Directorate General: Human Rights and Rule of Law
The directorate has overall responsibility for the development and implementation of the human rights and rule of law standards of the Council of Europe, including the promotion of democracy through law, the operation of relevant treaties and related monitoring mechanisms and the development and implementation of cooperation activities in these fields.
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Implementing ECHR judgments: new factsheet on the misuse of state power
The Council of Europe has published a new factsheet on changes that member states have introduced after the European Court of Human Rights found violations of Article 18 of the human rights convention. Article 18 of the European Convention on Human Rights reads as follows: The restrictions...
14 november 2024
CPT on Armenia: some progress in countering informal prisoner hierarchy, but material conditions in prisons should be urgently improved
13 november 2024
MONEYVAL: Europe needs effective implementation of standards to counter money laundering and terrorist financing
8 November 2024
Current trends in the investigation of crypto-assets for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
6 November 2024
