Michael O’Flaherty – new CoE Commissioner for Human Rights
(Red) – “I intend to inject a human rights perspective into the greatest challenges facing our societies”, says Michael O’Flaherty, noting that he intends to [...]
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Foreign terrorist fighters
(Red / CoE) – The Committee of Ministers has adopted a Recommendation on the use of information collected in conflict zones as evidence in criminal proceedings [...]
To prevent sexual abuse, children’s circle of trust must be made safer
(CoE / Red) – The “European Day for the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse” was established in 2015 by the Committee of Ministers of [...]
Russia tells the Council of Europe to get lost
(CoE / Red) – The Russian Federation has not implemented the priority recommendations made in March 2019 by the Council of Europe’s commission against racism and [...]
Three candidates shortlisted for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2021
(CoE / Red) – Meeting in Prague, the selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – made up of independent figures from the world of human rights and [...]
Il faut sauver le « Soldat Journaliste »…
(Strasbourg/Nicosie, CoE, Réd) – Les ministres européens responsables des médias et de la société de l’information ont convenu aujourd’hui de mener un [...]
Covid passes: Council of Europe takes a stand
(Inès Tempel / CoE) – A committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has clarified the necessary preconditions for the use of covid passes, [...]
Fighting hate and discrimination: Council of Europe evaluation report
(Inès Tempel / CoE) – Unique human rights monitoring body, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) specializes in questions relating to the fight [...]
European democracy in distress
(Inès Tempel / CoE) – According to the latest annual report on the state of democracy, human rights and the rule of law across the continent of the Secretary General [...]
10 years of the Istanbul Convention
(CoE / Marine Dumény) – The Committee of the Parties of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, also [...]