their access to housing. Means and resources deployed :  partnerships with Hotels for emergency housing activity, funded by the Association. Location of action : NANTES, FRANCE. May 8 2015: implementation of an emergency housing activity in a hotel structure for Ludovic and Daniel, homeless persons and street…

▶ Dematerialization of administrative procedures : in France, the Defender of Rights warns about the inequalities of access to public services. Digital exclusion undermines fundamental rights, such as access to minimum social benefits, access to Housing and access to justice. ▶ Fragile publics are concerned : persons who are homeless or in a precarious situation,…

▶ Mickey MEJI founded in South Africa the abolitionist movement of women survivors of prostitution « KWANELE ». ▶ Having experienced prostitution for 9 years, she has especially campaigned with the sex work Lobby before becoming an abolitionist.  ▶ Today, she fights for the voices of the survivors (700) and their true wishes for their future. ▶…

World Refugee Day is celebrated every year on 20 June, following the adoption of resolution 55/76 of the General Assembly of the UN on December 4, 2000. On June 20, coinciding with the adoption of the Convention 1951 relating to the status of refugees. As pointed out by UNICEF – FRANCE : « By signing the…

Objective : To help all the homeless persons in the streets of NANTES (FRANCE) during Christmas period.  Means and resources deployed : December 2016 : thanks to his field of expertise in social exclusion, the OENDDF Association has developed a partenership with the UCPUC Association to meet homeless persons in the streets of NANTES during Christmas period, to offer warm clothes, to…

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…

17 May 2018 : International Day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia. ➡ 25 % of young persons who are homeless are identified as LGBTQI, including persons with XXY chromosomes, for whom our Association has developed a specific experience. ➡ Friendship, discussion, peace and housing are the best answers. ➡ Fundamental rights must be respected at all…

➡ Sheela Saravanan is an Indian researcher with a Doctorate in Public Health and has worked in several German universities. It belongs in particular to the Institute of Ethics and History of Medicine at the University of Göttingen. As a feminist, she is interested in violence against women in India and in the South, as…

Objective : To support homeless persons in GRENOBLE, FRANCE. Location of the action : GRENOBLE, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : ✅ A OENDDF Mobile Team on patrol was in GRENOBLE to meet homeless persons and families of migrants, to discuss with them, to help them with food aid and to support them. ✅ We met especially young…

Objective : To look for warm and safe accommodation for homeless persons in ILE-DE-FRANCE. Location of the action : ILE-DE-FRANCE  – Suburbs of PARIS.  Means and resources deployed : December 2017 : Winter Patrols in the ILE-DE-FRANCE Region look for warm and safe accommodation for homeless persons, without waiting for the Plan « Great Cold » of the public authorities. The European…

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…

In the field of ​​Gender Equality, and based on statistics indicating that more than one billion girls worldwide do not have the same rights as boys, we published on Twitter (@europeanobs) information on the need for education for Gender Equality : Égalité hommes-femmes et égalité filles-garçons : la discrimination sur ces droits reste tenace dans…

✅ In Africa, BOTSWANA decriminalizes homosexuality and thus fights the frequent physical violence against LGBTQI persons in this country. ✅ Since 1965, same-sex relationships in Botswana have been punishable by up to 7 years in prison. The country’s High Court ended this on Tuesday 11 June 2019. An anonymous person, whose initials LM is known, was behind…

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…

Partnership with the National Association P.S.O.U.U. in POLAND Since February 2015, to support non-discrimination policy against persons with mental or intellectual disabilities, and to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities, the European Observatory of non-discrimination and fundamental rights has agreed a partnership with the National Association PSOUU in POLAND to materially support very positive and very concrete actions to…

Belgium 🇧🇪. ▶ The violence of the Belgian police against migrants, including minor migrants (around 30%) comes to light  : dog bites, fingers returned, strip searches in front of hilarious female staff, threats of execution, simulations of prostitution scenes. ▶ International survey with 440 witnesses. ▶ The violation of the Fundamental Rights for migrants that…

FRANCE : The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights (in abbreviated : « OENDDF ») was heard on April 6, 2018 by the National Consultative Committee of Ethics (in abbreviated : « CCNE »), within the framework of the National Consultations on Bioethics, in FRANCE. ➡ These hearings in PARIS are part of a whole system deployed by…

Objective :  To promote assistance to migrant persons, such as refugees and asylum seekers, facing rooflessness, in significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for : free meals ; moral and human support ; a free legal assistance for those who requested it. Location of the action : Makeshift migrant’s settlement in a park called « Les Jardins d’Eole »,  75019 PARIS, FRANCE. Estimation : about 200 migrants….

« The right to privacy and the protection of data are essential human rights to live in dignity and security. Legislation on surveillance and data collection should provide guarantees against arbitrary interference and democratic control of the security services ». #DataProtectionDay Nils Muiznieks – European Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Learn more : coe.int

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 : CHARENTES MARITIMES department (17), LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : July 3-4-5 2015 : Sending out a Team of volunteers of our Association to organize a free distribution operation of meals to homeless persons in…

1/ The painful journey of pregnant homeless women in the street. ▶ « The 115 for cradle? » With this question, the Abbé-Pierre Foundation warns the public authorities and denounces, in its 21st Report devoted to poor housing in France, the situation of many pregnant and precarious women in France. « We regret the lack of follow-up upstream…

BURMA, RANGOUN ✅ « You can cut off all the flowers, but you can’t stop spring from coming. » ✅ This quote was written on April 11, 2021, on a banner displayed on a wall in Rangoun, Burma, to protest the military coup. In front of this banner, a child is playing with plastic pistols. ✅The author of…

✅ 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…