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COVID-19 pandemic: GRECO warns of corruption risks
GRECO
21 April 2020
Strasbourg
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has published guidelines addressed to its 50 member states aimed at preventing corruption in the context of the health emergency caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The guidelines, issued by GRECO’s president, Marin Mrčela, underline...
COVID-19 pandemic: tackling the dramatic increase in cases of violence against women
Council of Europe
20 April 2020
Strasbourg
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, a dramatic increase has been reported in recorded cases of violence against women and domestic violence, both worldwide and in Council of Europe member states. The Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence...