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Protecting human rights in biomedicine, 2020-2025
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe today supported a new five-year strategic action plan, presented by the Committee on Bioethics, on human rights and technologies in biomedicine. Designed to protect human dignity, human rights and individual freedoms with regard to the...
Towards a recommendation to ban the trade in goods used for torture and the death penalty
The Committee of Ministers has given its green light to the preparation of a recommendation concerning the trade in goods used for torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the death penalty. The Committee of Ministers draws on a feasibility study, prepared by the...
Human Trafficking: Monaco should raise awareness, train professionals, with focus on victims’ rights
A new report welcomes anti-trafficking moves taken by authorities in Monaco, but also calls on them to adopt legal and practical measures aimed at respecting the human rights of the victims. Although no victims of trafficking have been identified to date in Monaco, the Council of Europe’s Group...
Czechia should improve identification and compensation of victims of trafficking
Czechia has taken important steps to combat trafficking in human beings, but improvements are needed through legislative, policy and practical measures, notably in respect of the identification, protection and compensation of victims, as well as the effectiveness of investigations and...