EU citizens’ rights and human rights, its values and practice, plus EU development cooperation and aid

https://ec.europa.eu/info/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights_en plus the related pages, for example:

https://commission.europa.eu/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights/your-rights-eu_en

https://commission.europa.eu/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights/human-rights-non-eu-countries_en

https://commission.europa.eu/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights/recipients-and-results-eu-aid_en

https://commission.europa.eu/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights/how-we-provide-aid_en

https://commission.europa.eu/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights/ensuring-aid-effectiveness_en

https://commission.europa.eu/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights/human-rights-non-eu-countries/where-we-work-humanitarian-assistance-and-international-partnerships_en

https://commission.europa.eu/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights/human-rights-non-eu-countries/who-we-work_en

also

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12012P/TXT

https://european-union.europa.eu/priorities-and-actions/actions-topic/human-rights-and-democracy_en

https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/gender-equality/promoting-gender-equality-womens-rights-beyond-eu_en

https://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/european-issues/659-gender-parity-in-europe-a-still-imperfect-model-in-the-world

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eu-annual-reports-human-rights-and-democracy_en

A statement by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/2023-annual-report-human-rights-and-democracy-world-0_en?etrans=it

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/2023-annual-report-human-rights-and-democracy-world-0_en

‘2023 Human Rights and Democracy in the World’ the annual report of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/2023-human-rights-and-democracy-world-annual-report-report-eu-high-representative-foreign-affairs_en

The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights 

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

and the Italian Constitution

La Repubblica riconosce e garantisce i diritti inviolabili dell'uomo, sia come singolo, sia nelle formazioni sociali ove si svolge la sua personalità, e richiede l'adempimento dei doveri inderogabili di solidarietà politica, economica e sociale.

https://www.senato.it/istituzione/la-costituzione/principi-fondamentali/articolo-2

Art. 2 The Republic recognises and guarantees the inviolable human rights, be it as an individual or in social groups expressing their personality, and it requests the performance of the unalterable duty to social, economic, and political solidarity.

from https://www2.immigrazione.regione.toscana.it/sites/default/files/costituzione/Costituzioneitalianaversioneinglese.pdf

You don’t have to agree with what follows – only to be aware of the issues raised

The Roma or Romani people and the EU

https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/combatting-discrimination/roma-eu/roma-equality-inclusion-and-participation-eu_en

https://rm.coe.int/the-human-rights-of-roma-and-travellers-in-europe/168079b434

https://humanityinaction.org/knowledge_detail/the-state-of-roma-integration-in-europe-a-look-into-human-rights-violations-rejection-and-new-initiatives/ old but valid

and in 2024  https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/the-protection-of-the-human-rights-of-roma-and-travellers-must-become-a-top-priority-in-our-member-states

recent criticism of the EU in the last few years

https://esthinktank.com/2022/01/21/the-european-union-as-perpetrator-allowing-human-rights-violations-on-its-soil/

https://ecre.org/balkan-route-new-violent-tactics-of-pushbacks-across-the-region-cjeu-finds-hungary-in-violation-of-eu-law-frontex-to-operate-in-north-macedonia-despite-allegations-of-complicity-in-pushbacks/

https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2022/02/10/our-european-way-of-life-challenges-to-human-rights-and-justice-in-the-eus-migration-policy/

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/italy

https://reliefweb.int/report/italy/italy-halt-abusive-migration-cooperation-libya

http://www.qil-qdi.org/is-italy-internationally-responsible-for-the-gross-human-rights-violations-against-migrants-in-libya/

https://www.iusinitinere.it/critiche-onu-alle-politiche-migratorie-italiane-20619

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/06/11/migranti-italia-risponde-allonu-critiche-inadeguate-ong-favoriscono-trafficanti/5248823/

https://economiacircolare.com/il-relatore-onu-sui-diritti-umani-bacchetta-litalia-il-pnrr-dimentica-la-prevenzione-dei-rifiuti/

2024  the EU https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/04/eu-migration-asylum-pact-put-people-at-risk-human-rights-violations/

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/european-union

 https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/21/eus-migration-pact-disaster-migrants-and-asylum-seekers

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/09/21/migration-obsession-killing-eus-commitment-human-rights

https://www.amnesty.eu/asylum-and-migration/

Italy https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/europe-and-central-asia/western-central-and-south-eastern-europe/italy/

https://www.amnesty.ie/hotspot-italy-abuses-refugees-migrants-eus-approach-managing-migration/

 https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/italy#:~:text=Migrants%20and%20Asylum%20Seekers,-According%20to%20government&text=A%20government%20decree%2C%20converted%20into,rescues%20on%20the%20same%20voyage.

https://www.atlasofwars.com/amnesty-international-italy-is-detaining-migrants-in-inhumane-conditions/#:~:text=Amnesty%20International%20has%20just%20released,that%20people's%20freedoms%20were%20limited.

Some other countries by comparison

https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/south-asia/afghanistan/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/americas/south-america/brazil/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/east-asia/china/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/south-asia/india/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/iran/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/east-asia/north-korea/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/europe-and-central-asia/eastern-europe-and-central-asia/russia/

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/americas/north-america/united-states-of-america/