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Congress in Armenia: evidence-based policy making at the heart of multilevel governance
On 18 February 2025, in Yerevan, Armenia, the presentation of Feasibility Studies on Inter-Municipal Cooperation (IMC) marked another significant step toward enhancing collaboration between Armenian municipalities. The event reinforced the importance of creating a platform for exchanging best...
Empowering Learners for a Democratic Future
A two-day conference, part of the European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025, kicked off in Strasbourg on 23 January. The event, bringing together policy makers educators, experts, and other stakeholders from across Europe, focuses on advancing Digital Citizenship Education (DCE) and its...
75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is marking its 75th anniversary this year. The Council of Europe’s first convention is the cornerstone of all its activities. It was adopted in Rome in November 1950 and entered into force in 1953. Its ratification is a prerequisite for joining the...
Strengthening criminal justice and inter-agency co-operation: study visit of the Armenian delegation to the Council of Europe
An Armenian delegation of representatives from the Penitentiary and Probation services of Ministry of Justice visited the Council of Europe in Strasbourg for an informative study visit on 13 and 14 November 2024. The purpose of the visit was to increase awareness and understanding of the Council...
Alain Berset, new Secretary General
Addressing the Ministers' Deputies, the Secretary General highlighted the vital importance of the Organisation's ongoing work and the importance of delivering results, saying: "In this, the Council of Europe’s 75th anniversary year, it is hard to quantify the amount of good that this Organisation...
Secretary General’s farewell statement to the Ministers’ Deputies
“In my remarks here five years ago, I said that: “The Council of Europe must…remain the benchmark for the promotion and protection of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law on our continent. In fact, this must be strengthened. This is the path that I intend to pursue.” I have pursued it,...
An online course on combating hate speech for judges and prosecutors from Armenia was launched
The tutored online course on the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) General Policy Recommendation (GPR) No. 15 on combating hate speech was launched, with the participation of 18 judges and prosecutors in Armenia. The course hosted by the Council of Europe’s HELP...
President of the Committee of Ministers calls for reopening of the Lachin corridor
Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and President of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, has made the following statement: “I am concerned about the increasingly precarious humanitarian situation of people living in Nagorno-Karabakh as a...
Therapeutic programme piloted in Abovyan penitentiary institution
With Council of Europe support and direct involvement of the Armenian Scientific Association of Psychologists NGO, the Abovyan penitentiary institution piloted a therapeutic programme from September to December 2022. The goal of the programme is to improve mental health care in the penitentiary...
Certificates on the HELP course on Alternative measures to Detention in Armenia were handed to the participants
On 15 December 2022, certificates were awarded to 16 representatives of the Probation Service of Armenia for successfully completing the HELP course on “Alternative measures to Detention”. The participants appreciated this e-learning course and the possibility to deepen their knowledge...
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