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Implementing ECHR judgments: Latest decisions from the Committee of Ministers
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has published the case-by-case decisions taken during the Committee’s meeting from 5 to 7 June to supervise the implementation of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights. The Committee of Ministers adopted 38 decisions...
Social projects from Serbia, Croatia and France honoured at CEB Award for Social Cohesion 2023
The Serbian non-governmental organisation Atina has won this year’s Council of Europe Bank (CEB) Award for Social Cohesion, with its ‘Bagel Bejgl’ social enterprise. Humana Nova (Croatia) and L’outil en main (France) were the runners-up. The announcement was made at the award ceremony, held this...
National minorities: Council of Europe and OSCE join forces to raise awareness of human rights standards
Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, has met Kairat Abdrakhmanov, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, to officially launch the joint web resource “Collection of Council of Europe and OSCE National Minority Standards”. The webpage, an example of...
Minority languages situation in Austria and Serbia: new reports published
The Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) has published new reports on Austria and Serbia. The reports provide a general evaluation of the situation and contain snapshots of the situation of each language covered by the Charter, assessing whether...
Destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region of Ukraine: statement by Council of Europe leaders
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Council of Europe’s President of the Committee of Ministers, Edgars Rinkēvičs, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Tiny Kox and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić made the...
Social reintegration of offenders in prison and under probation: Berlin conference explores innovative responses
The Council of Europe annual Conference of Directors of Prison and Probation Services, held in Berlin on 6 and 7 June, is exploring innovative responses to challenges such as the increasing number of people with mental health problems in prison or under the supervision of probation agencies,...
The Council of Europe and me – a documentary film to be shown in European schools
A documentary film on the impact of the Council of Europe is being produced by the Robert Schuman European Centre in Scy-Chazelles (France) and the Pädagogisches Landesinstitut Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany). The aim is to familiarise young people with the activities of the Council of Europe and...
Council of Europe anti-trafficking body urges Azerbaijan to better identify victims of human trafficking and improve their access to compensation and other remedies
In a new report the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings assesses developments since the publication of GRETA’s second evaluation report on Azerbaijan in November 2018 as regards the implementation of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action...
Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers is holding its quarterly meeting to oversee the execution of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from 5 to 7 June. Cases proposed for detailed examination concern Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
Support to young people from Ukraine: call for grant applications continues
The European Youth Foundation (EYF) has decided to continue and expand the special call for activities to support young people from Ukraine. The call now includes possibilities for international youth co-operation projects. An information session will take place on 7 June. Applications can be...
