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Anti-Torture Committee examines conditions in police stations, prisons and psychiatric establishments in Italy
The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today a report on its periodic visit to Italy (see also the executive summary), together with the Italian Government’s response. The CPT notes the broad reform...
Respecting fundamental rights, security forces and fight against terrorism
Conference held by Council of Europe and French Defender of Rights
Council of Europe joins forces with International Peace Institute
The Council of Europe and the International Peace Institute (IPI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on building peace and democracy. Director General of Democracy Snežana Samardžić-Marković signed on behalf of the Council of Europe at the IPI’s Salzburg Forum “Mapping of...
ECHR: monitoring an employee’s electronic communications amounted to a breach of his right to private life
The European Court of Human Rights has held that there was a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (right to respect for private and family life, the home and correspondence) in the case of Bărbulescu v. Romania. The case concerned the decision of a private company to...
