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Gregoire Lory

'Never take human rights for granted in any part of the world,' UN's Volker Türk says

The European Union is not immune to the erosion of fundamental human rights. That's the warning from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, as the world marks International Human Rights Day on 10 December.

To back up his comments, the Austrian official refers to the latest European report on the rule of law, which states that "about half of EU member states have seen a reduction in civic space," Türk said.

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