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Combatting LGBTI-phobic hate crime discussed in Dublin
Right to life, security and protection from violence, and combating hate crime based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC-based) across Europe were the themes of a roundtable held in Dublin on 27 October. It was organised under Ireland’s...
PACE President: “There should be no impunity, neither for the Russian President and Government, nor for the Parliament”
“The State Duma and Federation Council have given full support to the war of aggression against Ukraine and validated the recent illegal attempted annexations, after they acted in a similar way in 2014. Together with the Russian President and the Russian Government, the Russian Parliament...
Council of Europe anti-trafficking expert body says Belarus failed to prevent human trafficking on its borders
The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action Against Human Trafficking (GRETA) has its second evaluation report on the implementation of the Council of Europe Anti-trafficking Convention by Belarus. The report assesses progress in the implementation of the Convention since the publication...
Environment : The Congress calls for the drafting of an Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government
A report newly adopted by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities has called for a green reading of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, the benchmark treaty for local democracy, and for consideration to be given to drafting an additional protocol to ensure proper recognition for...
"We are defending not only Ukraine, but also European democratic values," Kyiv Mayor Klitschko and Minister Chernyshov tell Congress
The Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, and the Ukrainian Minister for Community and Territorial Development, Oleksiy Chernyshov have taken part (online) in a Congress debate on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. The debate followed the Congress' statements deploring the loss of life and...