New European human rights agency condemned
A senior member of the Council of Europe today called the European Union’s new human rights agency “a horrible waste of money,” and suggested the EU leave monitoring of rights issues to the Strasbourg-based watchdog.
The new agency – being set up in Vienna, Austria – will be tasked with watching for rights violations across the 27-nation bloc, gathering and analysing information on civil liberties, and investigating cases of domestic violence and discrimination.
