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Raoul Wallenberg Prize 2024: call for nominations officially launched
Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has officially launched the call for nominations for the Raoul Wallenberg Prize 2024 on 5 July 2023. The 10,000 euros prize is awarded every two years to an individual, group of individuals or an organisation that has achieved something...
25th Anniversary of European Social Charter Collective Complaints Procedure: in pursuit of human rights and social justice
The 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter (ETS No. 158) has been marked by an event organised by the Council of Europe’s Department of Social Rights, attended by a wide range of leading stakeholders (governments, social partners, civil...
Secretary General meets Bujar Osmani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia and OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has met the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE and Minister for Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani. Underlining the longstanding positive relationship between the Council of Europe and the OSCE, the Secretary General and Chairman in Office...
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...