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February 23, 2026
Goal: Keep women safe from violence
NGOs Can Now Watch Istanbul Convention Committee Meetings
The EU approves a decision that lets NGOs observe Istanbul Convention Committee meetings, setting rules for how they can join and what they can do.
NGOs & Women
Goal: Keep women safe from violence
NGOs Granted Access to Women’s Safety and Refugee Discussions
This EU decision says the EU will let NGOs observe certain Council of Europe meetings on fighting violence against women, as long as they follow the set rules.
NGOs & Women
February 12, 2026
Goal: End violence, protect civilians.
Civilians in Crisis: Fighting, Displacement, and the Fight for Peace in Northeast Syria
The resolution asks everyone involved in Northeast Syria—Syria, the SDF, Turkey, the EU, the US and others—to stop fighting, protect civilians, respect human rights, and help rebuild the area so all people can live safely.
NGOs & Journalists
Goal: End poverty for all
A Plan to End Poverty for Everyone
The European Parliament passed a resolution on February 12, 2026, pushing for a big new plan to fight poverty across the EU from 2025 to 2095, aiming to end poverty by 2035 through stuff like free school meals, better wages, more affordable housing, and at least 20 billion euros to help kids and families who are struggling.
Women & Children
Goal: Fair labor, fair competition
Keeping Jobs Fair: Ending Subcontract Abuse
The European Parliament’s resolution on subcontracting chains and intermediaries is a plan to stop worker exploitation and make competition fair by tightening rules, increasing transparency, boosting inspections, and holding companies accountable.
Workers & Entrepreneurs
Goal: Promote gender equality worldwide
EU's Plan to Strengthen Gender Equality and Protect Women Everywhere
This recommendation to the EU Council for the 70th UN Women’s conference lays out a plan to boost gender equality by funding inclusive policies, improving legal help for women, fighting all forms of violence, protecting reproductive rights, ensuring digital safety, and urging EU leaders to defend women’s rights worldwide.
Women & Activists
Goal: Defend freedom of expression
Turkey Expels Foreign Journalists and Christian Missionaries
The European Parliament passed a resolution that condemns Turkey’s deportation of foreign journalists and Christian missionaries, demands they stop using secret security codes, calls for fair trials and the return of those expelled, and urges Turkey to protect freedom of religion and expression.
Journalists
Goal: Demand democratic reforms
Uganda’s 2026 Election: Fraud, Violence, and Oppression of Opposition Leaders
The European Parliament passed a resolution that calls Uganda’s 2026 elections “unfair and violent,” demands the release of jailed opposition leaders, ends military trials, restores internet freedom, and urges independent investigations and reforms to make the country’s elections and justice system fairer.
Journalists & Activists
Goal: Hold Iran accountable.
Iran’s Repression: Arrests, Torture, and the Call for Justice
The European Parliament’s February 2026 resolution condemns Iran’s brutal human‑rights abuses, demands the death penalty be stopped, all detainees be freed, tougher sanctions be imposed, and the UN investigate and prosecute the crimes.
Women & Activists
February 11, 2026
Goal: Help Ukraine recover
Ukraine Support Loan: €90 Billion Aid for 2026‑2027
The European Parliament passed a regulation that creates a €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan for 2026‑27, which will be paid back only after Ukraine receives war‑reparations from Russia and can be covered by frozen Russian assets, with €30 billion for budget help and €60 billion for defence, while Ukraine must keep democratic rules, fight corruption, and report how the money is spent.
Defence workers & Military Personnel
February 10, 2026
Goal: Ensure accountability and justice
Removing the legal shield for a German MEP in a fraud investigation
The European Parliament voted to lift Petr Bystron’s immunity, letting German prosecutors investigate a fraud case over a misused staff contract.
Citizens of EU countries
Goal: Fair asylum rules.
Safe Country List for Faster Asylum Checks
The European Parliament passed a resolution to create a single EU list of safe countries of origin, which will speed up asylum checks for people from those countries and keep the process fair and consistent across all member states.
Border Guards & Law Enforcement
Goal: Clarify asylum rules
EU Updates Rules on Safe Third Countries for Asylum Seekers
This resolution updates the EU safe‑third‑country rule, letting member states refuse asylum if the applicant has a link to another country, adding special care for children, and requiring more transparency and new steps for rejected applicants.
Asylum Seekers & Refugees
February 09, 2026
Goal: Protect children internationally
Cabo Verde Joins the Hague Convention on Child Abduction
This resolution lets EU countries (except Denmark) accept Cabo Verde into the 1980 Hague Convention on child abduction, so the Convention can help return children who have been taken or kept across borders.
Law Enforcement & Border Guards
January 22, 2026
Goal: Protect human rights
Demanding the Release of a Kidnapped Researcher in the Central African Republic
The European Parliament adopted a resolution demanding the immediate release of Joseph Figueira Martin, condemning his mistreatment in the Central African Republic, calling for medical care, legal rights, sanctions against those responsible, and urging the EU to protect humanitarian workers.
Researchers & NGOs
Goal: Ensure peaceful democracy
Honduras' Election: New President, End Violence, Respect the Vote
The European Parliament resolution says the Honduran election was fair, urges the new president to accept the result, stops violence and an illegal recount, and calls for a peaceful handover of power.
Journalists & Activists
Goal: Hold Iran accountable
Iran’s violent crackdown on protestors
The European Parliament adopted a resolution that condemns Iran’s brutal crackdown on protesters, demands an end to the violence, the release of prisoners, the abolition of the death penalty, stronger sanctions, and international accountability.
Journalists & Activists
Goal: Defend media freedom
Stopping the political takeover of Lithuania’s TV station
The European Parliament passed a resolution on January 22, 2026 that condemns attempts to take control of Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT, urges the Lithuanian parliament to reject the changes, and calls for keeping LRT’s funding and independence intact to protect democracy.
Journalists & NGOs
Goal: Defend human rights
Jimmy Lai’s Fight for Freedom in Hong Kong
The European Parliament adopted a resolution that condemns Hong Kong’s conviction of Jimmy Lai, demands his release and the dropping of all charges, calls for the repeal of the National Security Law and other restrictive laws, and urges sanctions and stronger diplomatic pressure.
Activists & Journalists
January 21, 2026
Goal: Boost sanctions impact
Making Sanctions Work to Protect Human Rights
The European Parliament’s resolution says the EU will keep using its Magnitsky sanctions to punish serious human‑rights abuses, but it wants a full review of how well it works, clearer rules, wider targets, better coordination, and more transparency, while protecting ordinary people.
NGOs & Activists