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Belarus: joint statement by the Committee of Ministers Presidency, PACE President and Secretary General
In a joint statement by the Alternate Foreign Minister of Greece, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, President of the Committee of Ministers, Rik Daems, President of the Parliamentary Assembly and Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General, the three Council of Europe leaders called on the Belarusian...
Commissioner for Human Rights calls for prompt investigations into Alexei Navalny’s case
"Alexei Navalny’s condition remains serious a week after he fell into a coma. I express my sympathy to him, his family and friends, and I hope he will fully recover soon," said Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović. "Mr Navalny is a prominent Russian anti-corruption...
Czech Republic strengthens anti-money laundering measures, but shortcomings remain
In a follow up report on the Czech Republic, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body MONEYVAL concludes that the country has improved measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, but still needs to make progress in certain areas. Since the adoption of its mutual...
Situation in Belarus: statement by Congress President
The President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Anders Knape, has made the following statement on the situation in Belarus: "The events in Belarus following the Presidential election have brought to the fore the people’s desire for democratic change in...
New factsheet on effective investigations into deaths or ill-treatment caused by security forces
The Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has published a new factsheet on effective investigations into deaths or ill-treatment caused by security forces. The factsheet summarises measures reportedly taken by 23 member states to reopen, resume or...
Russia makes progress on corruption but more is needed, GRECO concludes
GRECO, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body, has called on Russia to make further progress in the next eighteen months to comply with its recommendations on preventing corruption by members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. Its latest report welcomes Russia’s progress with nine of...
Secretary General comments on the situation in Belarus
Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has made the following statement with regard to Belarus: “The situation in Belarus is of ongoing concern. Although Belarus is not a member state of the Council of Europe, we have cooperated in several areas and Belarus is party to a...
International electoral standards must be respected in Belarus
Statement by Venice Commission President Gianni Buquicchio
Tunisian Women's Day: "Gender equality, an essential condition for democracy"
"With the promulgation of the Personal Status Code in Tunisia on 13 August 1956, the principle of equality between men and women was established in the area of citizenship. Since then, Tunisia has made considerable progress, particularly in recent years, by adopting concrete measures to...
Presidential election in Belarus: statement by PACE President
Following the Presidential election in Belarus, PACE President Rik Daems made the following statement: “I have been following closely the Presidential election in Belarus as well as the events of last night following the closing of the vote – I deeply regret that this election was far from being...
