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Anti-torture committee publishes a report on Portugal
In a report on Portugal published today, the Council of Europe's anti-torture committee (CPT) urges the Portuguese authorities to take determined action to prevent police ill-treatment and to provide prisoners with safe and decent living conditions. During its 2016 periodic visit to the country,...
San-Marino, Spain, Sweden: new reports by anti-discrimination body
According to the new report by European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published today, San-Marino has made progress on access to naturalisation, criminalising discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and on data collection. However, San Marino still has no criminal...
Anti-corruption group says that Germany still lags in efforts to make party financing more transparent
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) reiterates previous critiques from earlier reports concerning the transparency of party financing in Germany in a just published “addendum”. Of 20 recommendations, nine have been “implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a...
Special Representative on Migration and Refugees Tomáš Boček publishes first activity report
Migration in Europe: Call for united political will, commitment to Council of Europe standards and durable solutions