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New survey: Europe’s rate of imprisonment remained stable in 2019
Council of Europe
7 April 2020
Strasbourg
Secretary General Pejčinović Burić calls on states to resort to alternatives to deprivation of liberty and to protect both the prison population and prison staff. The overall imprisonment rate – the number of inmates per 100,000 inhabitants- remained stable in Europe from 2018 to 2019, according...
Stopping violence against women: welcome progress but obstacles remain
GREVIO
6 April 2020
Strasbourg
A new report from the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) finds that while gender-based violence is now at the “forefront of public debate”, many Council of Europe member states should do more to end such violence. GREVIO,...