Issue papers highlight topical human rights concerns and suggest ways to tackle such problems. They aim to inform the public as well as authorities and members of non-governmental organisations working in the field of human rights. Issue papers are not intended to provide formal legal advice.
- Dealing with the past for a better future - Achieving justice, peace and social cohesion in the region of the former Yugoslavia (2023)
- Protecting the right to health through inclusive and resilient health care for all (2021)
- Women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe (2017)
- Inclusive education (2017)
- Realising the right to family reunification of refugees in Europe (2017)
- Time for Europe to get migrant integration right (2016)
- Missing persons and victims of enforced disappearance in Europe (2016)
- Democratic and effective oversight of national security services (2015)
- Human rights and intersex people (2015)
- The rule of law on the Internet and in the wider digital world (2014)
- Safeguarding human rights in times of economic crisis (2013)
- The right to leave a country (2013)
- The right of people with disabilities to live independently and be included in the community (2012)
- Right to legal capacity for persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities (2012)
- Post-war justice and reconciliation in the region of former Yugoslavia (2012)
- Protection of journalists from violence (2011)
- Adoption and children: a human rights perspective (2011)
- Criminalisation of Migration in Europe: Human Rights Implications (2010)
- Human rights and gender identity (2009)
- Children and juvenile justice: proposals for improvements (2009)
- Protecting the right to privacy in the fight against terrorism (2008)
- Human Rights and disability: equal rights for all (2008)
- Housing Rights: the duty to ensure housing for all (2008)
- The Human Rights of irregular migrants in Europe (2007)
- Children and corporal punishment: "the right not to be hit, also a children's right" (2006)