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Council of Europe marks the International Day of Commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust
On the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the Council of Europe is marking the International Day of Commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust. Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić paid tribute to those who lost their lives. “Today, we remember the...
Data Protection Day
To mark Data Protection Day, which commemorates the opening for signature of the Council of Europe data protection convention on 28 January 1981, the Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe today hosted a conference to discuss the potential as a global privacy...
PACE sets out wide-ranging recommendations for putting human rights at the heart of football
Football’s main stakeholders must put human rights values at the heart of the sport, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said in a wide-ranging resolution on football governance. The adopted text, based on the report prepared by Lord George Foulkes (United Kingdom, SOC),...
Italian Undersecretary of State Della Vedova: “The Council of Europe is a fundamental part of the collective effort to face global challenges”
“The Council of Europe is a fundamental part of the collective effort to face global challenges. It represents the continental emblem of the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and the expression of a multilateral vocation in which Italy fully recognises itself. Indeed it is an...
