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Significant increase in sanctions and measures without deprivation of liberty in Europe: SPACE II annual statistics for 2022
The number of persons in Europe subject to sanctions and measures which keep offenders in the community grew significantly from January 2021 to January 2022, consolidating the last decade’s general trend, in contrast with the decrease caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in the previous year. These...
Secretary General on official visit to Georgia
Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has met the President and key ministers during an official visit to Georgia. Meeting Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili, the Secretary General reaffirmed the Council of Europe’s full support to the ongoing reform process, highlighting the strategic...
Secretary General supports the authority of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić today made the following statement: “I strongly condemn the adoption of the Law on the non-application of decisions of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Republika Srpska by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska....
Migration: Anti-torture committee reports on November 2022 visit to UK
The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee (CPT) has published the report on its ad hoc visit to the United Kingdom in November 2022, together with the response of the UK authorities. The focus of the visit was to examine the treatment of foreign nationals arriving by small boat in the UK...
