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Official visit of the Prime Minister of Spain

Council of Europe 7 February 2019 Strasbourg

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made today an official visit to the Council of Europe. Prime Minister Sánchez held meetings with Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities...

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Anti-torture committee on Montenegro: Despite some progress, ill-treatment remains a problem and must be addressed

Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) 7 February 2019 Strasbourg

Despite some overall improvement in the treatment of persons detained by the police in Montenegro, ill-treatment still appears widely spread and must be tackled through stricter recruitment, better training and improved oversight. In prisons, too, allegations of ill-treatment persist; the...

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National Minorities in Azerbaijan: new report published

Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) 4 February 2019 Strasbourg

Azerbaijani multiculturalism welcomes expressions of cultural identity, but increased restrictions on democracy, absence of legislation, inflammatory language prevent national minorities from fully exercising their rights Society in Azerbaijan is broadly characterised by a climate of...

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