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Secretary General meets UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab
The Secretary General had a positive and productive meeting with UK Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Justice, Dominic Raab. Among the topics discussed were the UK’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence,...
Venice Commission plenary opinions published
The Venice Commission has published this week, inter alia, opinions on amendments to the Judicial Code of Armenia, on draft amendments to the Election Code and the Law on Political Associations of Citizens in Georgia (jointly with OSCE/ODIHR), on draft amendments to the Law on the Judicial...
Round table surveys Human Rights situation in Crimea and Sevastopol
On 20 December 2022, a round table was held in Strasbourg to examine the Human Rights situation in the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine. It gathered Ukrainian stakeholders, including the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the...
Psychological support for refugees: training to strengthen capacities of professionals working in Poland
The Council of Europe has held a pilot training on Psychological Support to Refugees: Strengthening Professional Capacities in Warsaw, Poland. The event, held on 19 and 20 December, was aimed at enhancing the capacities of relevant professionals working on the ground to detect war-related traumas...
