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Learning Equality, Living Dignity: Forum on Human Rights Education in Budapest
The 3rd Compass Forum on Human Rights Education is being held at the European Youth Centre in Budapest from 5 to 7 October. Using the slogan “Learning Equality, Living Dignity”, the forum brings together about 120 participants, including experts with extensive experience in educating young people...
Croatia should eliminate shortcomings in transitional justice, immigration and media freedom
“Croatia has substantially improved its human rights law and practice in the last years. However, some recent developments put at serious risk these achievements” said Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, while releasing today a report based on his visit to the country...
Russia’s "foreign agent” list: Inclusion of “International Memorial”
Statement by Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland
Anti-racism commission issues new reports on the UK, Turkey and Armenia
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published today country reports on the UK, Turkey and Armenia. In the UK, the Council of Europe’s anti-racism experts welcomed the entry into force of the Equality Act 2010, as well as the government’s new hate crime action plan and...
Parliamentary Assembly Autumn Session
French President, German and Turkish Foreign Ministers to address Assembly
Freedom of thought (and from famine!) – The defamation balancing act
The Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen once wrote that countries with a free media do not suffer from famines. Food for (free) thought – literally! But freedom of expression is by no means a modern idea. 17th century thinkers such as John Locke and John Milton underlined their opposition...
Ukraine’s reforms the focus of high-level Council of Europe meeting
As a continuation of the Day of Ukrainian Reforms, Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko met today in Strasbourg with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to discuss the co-operation between the organization and Ukraine, and to sign on behalf of Ukraine the European Agreement on the...
Anti-trafficking body GRETA calls on Romania to intensify efforts to prevent trafficking in children
In a report published today, the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) calls on Romania to step up its efforts to prevent trafficking in children and to improve the identification and assistance to child victims. The report assesses...
Removing barriers to young people’s access to rights
New Recommendation by the Committee of Ministers
Report on judicial systems: Live broadcast of the press conference, 6 October - 11 a.m.
The Council of Europe will publish the 2016 report (data concerning 2014) of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) on Thursday 6 October. This study contains the analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data gathered in the 45 member states of the Council of Europe and...
Statement of Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland on Shimon Peres
“We have lost one of the world’s greatest statesmen. Like no other, Shimon Peres strived for peace and reconciliation in the region and internationally. Security for the Jewish people was always his priority. He was firmly convinced that peace with Israel’s neighbours would serve the country’s...
Council of Europe Platform Exchange on Culture and Digitisation
The event on “Culture 4D: Digitisation, Data, Disruptions, Diversity” will explore how to harness Big Data for European culture and empower diverse groups to enhance the “Internet of Citizens”. Cultural policy makers and practitioners, researchers, media and technology specialists, business...
MONEYVAL's annual report: anti-terrorist financing measures not fully exploited yet
Following the publication today of MONEYVAL's annual report, its Chair, Daniel Thelesklaf, pointed out that identifying the financing of terrorism has not yet been fully exploited as a strategy in the overall fight against terrorism. “We are struggling to find ways how to better combat terrorism....
European Day of Languages 2016
A day to celebrate the rich mosaic of languages coexisting in Europe and beyond: the European Day of Languages marks every year since 2001 our linguistic diversity and cultural heritage. The European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe (ECML), encouraging excellence and...
Committee of Ministers reviews the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
On 20 and 21 September, representatives of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe held their third “Human Rights” meeting of 2016 at which they examined the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in keeping with the supervisory role of the Committee of Ministers,...
Venice Commission criticizes proposed modifications to Azerbaijani Constitution in upcoming referendum
A preliminary opinion by the Council of Europe's constitutional law experts, (the Venice Commission) criticizes draft modifications to the constitution of Azerbaijan, which will be put to a national referendum on Monday 26 September. Many proposed amendments would severely upset the balance of...
Conference on the Fight against the Manipulation of Sports Competitions
“The Macolin Convention is the first and only international treaty to clamp down on the serious, transnational, organised crime that is match-fixing. A crime which not only threatens the rule of law, but which is especially corrosive for trust in sport because it cuts against our most basic...
No violence against children is acceptable, all violence is preventable
Commissioner of Human Rights Nils Muižnieks publishes his latest Human rights Comment
Secretary General, in UN, calls for ensuring basic rights for all migrant and refugee children
On 18 September 2016, in the run-up to the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland took part in a high-level event Carry Light for Children co-organised by the UN Children Fund UNICEF, the Estonian Mission to the UN, and the Council of...
