Safeguarding human rights in European financial regulation
On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela and announced it had captured President Nicolás Maduro. Whatever one thinks of Maduro, the message to the rest … Read more
Reuters reports that The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, introducing sanctions targeting individuals involved in prosecuting U.S. or allied nationals, including Israeli leaders. These … Read more
Mini-course: No one (!) has to comply and can be fined when refusing to infringe Human Rights through ‘lawful’ AML-KYC-Sanction rules. Welcome Hi there, welcome to our minicourse. I am … Read more
In a bold move, our foundation HRIF.EU has taken a stand against Dutch banks, accusing them of overstepping anti-money laundering regulations by excessive local deviations, unfounded in European law and … Read more
Over the past few months, the European Banking Authority has conducted a consultation regarding guidelines related to the assessment of risk factors associated with crypto-assets. What should one pay attention … Read more
Today, we were informed that Revolut will be implementing the Travel rule for crypto per September the first. This announcement is thus of great concern to us. We have immediately … Read more
GENEVA (28 June 2022) – A UN human rights expert today urged banks and other financial institutions around the world to stop over-complying with sanctions regimes imposed by various countries, … Read more