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“Let us remember Srebrenica and learn from it”
Statement by Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić
Deputy Secretary General meets the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva
Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge had a meeting with Volker Türk, United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. The meeting focused on strengthening relations between the two organisations and their complementarity, including in the implementation of the...
Luxembourg needs a 24/7 national specialist helpline and gender-sensitive risk assessment to counter violence against women
In its first report on Luxembourg, the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) welcomes the “resolute measures” taken by the authorities to stop domestic violence over the past two decades, which reflect a positive political...