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Secretary General statement on awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to human rights activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
07/10/2022
Strasbourg
"The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this year to longstanding partners of the Council of Europe - Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization the Center for Civil Liberties. We are delighted by the decision of the Nobel...
Germany: Council of Europe experts find serious gaps in protecting women and girls from gender-based violence
Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)
7 October 2022
Strasbourg
In its first baseline evaluation report on Germany, the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) welcomes criminal law measures taken before and after Germany’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention in 2018, but also points out...