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Published Venice Commission opinions this week concern Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania, Russia and Turkey
The Venice Commission this week published opinions it had adopted during its summer plenary session (Friday 2 July and Saturday 3 July), which was held in a hybrid format due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. an opinion on the draft Law on preventing conflict of interests in the institutions of...
Secretary General: Western Balkans countries play “central and valued role” in Council of Europe
Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, addressing today the Prespa Forum Dialogue International Conference “Western Balkans: the Missing Puzzle for Completing Europe” in Ohrid, North Macedonia, explained the role of the Council of Europe in helping the region along...
Drug consumption rooms important part of reducing harm, Strasbourg Symposium hears
Drug consumption rooms - special facilities that provide safe and hygienic environments for supervised drug use, protecting users from risk - are a useful element in increasing public health and safety and promoting safer drug use patterns, an expert symposium heard today. Organised by the...
Human rights training for legal professionals: number of online users doubled since 2020
HELP, Europe’s only peer-to-peer human rights training network for legal professionals, is holding its annual conference in Strasbourg on 1 and 2 July, with take-up of its online courses doubling from March 2020 to June 2021 The conference will hear how the HELP network has responded to global...
