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Dialogue du Secrétaire Général du Conseil de l’Europe avec les membres de l’Assemblée
Thorbjørn Jagland a répondu aux questions des parlementaires au cours d’un exercice de questions-réponses organisé dans le cadre de la session de printemps de l’Assemblée. Lors de cet échange, les membres de l’Assemblée se sont intéressés au récent rapport de M. Jagland sur la situation des...
Girona in Spain is the winner of the 2016 Europe Prize
The 2016 Europe Prize – the highest level of the Prize which is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to the town most active in promoting the European ideal – has been awarded to the town of Girona (Spain). Girona is very active in its many initiatives...
Council of Europe standards ‘a guiding light’ for Turkey, pledges Turkish Prime Minister Davutoğlu
Addressing PACE today, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told parliamentarians: “Turkey is an inseparable part of Europe”. He said Turkey saw the Council of Europe as one of its main partners in bringing about future reforms, and declared that the Council’s standards – including those of the...
Jean-Claude Juncker : "Le Conseil de l’Europe est un partenaire majeur de l’Union européenne"
« Le Conseil de l’Europe et l’Union européenne sont construits sur les mêmes fondations et les mêmes idéaux », a déclaré Jean-Claude Juncker, Président de la Commission européenne, en s’adressant aujourd’hui à l’Assemblée. « Nous devrons toujours tirer parti de ces points communs », a-t-il...
Moscow hosts Council of Europe conference on human rights and biomedicine
20th anniversary of Russia’s membership with the Council of Europe
Strengthening judicial independence and impartiality: Council of Europe presents action plan, 2016-2021
Council of Europe Secretary General Jagland and Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Mitov to open the conference
Le Président de l'Assemblée parlementaire appelle à faire bloc face au terrorisme
Dans son discours d’ouverture de la session de printemps de l’Assemblée parlementaire aujourd’hui à Strasbourg, Pedro Agramunt a mis en garde contre l’adoption de mesures et de politiques restrictives radicales. « Face à une attaque barbare, la réaction la plus immédiate consiste souvent à durcir...
Human rights in Europe: Do not leave the battlefield
Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muižnieks presents his annual activity report for 2015
Council of Europe works for a human rights compliant drug policy – in Europe and beyond
By Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland The forthcoming United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (19-21 April) is an unprecedented opportunity to acknowledge the shortcomings of the “war on drugs”; to draw on the achievements in drug policy since the UN last...
Secretary General Jagland concerned by Islamophobic statements of “AfD” party in Germany
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, has warned that recent statements by the leaders of Germany’s “Alternative für Deutschland” (AfD) are “contrary to European values, values which Germany as a founding member of the Council of Europe has always strongly supported”....
Secretary General Jagland: statement on the decision by the Prosecutor in Crimea to suspend the Mejlis
Responding to the decision by the Prosecutor in Crimea to suspend the Mejlis, Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland said: “I strongly urge that no action is taken to restrict the Mejlis’s activity or to label it extremist. The Mejlis must be able to continue its activities in Crimea. The human...
Secretary General welcomes confirmation of the new Ukrainian government
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, made the following statement today: “I welcome the confirmation by the Verkhovna Rada today of the new government of Ukraine headed by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, following the renewal of the parliamentary coalition. “I...
International Press Institute joins Council of Europe platform to protect journalists
The International Press Institute (IPI) today became a partner to the Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists, through which media freedom organisations inform the Council of Europe and disseminate information on alleged violations of media freedom. The...
Crimea must be re-opened to regular Council of Europe monitoring to safeguard the human rights of 2.5 million people
Ambassador Stoudmann presented on 13 April to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe the report on his recent human rights visit to Crimea. The report is a result of a visit by a Council of Europe delegation sent by Secretary General Jagland to Crimea after 18 months during which...
Turkey: security trumping human rights, free expression under threat
Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muižnieks at the end of his visit to Istanbul, Diyarbakir and Ankara
Anti-torture committee calls upon states to review the treatment of life-sentenced prisoners
In its annual report, published today, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) calls upon the 47 Council of Europe’s member states to review their treatment of life-sentenced prisoners according to the individual risk they present, and to provide for their possible...
Council of Europe recommends states to regularly evaluate their level of Internet freedom
The Committee of Ministers today adopted a Recommendation to its 47 member states encouraging them to periodically prepare national reports evaluating their level of respect for human rights with regard to the Internet, and to share their findings with the Council of Europe. The recommendation...
Council of Europe adopts guidelines to protect media freedom and journalists
The Council of Europe today adopted a set of guidelines aimed to ensure the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists in its 47 member states. In a Recommendation, the Committee of Ministers – the organisation´s decision-making body- encouraged states to review their national...
Le Secrétaire Général Jagland rencontre Manuel Valls
La lutte contre le terrorisme, une priorité commune
Democracy through education: European ministers back new tool
Education ministers from across the continent have given their backing to a new tool to help teach democracy and democratic values in schools and other settings. Following a two-day conference in Brussels, representatives of the 50 countries covered by the European Cultural Convention also agreed...
