Russia closes international schools
(CoE / Red) – The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Russia, Axel Schäfer (Germany, SOC) and Ria [...]
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States should deliver on their commitments to persons with disabilities
(CoE / Red) – “This year, we mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities as the COVID19 pandemic is still raging in Europe. The pandemic has [...]
We cannot allow the home to become a place of fear, again
(CoE / Red) – Violence against women is a major problem in today’s society. Violence can take many forms and all of these are to be rejected. If days like today won’t [...]
Covid – children’s rights are in danger
(CoE / red) – “The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened and widened pre-existing inequalities that undermine children’s ability to enjoy their human rights, [...]
Stop crime in the medical field!
(CoE / Red) – The Council of Europe MEDICRIME Convention will be presented at the Paris Peace Forum which will take place online from 11 to 13 November. The main message to [...]
Let’s stick together!
(Athens, CoE / Red) – As the Council of Europe celebrates the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights in the unprecedented context of the current [...]
Education is one of the solutions
(CoE / Red) – The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging our education systems and institutions, which need to innovate the ways in which we learn, teach and assess [...]
Does Poland erode the state under the rule of law even further?
(CoE / PK / Red) – The Venice Commission is concerned with the situation in Poland: “The term of office of the current Polish Human Rights Commissioner expired on [...]
Daniel Höltgen to fight hate crimes
(CoE / Red) – Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has appointed the Council of Europe’s Director of Communications Daniel Höltgen, to the [...]
After Nawalny – who’s next in Russia?
(CoE / Red) – “Yesterday’s judgment against Yuri Dmitriev, a Russian historian and human rights defender, sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment in a [...]