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 [...]
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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 [...]
The European Union – number 48?
(CoE / Red) – The Secretary General of the 47-nation Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, and the EU Commission’s Vice President for Values and [...]
The Council of Europe urges Bulgaria to implement ECHR judgements
(CoE / Red) – The world’s attention is drawn towards Belarus, Poland and Turkey – but other countries have to be monitored as well. The Committee of Ministers of [...]
The Council of Europe criticizes the election in Belarus
(CoE / Red) – Following the Presidential election in Belarus, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President Rik Daems expressed his deep concerns about the [...]
Turkey – Midnight Express 2020
(CoE / Red) – The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published the reports on [...]
Poland and the Istanbul Convention
(CoE / Red) – The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Rik Daems, took a clear position regarding Poland’s withdrawal of the Istanbul [...]
European Day for the Victims of Hate Crime
(CoE / Red) – Rik Daems, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has urged European governments to do more to crack down on online [...]