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Secretary General: standards must be strengthened to tackle legal threats and lawsuits aimed at limiting freedom of expression
Speaking at the opening of the first European Anti-SLAPP Conference on 20 October, Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić said that the use of legal threats and lawsuits to limit freedom of expression, usually referred to a strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), mostly...
North-South Prize: focus on safeguarding human rights in times of crisis
The 2021 North-South Prize has been awarded to the Covax Mechanism, major actor of global solidarity in the context of the Covid-19 health crisis, contributing to the protection of public health and the building of a more equitable world; and to Zarifa Ghafari, former Mayor of Maidan Shahr,...
ECHR launches online knowledge-sharing platform
Senior figures from the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights launched a new knowledge-sharing platform for the Court on Tuesday 18 October. The online tool, known as ECHR-KS, gives legal professionals, academics and the general public easy access to comprehensive and...
Anti-torture Committee on Bulgaria: inter-prisoner violence, health issues, poor material conditions, staff shortages
In its new report on its visit to Bulgaria in October 2021, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) welcomes rare occurrences of ill-treatment by staff, reduction of prison population and certain improvements in living conditions. However, it regrets the absence of...