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Grants to Armenian municipalities hosting refugees: Call for projects

Congress 14 March 2024 Strasbourg

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, in line with its commitment to support Karabakh Armenians and its “readiness to assist, using all statutory, cooperation and political tools at its disposal” (Declaration 7 (2023) has launched a grant scheme in support of municipalities hosting...

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Child human rights defenders want to be heard by their governments: Council of Europe study

Council of Europe 13 March 2024 Strasbourg

Child human rights defenders want governments to start listening to their opinions, ideas, and proposals in the development of laws and policies. This is one of the main findings of a new report: “Children as defenders of human rights: a study on Council of Europe member states” published today....

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Meeting UN Secretary General, PACE President urges more effective co-operation with the world body

Parliamentary Assembly 12 March 2024

PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has urged more effective and properly institutionalised co-operation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe during a meeting yesterday in New York with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is a former member of PACE. Such co-operation would...

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Lanzarote Convention: a tool to fight child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse worldwide

Council of Europe 12 March 2024

The Council of Europe and the Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in Geneva have hosted an event “Join states in a class of excellence to fight child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse” on the margins of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. The event aimed at...

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Liechtenstein should develop anti-discrimination legislation and better inform and support migrants

Council of Europe anti-racism commission (ECRI) 12 March 2024 strasbourg

In a report published on 12 March, the Council of Europe anti-racism commission (ECRI) calls on the Liechtenstein authorities to develop specific anti-discrimination legislation and establish an information and support centre for migrants (see also the German version of the report). ECRI notes a...

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Republic of Moldova: GRECO calls for improvements in preventing corruption in the central government and the police

Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) 12 March 2024 strasbourg

The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has acknowledged the progress achieved by the Republic of Moldova in setting up an institutional and legal framework to promote integrity and prevent corruption in the top executive functions of the central government and its law...

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Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments

Committee of Ministers 12 March 2024 strasbourg

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers is holding its quarterly meeting to oversee the execution of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from 12 to 14 March. Cases proposed for detailed examination concern Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia,...

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The Council of Europe at 75

11 March 2024

Ambassador Dr Ion I. Jinga, the Permanent Representative of Romania to the Council of Europe, has written an opinion article on the history and achievements of the Organisation, as it approaches its 75th anniversary on 5 May 2024. The article, aimed at raising the Organisation’s visibility,...

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Secretary General speaks at opening of Fundamental Rights Forum 2024 and visits Austria

Secretary General 11 March 2024 Vienna

Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić took the floor at the opening of the Fundamental Rights Forum 2024 “Rights in motion – Embracing human rights for Europe’s future” in Vienna. She lauded the excellent co-operation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the...

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Promoting greater gender equality in sport: Roundtable on how to combat discrimination against female referees

Council of Europe’s Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) 8 March 2024 strasbourg

On the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2024, the Council of Europe’s Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) is holding its annual gender equality roundtable with a focus on sport officiating. The roundtable discussion includes personal experiences from female referees from a...

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